I'd like to think Joel is pretty smart
, a few things he does is he knows when he should bark at something outside and once I check out the window and say okay he NEVER barks a second time. I think it's cute that he knows if I say it's okay he doesn't need to bark again.
If you tell him to get a certain person he will, which has been helpful a lot like when some has headphones on and can't hear. He also takes things from person to person.
Also if someone tells him to stay he won't get up unless the same person releases him, he did that on his own lol
But then he does have times when he doesn't act too bright haha
But he does learn new things really fast and has good common sense