29 Smartest Dogs

[MikePal]

Kind of interesting to see how they derived the list....Most, that I am familiar with, placed about right.

According to Coren, the top 10 most intelligent dogs only need fewer than five repetitions to understand a new command, and 95% of the time (or better) obey the first command. The second tier of dogs, which he names “excellent working dogs,” understand new commands after five to 15 repetitions and obey the first command 85% of the time (or better). The third tier, which he names “above average working dogs,” understand new commands after 15 to 25 repetitions and obey first commands 70% of the time (or better).

http://dogs.petbreeds.com/stories/36...telligent-dogs

[Cass]

I'm confused about the "tiers" theyre all working dogs but they're including dogs like yorkies

[welsh]

This list has been kicking around for a while. It isn't taken seriously at all by people who actually study intelligence in dogs for a living, e.g. Brian Hare at Duke University. The consensus is that trying to rank the intelligence of various breeds is futile.

Essentially, this list was put together by polling obedience trainers. The problem with this is it only measures one kind of intelligence, i.e. how quickly the dog learns to respond to a simple command. This isn't intelligence; it's trainability. By this measure, wolves are dumb as stumps, when in fact they're smarter than dogs when it comes to problem-solving.

[terrym]

My dog has the whole family wrapped around his toe. Does that make him smarter than us?

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

My Lab is the smartest dog I own... LOL

[yellow dog]

Lol such garbage.

[MikePal]

My Lab is the smartest dog I own... LOL

Pick of the litter ? LOL...

[MikePal]

i.e. how quickly the dog learns to respond to a simple command. This isn't intelligence; it's trainability.

Well that's why it's called the 'Smartest List' ..not the most 'Intelligent'.

There is a difference between being smart and being intelligent....Smarts come for training, (education, like with people) I know a lot of Smart people that are thick as bricks...same with dogs

[Gunner 38]

Well that's why it's called the 'Smartest List' ..not the most 'Intelligent'.

There is a difference between being smart and being intelligent....Smarts come for training, (education, like with people) I know a lot of Smart people that are thick as bricks...same with dogs

AMEN !!! --- ONE quality you were born with , the other is just "accumulated knowledge" . Being University-educated doesn't mean being intelligent . Think of Edison , Tesla etc. (brilliant school-drop-outs) .

[welsh]

The list is taken from a book called The Intelligence of Dogs. In the book, the list is introduced specifically as a ranking of breeds by "intelligence," not smarts.

The distinction between "smarts" and "intelligence" that you're trying to make is my point: there is more than one kind of intelligence.