[YorkieMother]

Do not get me wrong. I love Stanley Corren.. he was given me some really useful help with my dog and it's concerns directly but and it is a big but, intelligence in dogs is relative to what they do as a job if they were allowed to do it and what they have experienced in life in the way they are trained.

Example. you are going to have a great deal of difficulty teaching a yorkie to herd sheep but it can be done.... but you take a border collie that been raised with and around sheep and it will herd.

You take that came boarder coolie and ask it to do ground work you can teach it but it going to take time. you teach a yorkie one like mine that loves rodents your off to the races.
You take a pointed and ask it to herd you out of luck. You take that boarder collie and ask it to point good luck.. not saying it can not be done but you are fighting hot wired behavior.


Intelligence is in what the dog is original job the dog did before lap dog was and what motivates it that all. Basic obedience is hot wired , it is taught and if you come at it from the genetic end of what motivates a dog to work you all have smart dogs of all breeds.

Sorry Stan on this one I firmly agree to tell you your off the mark.

JL