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Originally Posted by Dame  Poodles are super smart, so in a way they are pretty easy to train. Depending on the source... I think the poodle is supposed to be ranked as "the smartest dog breed" but I've yet to figure out how they test those things. 
Several years ago a friend of mine has a standard poodle named Fabio. That dog was so smart it was scary! Such a neat big guy he was. |
I think they rate the breeds with how many repetitions it takes to learn something new. Border Collies are the smartest breed because they can pick up a new trick after 5 repetitions or something like that. I'm pretty sure that's the basic idea of how they rank them.
Poodles are #2 according to this:
INTELLIGENCE OF DOGS - The ranking by breed and Yorkies are #27 out of 100.