By Zak Wheeler For Daily Mail Australia
12:52 03 Jan 2024, up to date 12:56 03 Jan 2024
An expert canine coach has warned pet house owners of the 5 breeds he would by no means think about proudly owning.
Elijah Boateng, 24, who lives in Sydney and has labored with Apex Dog Training for 4 years, uploaded a video discussing the worst dogs to personal on December 28.
Some breeds had been too ‘wild’ and others had been just too ‘boring’ to justify the problem that may include coaching them, he defined.
Obvious selections like huskies and pugs had been featured on the listing alongside cavoodles, greyhounds and maremma sheepdogs.
Huskies
To begin the listing out, Mr Boateng took purpose at huskies which he discovered to be ‘fairly a cussed canine’.
‘I do not love the temperaments on them, they really feel to me like they nonetheless have to be within the wild quite than in individuals’s properties,’ he stated.
Elaborating on his level, Mr Boateng stated that whereas huskies might be tamed they’re one of the dominant breeds and can typically whine if on a leash.
Maremma Sheepdog
The maremma sheepdog adopted the husky because the second-worst breed to personal as a result of they’re ‘very critical dogs’ which ‘aren’t enjoyable to coach’.
‘When you prepare them it feels such as you’re forcing them to do stuff quite than working with them,’ Mr Boateng stated.
Pugs
Pugs got here in third as a result of their infamous respiratory points and the truth that they’re ‘very foolish’.
‘I do not like how they appear, I do not even like what they signify,’ he stated.
Mr Boateng stated that he couldn’t justify proudly owning a canine that required surgical procedure to outlive and that he wished a canine that would ‘survive by itself’.
Cavoodles
Controversially, Mr Boateng listed the extraordinarily widespread cavoodle as a breed he would by no means think about owing regardless of their low-maintenance.
‘To me these dogs are somewhat bit anxious and somewhat bit annoying,’ he stated within the video.
While commending the breed for being manageable, Mr Boateng stated that he simply wished a canine he might correctly prepare and that cavoodle’s nervousness guidelines them out.
Greyhounds
The ‘boring’ breed: greyhounds had been discovered to be nice for life-style, ‘however not for somebody who’s into coaching’.
‘Greyhounds are superior … but it surely’s not the form of canine you wish to prepare and do stuff with,’ he stated.
Responses to the video had been combined and plenty of viewers got here to the defence of their canine breeds which had appeared on Mr Boateng’s listing.
‘As a husky proprietor I knew the husky can be on this listing.. they don’t seem to be for everybody, however the breed is quite misunderstood until you personal one,’ one lady wrote.
Another lady wrote: ‘My greyhound realized sit, keep, paw in 5 minutes! He’s solely two months, cannot wait to show him extra.’
‘Pugs are actually one of the best canine breed. Love their personalities. Just acquired to ensure you get from breeder or rescue,’ a 3rd person commented.
As for one of the best breeds to personal, Mr Boateng stated that working dogs like kelpies, golden retrievers and german shepherds topped that listing.
