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Originally Posted by alaskayorkie  Yes! I believe it was done in a survey of trainers, but they set up criteria and ranked all, or many, of the breeds. The criteria for the top 10: "Understanding of New Commands in Less than 5 repetitions. Obey First command 95 percent of the time or better)
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
Yorkies tied for 27th with Chesapeake Bay Retrievers and Pulis. INTELLIGENCE OF DOGS - The ranking by breed |
An the Bulldog is number 77. Wonder where my Cane Corso falls, but he is almost as smart as the Yorkie. Then again, his brain mass is 100 times larger.
