hope4nigeria:
thank you Op for this post, I don't know why Nigerians are like that, I love local dogs so much, they are very friendly and strong, depends on how you take care of them, mine won't eat food if not place on a plate, very loyal dogs I once arrested someone because he stone my dog. No food wastage in my house thanks to local dogs.

larryking540:

man ,you don't call another human dog

Funflipper:


Really? Bring an eight month old boa boel and watch your full grown bingo take flight. The useless animals are natural born cowards who are only good at eating poop.

BigBashiru:


Exactly.... the native Indians just like the Africans were brainwashed..... that they were inferior.....

AntiChristian:


You must be a black dog to exhibit such hatred. Are you from the SE too?

AntiChristian:


You must be a black dog to exhibit such hatred. Are you from the SE too?

Funflipper:


Really? Bring an eight month old boa boel and watch your full grown bingo take flight. The useless animals are natural born cowards who are only good at eating poop.

posty56:
because they're are dirty , unkept ,and may be filled with disease,plus they have this local looks that's not attractive at all, German Shepherd all the way

RussellRutherfo:


The same way you were brainwashed into thinking that a man who married a 6 year old doll playing girl child is a prophet.

hope4nigeria:
thank you Op for this post, I don't know why Nigerians are like that, I love local dogs so much, they are very friendly and strong, depends on how you take care of them, mine won't eat food if not place on a plate, very loyal dogs I once arrested someone because he stone my dog. No food wastage in my house thanks to local dogs.

OrdinaryNigeria:
Can one give the local breeed the food we give to these foreign breeds

bularuz:
Because they are so dumb and like food too much.

VPN11:


Thanks
With all this crisis everywhere ;We have to lively up ourselves ;with something fun ;that make us human.

IamMobisola:
Ekuke or not, I love dogs in general. They are so cute and lovable.
We have a GSD though, that one don turn human being for this house. You hit him, he hits you back
Always forcing his way inside the house and he has his spot on a couch

tillaman:
Ekuke
Disease resistant, The hustler mehn you don’t have to worry about feeding it e go sort am alone
E go still born pikin wey you go fit sell
The problem be say e too dey skinny

Adakintroy:
Nigerians don't love anything its about them and selfish ego. They are more of prestige acquirer than utility.

Of those dog were from Germany and were called petariors acaserio. They will buy.

Its well by the way what's this dog real names I still don't know it.

VPN11:
Why do people hate these cute Nigerian Local dogs?

They are so lovable and they don't get sick.


What is wrong with the Nigerian Local Breed of dog?

A very wealthy man once came with his dog to the clinic for medical attention but before he came, he had called me. I was really expecting a German shepherd dog or a Rottweiler but lo and behold it was our Nigerian local breed of dog. To be candid, I saw disappointed faces among my staff but I tried to be nice to the man by saying nice things about his dog. We still did our examination and clinical procedures and issued the man his bill which he cleared happily.

Out of curiosity, I asked him why he chose a Local dog. He answered: “I guess I have to answer this question for the rest of my life”. He narrated his story about all the dogs he ever acquired and the sad way they all died. He spoke long about a Caucasian breed he once owned that was more of a companion to him & the way he usually goes to evening walks with that dog. The death of that dog made him give up on keeping dogs entirely but on narrating his story to a friend, his friend told him that our local breeds hardly die of all these diseases so he considered getting one.

I thank God that most members of my staff heard the story. After the man left I raised the question: “But what is wrong with our Nigerian local breed?” One of them said that it belittles the man, that a man of his status should own one of the best breeds available. So I asked again that considering his story about his experience with those breeds they preferred, what can they say? The other echoed that the man must have contacted inexperienced vets to treat his dogs. I only wanted to hear from them. I saw from their views, a resentment for the local breed.
The Nigerian local breed has been called all sorts of names such as “Ekuke”, shit eater, stray dog, local dog, “shinee” to mention but a few. These names are derogatory in nature to make the dog look unimportant and undesirable. “Ekuke” as they are popularly called are the dogs preferred as food for the cultures that eat dog meat popularly called “404” (four-ow-four). They are the cheapest dogs to buy in Nigeria. They are sold as little as one thousand five hundred naira (N1,500) about $10 (ten US dollars).

So what is bad about the Nigerian Local breed?

If you ask many Nigerians that resent this breed of dog the reason why they dislike it, they won’t be able to give you concrete reasons. Many of us have seen very intelligent local breeds. Many of them are trained and used for hunting bush meat by locals in which they perform excellently well. In the rural areas these dogs are usually the best for securing the compound or yard against intruders, although they are good at alerting against strangers. I have seen many of these dogs doing spectacular things but I guess like Jesus said: “A prophet is not recognized in his environment…” I have seen foreigners who prefer our own breed to theirs, pointing out the unique features they possess while we, Nigerians buy books to read about the foreign breeds.
I guess we, Nigerians should start to love our local breed of dogs and also acquire and keep them just like the man in the story above.

