Yorkie's are the smartest terriers!
 

Everybody has been talking about how Yorkies have moved up to No. 2 on the AKC most popular breeds list, but I decided I wanted to know where they rank on the intelligence list. Turns out, not bad. They are the smartest terrier and No. 27 overall. Well, at least according to this list I googled:
http://petrix.com/dogint/1-10.html

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
11 Pembroke Welsh Corgi
12 Miniature Schnauzer
13 English Springer Spaniel
14 Belgian Tervuren
15 Schipperke
Belgian Sheepdog
16 Collie
Keeshond
17 German Shorthaired Pointer
18 Flat-Coated Retriever
English Cocker Spaniel
Standard Schnauzer
19 Brittany
20 Cocker Spaniel
21 Weimaraner
22 Belgian Malinois
Bernese Mountain Dog
23 Pomeranian
24 Irish Water Spaniel
25 Vizsla
26 Cardigan Welsh Corgi
27 Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Puli
Yorkshire Terrier
28 Giant Schnauzer
29 Airedale Terrier
Bouvier Des Flandres
30 Border Terrier
Briard
31 Welsh Springer Spaniel
32 Manchester Terrier
33 Samoyed
34 Field Spaniel
Newfoundland
Australian Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
Gordon Setter
Bearded Collie
35 Cairn Terrier
Kerry Blue Terrier
Irish Setter

And just for fun, the last few on the list:
70 Shih Tzu
71 Basset Hound
72 Mastiff
Beagle
73 Pekingese
74 Bloodhound
75 Borzoi
76 Chow Chow
77 Bulldog
78 Basenji
79 Afghan Hound

I'm not telling Chanel and Cheri that :D - they're already are too smart for their own good & their little heads are big enough !! lol If they knew this there would just be NO reasoning with them

Edited to add.......I don't get how cockers beat out yorkies - I have both ...and Tessa's (my Cocker) nickame is Tessa 'The CLUELESS' Toad Hunter lol she's SWEET As can be but def NOT a rocket scientist lol

My 2 are definitely smart, hey know how to get a treat out of me!!!

ONLY ONE ???? :D :D :D

I'm trying to cut back!!!LOL We are in training, trying to get Loudmouth Lottie to stop barking when she see's anyone, anydog, anylittler LOL. We are getting there but it is a work in progress. So treats are for silence!!LOL

hahahaha if I did that with Miss Chanel who has to bark at my new neighbor every time she sees him in HER backyard she'd catch on real quick that being loud gets her a yum (he's actually in his yard but it's HER turf in her mind)

GOOD LUCK !!! I've tried that limited treats thing and my girls have me whupped

LOLOLOL !! OH GOOD - I feel much better - I love my Tessa but she really is one of those la dee dah dogs....just in her own world....I taught her ONE Trick - she can high Five me and kiss me on the lips in the air - but that is her only Claim to fame lol

I would rank my poodle and yorkie equally smart.............

Papillions #8??? Well then that Papillion in Dougal's agility class must have been the world's blondest papillion. She wandered off from her owner - while he was trying to get her to weave - then she saw the tunnel and you could see her think - O I like doing the tunnel - so off she trotted as a LARGE rottweiler was entering the tunnel from the other end. Hmm ... but then again I really don't think the dog was entirely to blame - the owner was a couple of cans short of a six pack.

And what's so great about Border collies? Agility is absolutely lousy with them.:D O yeah they want to work and they're obedient, but I'm sorry how does that qualify you as smart? If you throw a ball into the sea a collie goes in to retrieve it - a yorkie sits there looks at you and thinks "that was silly, You're going to get cold and wet going to get that." Who's the smarter dog - I mean really?

(I guess I just love the independent spirit of the yorkie.)

PS AlaskaYorkie - "Yorkie's" - you know better than that where your apostrophe should go. Sorry the grammar witch within couldn't forbear. :D :p You're usually a stickler for grammar!

Of course they are smart! We've known it all along!! :p Thanks for the confirmation!!

:lol tears That's so true!

I'm with you there... I have a cocker and she (Daisy) is just about as ditzy as can be!! yes, she is a very good dog...sweet, VERY well trained and super well behaved...but just as you say "clueless". that totally describes her :) we always say she has this "huh??" look about her. LOL. I will admit, she was very easy to train, but she was still not as smart at 16 weeks as Maggie is. weird...

If Maddie is suposes to be that smart....why lately is she having trouble realizing that the rug in the kitchen is not grass.....lol lol Must be the rubber backing to it or something that attracks her?????

Other than that.... she catches on to thing pretty easy.... well I take that back.... She's been a Yuppy Yorkie lately too.... Hummmmmmmmm do you see a pattern here. I think she is becoming a brat!!! lol

Besides a Yorkie I've always wanted a Golden Retriever... but they shead too much and would kill my asthma and allergies. They are just beautiful!!!! I want one that goes outside and waits in the drive way for me to come home from work. lol lol :p :p :p :p