The UNTRAINABLE Siberian Husky - Can you train one?
The video
The "untrainable" Siberian Husky meets a top UK trainer. In Part 1 of a training series, Anneka takes her new Siberian Husky, Kal-El, to see Kamal Fernandez. The description describes him as a Crufts judge and trainer "who believes that people simply are not utilising the husky's motivations." The description opens with the familiar list of complaints: escapes, won't come when called, "kills everything in sight," screams, throws tantrums, destroys furniture.
Meet the dog and the channel
Kal-El is Anneka's husky. The description links to his own channel, Kal's Life of Husky. Kamal Fernandez is the trainer, introduced in the description as a "UK Cruft's judge and trainer." The video is from Animal Watch, which had about 1.35 million subscribers when we checked in November 2026. The video itself runs almost 20 minutes. We've only included what the description and channel pages say, so check the video for anything more about Anneka and Kal-El.
How it blew up
The video went up on February 25, 2022, and had about 155,000 views when we checked in November 2026. That's modest for a channel this big. Long training videos rarely go viral, but they keep finding the owners who need them. The description's last line, "People then give them away or go and buy a golden retriever instead," is the most honest thing in the whole husky-training genre. We didn't find any press coverage.
The husky science behind it
The idea behind the video is a sound one. "Untrainable" usually means "unmotivated by what you're offering." Huskies were bred to work for the joy of running, not to please a handler. A treat they don't care about or a "good boy" in the wrong voice won't compete with a squirrel. Good trainers find what the individual husky really wants, like chasing, tugging, a particular food or freedom to sniff, and use it as the payoff.
A practical tip
Make a ranked list of your husky's top 10 rewards, from "nice" to "would leave a squirrel for this." Use the lower rewards for easy cues at home, and save the top three for recall and for hard situations outdoors. Swap them around often. Huskies get bored with the same reward fast.
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Sources
- Animal Watch on YouTube: the video and its description
- AKC: Siberian Husky breed overview (general breed background)