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01-20-2007, 04:46 AM | #1 |
Banning Thread Dictator Donating Member | Yorkie's are the smartest terriers! Everybody has been talking about how Yorkies have moved up to No. 2 on the AKC most popular breeds list, but I decided I wanted to know where they rank on the intelligence list. Turns out, not bad. They are the smartest terrier and No. 27 overall. Well, at least according to this list I googled: http://petrix.com/dogint/1-10.html 1. Border Collie 2 Poodle 3 German Shepherd 4 Golden Retriever 5 Doberman Pinscher 6 Shetland Sheepdog 7 Labrador Retriever 8 Papillon 9 Rottweiler 10 Australian Cattle Dog 11 Pembroke Welsh Corgi 12 Miniature Schnauzer 13 English Springer Spaniel 14 Belgian Tervuren 15 Schipperke Belgian Sheepdog 16 Collie Keeshond 17 German Shorthaired Pointer 18 Flat-Coated Retriever English Cocker Spaniel Standard Schnauzer 19 Brittany 20 Cocker Spaniel 21 Weimaraner 22 Belgian Malinois Bernese Mountain Dog 23 Pomeranian 24 Irish Water Spaniel 25 Vizsla 26 Cardigan Welsh Corgi 27 Chesapeake Bay Retriever Puli Yorkshire Terrier 28 Giant Schnauzer 29 Airedale Terrier Bouvier Des Flandres 30 Border Terrier Briard 31 Welsh Springer Spaniel 32 Manchester Terrier 33 Samoyed 34 Field Spaniel Newfoundland Australian Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Gordon Setter Bearded Collie 35 Cairn Terrier Kerry Blue Terrier Irish Setter And just for fun, the last few on the list: 70 Shih Tzu 71 Basset Hound 72 Mastiff Beagle 73 Pekingese 74 Bloodhound 75 Borzoi 76 Chow Chow 77 Bulldog 78 Basenji 79 Afghan Hound
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01-20-2007, 05:18 AM | #2 |
Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member | I'm not telling Chanel and Cheri that - they're already are too smart for their own good & their little heads are big enough !! lol If they knew this there would just be NO reasoning with them Edited to add.......I don't get how cockers beat out yorkies - I have both ...and Tessa's (my Cocker) nickame is Tessa 'The CLUELESS' Toad Hunter lol she's SWEET As can be but def NOT a rocket scientist lol
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01-20-2007, 05:24 AM | #3 |
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| My 2 are definitely smart, hey know how to get a treat out of me!!!
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01-20-2007, 05:25 AM | #4 | |
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01-20-2007, 05:41 AM | #5 |
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| I'm trying to cut back!!!LOL We are in training, trying to get Loudmouth Lottie to stop barking when she see's anyone, anydog, anylittler LOL. We are getting there but it is a work in progress. So treats are for silence!!LOL
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01-20-2007, 05:51 AM | #6 | |
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01-20-2007, 06:01 AM | #7 | |
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01-20-2007, 06:03 AM | #8 | |
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01-20-2007, 06:13 AM | #9 |
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| I would rank my poodle and yorkie equally smart.............
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01-20-2007, 08:02 PM | #10 |
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| Papillions #8??? Well then that Papillion in Dougal's agility class must have been the world's blondest papillion. She wandered off from her owner - while he was trying to get her to weave - then she saw the tunnel and you could see her think - O I like doing the tunnel - so off she trotted as a LARGE rottweiler was entering the tunnel from the other end. Hmm ... but then again I really don't think the dog was entirely to blame - the owner was a couple of cans short of a six pack. And what's so great about Border collies? Agility is absolutely lousy with them. O yeah they want to work and they're obedient, but I'm sorry how does that qualify you as smart? If you throw a ball into the sea a collie goes in to retrieve it - a yorkie sits there looks at you and thinks "that was silly, You're going to get cold and wet going to get that." Who's the smarter dog - I mean really? (I guess I just love the independent spirit of the yorkie.)
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01-20-2007, 08:06 PM | #11 |
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| PS AlaskaYorkie - "Yorkie's" - you know better than that where your apostrophe should go. Sorry the grammar witch within couldn't forbear. You're usually a stickler for grammar!
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01-20-2007, 08:09 PM | #12 |
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| Of course they are smart! We've known it all along!! Thanks for the confirmation!!
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01-20-2007, 08:10 PM | #13 | |
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01-20-2007, 08:13 PM | #14 | |
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I'm with you there... I have a cocker and she (Daisy) is just about as ditzy as can be!! yes, she is a very good dog...sweet, VERY well trained and super well behaved...but just as you say "clueless". that totally describes her we always say she has this "huh??" look about her. LOL. I will admit, she was very easy to train, but she was still not as smart at 16 weeks as Maggie is. weird...
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01-20-2007, 08:15 PM | #15 |
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| If Maddie is suposes to be that smart....why lately is she having trouble realizing that the rug in the kitchen is not grass.....lol lol Must be the rubber backing to it or something that attracks her????? Other than that.... she catches on to thing pretty easy.... well I take that back.... She's been a Yuppy Yorkie lately too.... Hummmmmmmmm do you see a pattern here. I think she is becoming a brat!!! lol Besides a Yorkie I've always wanted a Golden Retriever... but they shead too much and would kill my asthma and allergies. They are just beautiful!!!! I want one that goes outside and waits in the drive way for me to come home from work. lol lol |
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