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Old 08-22-2008, 12:22 PM   #1
alishasmom
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Embarassed Intelligence in a yorkie

COLOR][COLOR="Blue"]Intelligence
Yorkshire Terriers as a breed are intelligent dogs. According to Dr. Stanley Coren, an expert on animal intelligence, the Yorkshire Terrier is an above average working dog, ranking 27th (32nd including ties) out of the 132 breeds tested.[19] His research found that an average Yorkshire Terrier could understand a new command after approximately 15 repetitions and would obey a command the first time it was given 70% of the time or better.[20] This capacity as working dogs enables Yorkies to excel in sports like obedience and agility, which require the dog to understand communication from the handler and carry out a complex series of commands.[6] Additionally, Yorkies learn to recognize numerous words and can be taught to distinguish and fetch separate toys in a box by their names.[6]
[/COLOR I thought trixie to do the siting, staying, and bye bye, She did it ofter the first couple of days. Why isn't she doing it aby more, and why, she doesnt seem interested in learning anything? Please share share your stories about training, simple commands. I would love to hear it.
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