Top 10 Smartest and Stupidest Dog Breeds.

As the owner of a golden retriever, I can definitely say she's smarter than the average hounour student.

I think mutts make the best dogs.

Odd... I've heard from an owner that Basenji hounds are incredibly smart, but are extremely hard to train because it is basically like owning a wild dog that will ignore all commands when preoccupied with its' prey. I think it's unfair in this case to compare the animal's intelligence with trainability...

From Wikipedia:
"Basenjis are highly intelligent and learn quickly, but they also have a cat-like independence and "self-motivation" which can make them somewhat casual about obedience. A healthy Basenji is a mischievous and good-humored animal, and is not above testing the limits of its environment and owner just for sport...If not supervised or trained properly, Basenjis can become bored and destructive when left alone."

Yeah, basset hound was listed as one of the stupidest dog breed. They're actually very smart - they'll do *anything* you want if you have a cookie...

I heard Chesapeake bay Retrievers were the smartest of the retrievers. Has anyone else heard this?

I think English springer spanials and germanshepards are.Does any one else think so ?

i'sm a 51 yr. old country boy & i have owned a dog as long as i can rember.muts, pure breeds,dobes,shap's,pit bulls,hunting dogs & rat dogs.all with thier own intelagents,attention span & trineabilaty.but the most intelagent dog i ever owned was a border collie

well i have two chocolate labradors called coco and karla and i just have to say they are the smartest dogs i have ever seen in my lifee x

they are so loving and caring and make great pets for the kids.

i would recomend them for folk who are troubled aboutt getting a dog.

I have owned a mix breed border collie/lab and he definately was the most intelligent dog ever the best with my young kids just all aroud an awsome friking dog. Currently my wife and I got a beautiful pure bred treeing walker coon hound and he is amazing as well I would recommend either of these breeds for family life the hound does need more excercise but still great.... And for anyone having doggy troubles HONESTLY MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE DOG WHISPERER W/ CEASAR MILLAN AND FOLLOWING HIS TIPS, HAVING PATIENCE AND NOT GIVING UP. IT TAKES PATIENCE BUT HIS TIPS WILL ( I REPEAT WILL WORK FOR YOU AND YOUR DOG. A STABLE DOG IS A HAPPY DOG.

I have an Australian Shephard and when i got her at age 14 weeks she didnt know anything but an hour later i had already taught her sit. Now she is 16 weeks old and she knows sit stay and more

i own a border collie woot best dogs on the planet

we think that the irish setter is not that smart. we don't care if it is pretty it will always be stupid to us.


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Tara and Mia

By the way Mia is saying right now "Howdy"

We have changed our minds now we both think the mia is the stupidest breed of dog on the planet mars.( by the way that is where we are from, we just discovered the internet last year.)


Goodkad!( that means goodbye in our language) tara and Mia

Hi it is me! I mean us. This is tara an mia once again!!!!!! And itnroducing our new freind from planet Earth, Milly!!!!!!! She owns a corgi. They are the cuteest dogs on Mars! And on Earth. Milly has to wear a air helmet to breath at our house!

Goodkad!(You should know what that means by now!)

Hello! this is milly tara's "freind" i am not her real friend. i just wanted to see what mars looked like! DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bye!!

I have a daschund and she is absoutely smart... at just 2 months old she could bring us her jersey when she was cold and pull her blanket to cover herself when she sleeps! Also very good manipulation skills :)

I know this comment was posted quite some time ago, but I just had to supplement it with some information about reality. To Britt who stated "As the owner of a golden retriever, I can definitely say she’s smarter than the average hounour student." Fair enough, you are likely being sarcastic; however, when commenting on levels of intelligence it is probably wisest to not make yourself come off as legally retarded. The day your golden retriever can solve a math problem (even a simple one), understand statistical testing, or hell, even say "Hello" when someone comes to the door, maybe then you will not look so handicapped when you say your dog is more intelligent than someone who possesses honours status in their studies. Cheers Britt.

Dear Alex who wrote "Yeah, basset hound was listed as one of the stupidest dog breed. They’re actually very smart - they’ll do *anything* you want if you have a cookie…". If intelligence is measured by willingness to engage in a particular action based on some form of tangible incentive, then by way of your logic, prostitutes are complete geniuses. They will do *ANYTHING* for money, and some would also do the same things for cookies. This form of behaviour is arguably, somewhat robotic, and is driven by simple internal states (i.e. I want a cookie, or I am hungry) that can be satisfied by engaging in a particular action. Cheers Alex.

Dear Charlie who said "i’sm a 51 yr. old country boy & i have owned a dog as long as i can rember.muts, pure breeds,dobes,shap’s,pit bulls,hunting dogs & rat dogs.all with thier own intelagents,attention span & trineabilaty.but the most intelagent dog i ever owned was a border collie." I agree that border collies are highly intelligent dogs; however, when I read your (unintelligible) comment, I have slight reservations about what I typed earlier in response to Britt's comment. But, that quickly goes away when I realized that anyone who cannot spell "I'm" properly, likely does not possess an honours degree (or any degree for that matter). Happy spelling Charlie.

Dear Tara and Mia,

I don't have a lot to say except you are likely to be given benefits later in life due to mental disability. Also, you have crushed any hope that we may find intelligent life on Mars. Cheers.

Dear Milly,

Do yourself and the world, a favour, and drink bleach.

Dear Sammy who wrote "I have a daschund and she is absoutely smart… at just 2 months old she could bring us her jersey when she was cold and pull her blanket to cover herself when she sleeps! Also very good manipulation skills :)." Not being completely retarded is never sufficient grounds for being intelligent. I agree your dog is "smart enough" to realize when she is cold, and has figured out how to combat that unpleasantness. However, this in no way makes your pet (or anyone else's) absolutely (or absoutely by your account) smart, it simply dictates that your dog is an organism that has the drive to survive in the most comfortable environment, which has allowed the dog to figure out that when it is cold, a blanket or sweater seems to take that away. Operating on negative reinforcement does not mandate a higher intelligence. Cheers.

Jim,

I don't know you and you don't know me, but most people of breeding ascribe to the following:

Understanding that we live in a very diverse world, people of true class have no need and therefore don't belittle or demean others in a thinly disguised and feeble attempt to artificially elevate themselves.

Cheers.

german shepherd are guard dogs,seeing eye dog,and there bite force beats the pitbull,and came in second to the rottweiler.there the smartest,and loyal.strangers beware,there very protective of there territory and family.

german shepherd are guard dogs,seeing eye dog,and there bite force beats the pitbull,and came in second to the rottweiler.there the smartest dogs,and loyal.strangers beware,there very protective of there territory and family.

Dear vetmanager

I appreciate your comment, but fail to see what breeding dogma/doctrine has to do with my input to others. I can appreciate the diverse and dynamic world we call home, and have no reservations in allowing each to hold their own system of beliefs. However, I do have a problem with the spreading or false or completely irrational beliefs, comments, or so called "knowledge". If people want to believe in facets of a reality that are not congruent with the world the rest of us live in, that is one thing. If they choose to spread unrealistic beliefs, then I, and global society at large, have a problem.

I agree with you that being tasteful does not harbour degradation to another with the motivation of making oneself feel better. However, rest assured that I do not comment with the agenda of belittling another to elevate myself, but simply to inform, concretely, the ridiculousness of some people's ideas.

In terms of breeding dogs...not as much of a concern for me. The breeding of absurd ideas (and the breeding between individuals with absurd ideas) is what is really troublesome.

Cheers,
Jim

My little 3 month year old beagle found out how to open his cage and open the frige. My friend has a mature border collie that cant open his cage so that study is wrong.