Let me tell you a fact that Local Nigerian breeds resist many of the diseases other foreign breeds will die readily from here in Nigeria. So think about it.

Here are some of the dog breeds that make up the Ekuke

1.Basenji

2.Azawakh

3.Greyhound

By Kodichukwu Okonkwo, DVM

VPN11:
Why do people hate these cute Nigerian Local dogs?

They are so lovable and they don't get sick.


What is wrong with the Nigerian Local Breed of dog?

A very wealthy man once came with his dog to the clinic for medical attention but before he came, he had called me. I was really expecting a German shepherd dog or a Rottweiler but lo and behold it was our Nigerian local breed of dog. To be candid, I saw disappointed faces among my staff but I tried to be nice to the man by saying nice things about his dog. We still did our examination and clinical procedures and issued the man his bill which he cleared happily.

Out of curiosity, I asked him why he chose a Local dog. He answered: “I guess I have to answer this question for the rest of my life”. He narrated his story about all the dogs he ever acquired and the sad way they all died. He spoke long about a Caucasian breed he once owned that was more of a companion to him & the way he usually goes to evening walks with that dog. The death of that dog made him give up on keeping dogs entirely but on narrating his story to a friend, his friend told him that our local breeds hardly die of all these diseases so he considered getting one.

I thank God that most members of my staff heard the story. After the man left I raised the question: “But what is wrong with our Nigerian local breed?” One of them said that it belittles the man, that a man of his status should own one of the best breeds available. So I asked again that considering his story about his experience with those breeds they preferred, what can they say? The other echoed that the man must have contacted inexperienced vets to treat his dogs. I only wanted to hear from them. I saw from their views, a resentment for the local breed.
The Nigerian local breed has been called all sorts of names such as “Ekuke”, shit eater, stray dog, local dog, “shinee” to mention but a few. These names are derogatory in nature to make the dog look unimportant and undesirable. “Ekuke” as they are popularly called are the dogs preferred as food for the cultures that eat dog meat popularly called “404” (four-ow-four). They are the cheapest dogs to buy in Nigeria. They are sold as little as one thousand five hundred naira (N1,500) about $10 (ten US dollars).

So what is bad about the Nigerian Local breed?

If you ask many Nigerians that resent this breed of dog the reason why they dislike it, they won’t be able to give you concrete reasons. Many of us have seen very intelligent local breeds. Many of them are trained and used for hunting bush meat by locals in which they perform excellently well. In the rural areas these dogs are usually the best for securing the compound or yard against intruders, although they are good at alerting against strangers. I have seen many of these dogs doing spectacular things but I guess like Jesus said: “A prophet is not recognized in his environment…” I have seen foreigners who prefer our own breed to theirs, pointing out the unique features they possess while we, Nigerians buy books to read about the foreign breeds.
I guess we, Nigerians should start to love our local breed of dogs and also acquire and keep them just like the man in the story above.

Let me tell you a fact that Local Nigerian breeds resist many of the diseases other foreign breeds will die readily from here in Nigeria. So think about it.

Here are some of the dog breeds that make up the Ekuke

1.Basenji

2.Azawakh

3.Greyhound

By Kodichukwu Okonkwo, DVM

jendhorlee:
Nice write-up op
To be honest, i don't understand the resentment too. I own a very beautiful local dog, considering how i take care and feed her constantly, people do think she's pregnant considering how big and healthy she is

One of our relatives came to visit us, she couldn't close her mouth when she saw my mom giving the dog bread and Tea
If you see The way she opened her mouth ehn
When she eventually spoke, she said "you're giving a Dog bread and Tea"?

I said Yes, we feed her anything we eat in this house also
She just shook her head in pity. Lol

I don't understand why people think they don't deserve to be treated right
Foreign dogs have nothing over our beloved Ekuku

bezimo:
This my Bae's dog..wey dey sleep for human beings bed, dey climb couch relax inside house.Lol
I prefer small dogs like this though. The difference between oyibo dogs like this and Nigerian dogs..is more than 7 ups.

Coldie:

This is ignorance reason y it seems like it eats shit is that, it’s easier to see the local dogs on the streets than those foreign dogs.

If people see German shepherd as street dog or just passing on the street with no owner the entire street go empty but the local dog can easily blend in, even in thick market with crowd local dog would be moving around and it won’t be noticed.

You see more stray dogs that are local dogs than foreign dogs. Every dog eat shit not just local dogs, local dogs eat it cause it’s them u see.