There ’s no easy mode to value dog word .
As the psychologist Stanley Coren wrote in the ' 90s , there ’s adaptative news ( i.e. , figuring clobber out ) , working intelligence ( i.e. , pursue orders ) , and natural intelligence operation ( i.e. , innate talent ) — not to note spacial intelligence , kinesthetic intelligence , interpersonal intelligence activity , and more .
As the fauna behaviorist Frans de Waal has argued , humans lean to judge animal word inlimited and unjust termsand often bungle the experiment .
A border collie shows how it’s done.Dan Kitwood
Whilelabs at Yale and Duke , and around the globe , are studying this motion , for now we have data on at least one metric : working intelligence .
In his book " The Intelligence of Dogs , " Coren featured the solvent of a lengthy view of 199 frump - respect Book of Judges . The responses , he say , were remarkably ordered . However , he noted that many judges said that there are exclusion in every strain and that a lot do down to training .
Here ’s what he find :
TOP TIER — the brightest working dogs , who tend to get word a new bid in less than five seconds and obey at least 95 % of the time .
1 . mete collie2 . Poodle3 . German shepherd4 . Golden retriever5 . Doberman pinscher
A borderline collie shows how it ’s done . Dan Kitwood
6 . Shetland sheepdog7 . Labrador retriever8 . Papillon9 . Rottweiler10 . Australian oxen dog
SECOND grade — splendid work dogs , who tend to learn a raw command in five to 15 exposures and obey at least 85 % of the time .
11 . Pembroke Welsh corgi12 . Miniature schnauzer13 . English springer spaniel14 . Belgian TervurenT15 . SchipperkeT15 . Belgian sheepdogT17 . CollieT17 . Keeshond19 . German short - haired pointerT20 . compressed - coat retriever
Do n’t underestimate the small Pembroke Welsh corgi . Pmuths1956 on Wikimedia CommonsT20 . English cocker spanielT20 . Standard schnauzer23 . Brittany spanielT24 . Cocker spanielT24 . Nova Scotia duck’s egg tolling retriever26 . WeimaranerT27 . Belgian MalinoisT27 . Bernese flock dog29 . Pomeranian30 . Irish weewee spaniel31 . Vizsla32 . Cardigan Welsh corgi
THIRD TIER — above - average working dog , who tend to take a young conjuration in 15 to 25 repetition and obey at least 70 % of the time .
T33 . Chesapeake Bay retrieverT33 . PuliT33 . Yorkshire terrierT36 . Giant schnauzerT36 . Portuguese water dogT36 . AiredaleT36 . Bouvier des FlandresT40 . Border terrierT40 . Briard42 . Welsh springer spaniel43 . Manchester terrier44 . SamoyedT45 . Field spanielT45 . Newfoundland dog
The Chesapeake Bay retriever is an above - average workings hot dog . AP Photo / Mary AltafferT45 . Australian terrierT45 . American Staffordshire terrierT45 . Gordon setterT45 . Bearded collieT51 . American Eskimo dogT51 . Cairn terrierT51 . Kerry blue terrierT51 . Irish setter55 . Norwegian elkhoundT56 . AffenpinscherT56 . Silky terrierT56 . Miniature pinscherT56 . English setterT56 . Pharaoh houndT56 . Clumber spaniel62 . Norwich terrier63 . Dalmatian
FOURTH TIER — average work dogs , who tend to read a young trick in 25 to 40 repetitions and obey at least 50 % of the time .
T64 . delicate - coated whole-wheat terrierT64 . Bedlington terrierT64 . Smooth - haired slyboots terrierT67 . Curly - coated retrieverT67 . Irish wolfhoundT69 . KuvaszT69 . Australian shepherdT71 . SalukiT71 . Finnish SpitzT71 . PointerT74 . high-handed King Charles spanielT74 . German wirehaired Spanish pointer
The soft - coated wholemeal terrier is about average at following order . ShutterstockT74 . dim - and - tan coonhoundT74 . American water spanielT78 . Siberian huskyT78 . Bichon FriseT78 . English toy spanielT81 . Tibetan spanielT81 . English foxhoundT81 . OtterhoundT81 . American foxhoundT81 . GreyhoundT81 . HarrierT81 . Parson Russel terrierT81 . Wirehaired signal griffonT89 . West Highland white terrierT89 . HavaneseT89 . Scottish deerhoundT92 . BoxerT92 . Great DaneT94 . DachshundT94 . Staffordshire bull terrierT94 . Shiba Inu97 . MalamuteT98 . WhippetT98 . Chinese shar - peiT98 . Wirehaired fox terrier101 . Rhodesian ridgebackT102 . Ibizan houndT102 . Welsh terrierT102 . Irish terrierT105 . Boston terrierT105 . Akita
FIFTH TIER — average working dog , who tend to learn a new trick in 40 to 80 repeating and respond about 40 % of the clock time .
107 . Skye terrierT108 . Norfolk terrierT108 . Sealyham terrier110 . Pug111 . French bulldogT112 . Brussels griffonT112 . Maltese terrier114 . Italian greyhound115 . Formosan crestedT116 . Dandie Dinmont terrier
It ’s not prosperous to gain ground an obeisance trial with a Skye terrier . Stephanie Keith / GettyT116 . VendeenT116 . Tibetan terrierT116 . Japanese chinT116 . Lakeland terrier121 . Old English sheepdog122 . Great PyreneesT123 . Scots terrierT123 . Saint BernardT125 . Bull terrierT125 . Petite Basset GriffonT125 . Vendeen128 . Chihuahua129 . Lhasa apso130 . Bullmastiff
6th TIER — the least - effectual working dog , who may learn a new conjuring trick after more than 100 repeating and obey around 30 % of the time .
131 . Shih Tzu132 . Basset houndT133 . MastiffT133 . Beagle135 . Pekingese136 . Bloodhound
The Afghanistani hound does n’t care what you want . Shutterstock137 . Borzoi138 . Chow chow139 . Bulldog140 . Basenji141 . Afghanistani cad
Again , there are exceptions . Coren talks in his record about a trainer who managed to win respect competitions with multiple Staffordshire bull terriers ( No . 94 ) .
There are also , again , other ways of measuring intelligence service .
Coren tells us about a Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever ( No . 24 ) he own that was in some ways too smart for rival .
" He was so undimmed and attentive that he read my every motion , head turn , and even the focusing that I was look with my eyes , as a command , " he wrote in an email . " That made him very unmanageable to contend with in obedience trials , since , for example , a glance with my optic in the direction of the high jump might be interpret by him as a command and that would post him off , taking the jump beautifully of course , but even so unfit us from that round of competition . "
De Waal , in " Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart beast Are ? " defended the Afghan cad ( No . 141 ) , saying that they may not be unintelligent but rather independent - mined , unregenerate , and unwilling to follow orders .
" Afghans , " he write , " are perhaps more like cats , which are not beholden to anyone . "
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