'I'm a professional dog trainer - these are the hardest breeds to train'
A professional dog trainer has shared the top three hardest breeds to train - but some say he's missing a few from his list
The trainer, who is known as Cherry Hoggs on TikTok, specialises in off-leash pack walks and behaviour modification. He uses his platform to educate owners about their pets.
In one of his videos, which has more than 123,000 likes, he shared the breeds he's found hardest to train throughout his career. Pointing to a basset hound, he said: "Number one - these things, this pterodactyl. She was actually the easiest basset hound we've ever had and I adore her. However, they're awful to train. They're so stubborn."
He ranked beagles in second place, saying you should "just give up" as they can be just as stubborn as basset hounds. He said: "They are just the hardest dogs to train. Put them on a 200-acre piece of land on a farm, perfect dog. But apart from that awful."
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Clubbing a bunch of breeds together for third place, he says small dogs can be a nightmare to train. He added: "The most aggressive, stubborn, hard to train are the little dogs. Why is that? Because the owners alway baby these dogs.
"So as soon as they give them to us, guess what happens. They throw their toys out of the pram. They're not going to take no for an answer." Listing off the best dogs to train, he says pitbulls, bulldogs, rottweilers and German shepherds.
Commenting on his post, one user said: "My husky is laughing at this list right now." Another user added: "The trick with basset hounds is to just not ask them to do anything they don't want to do."
A third user said: "Nine years with our beagle from pup and the first eight years were the hardest." One more user added: "Going on 18 years with my bassett. He’s so stubborn I think even the reaper gave up. Love him though." A final user said: "Dogs aren’t hard to train. It’s the owners."
