any lists of smartest breed to dumbest?

Answer 1

Brightest Dogs

Understanding of New Commands: Less than 5 repetitions.

Obey First Command: 95% 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

Understanding of New Commands: 5 to 15 repetitions.

Obey First Command: 85% of the time or better.

Rank Breed
11 Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)
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

Above Average Working Dogs

Understanding of New Commands: 15 to 25 repetitions.

Obey First Command: 70% of the time or better

Rank Breed
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
36 Norwegian Elkhound
37 Affenpincher, Silky Terrier, Miniature Pinscher, English Setter, Pharaoh Hound, Clumber Spaniel
38 Norwich Terrier
39 Dalmatian


The list goes to 79 (Afghan Hound), here's the link:

http://www.petrix.com/dogint/intelligence.html

Answer 2

This list is totally bogus. There's no such thing as a "smartest" or "dumbest" breed. Dogs are bred to do specific jobs and they are smart at their job. If you were trying to get a cairn terrier to retrieve a duck, you'd think the dog was dumb. If you had the dog doing what he was bred to do, he'd be smart. If you wanted a border collie to track the scent of a missing child, good luck. Get the point?

With some breeds, they're bred to work independently of humans, these dogs are highly intelligent, can make their own choices and are, as a result, harder for the average person with little or no understanding of dogs, to train. They are easily bored and the trainer needs to bury his ego, and adapt his training methods - in other words, the trainer needs to be smarter than the dog.

Answer 3

If you look at the list, you will notice that most of the breeds listed there are working dogs. The goldens, labs and shepherds are often used as service dogs for humans with disabilities. Papillions are also found in the service dog or therapy dog groups. The dogs listed are those which are pretty solid in their responses to verbal, visual and auditory signals. They are happy when they have a job and are eager to please their humans.

Some of the other breeds listed lower down on the list are know to be more independent and more likely to respond on their own terms. They take a little more patience. I have had dogs in listed in more than one of these groupings. I loved them all for the dogs they were and are. Some are easier to train than others. There's a big difference between taking a poodle for a walk and taking a hound out. A hound on a walk is far more likely to follow his nose than to listen to the owner.

So, the list is correct in as far as response times, but yes, dogs are bred for different things and will respond differently. A bloodhound will be the best tracker and a border collie will herd the sheep and kids.

Answer 4

There is no smartest breeds to dumbest ..just smarter owners to dumbest. With a kind hand a gentle voice a dog would do anything to please his owners. Perfect example is the dog on Frazier. That dog was ready to be put to sleep because no one could do anything with the dog. Some lady save the dog and work with it. She turn that dog life around.

Answer 5

There is no dumbest or smartest breed. They are all smart but need to be handled different ways. Its the owners that are stupid for not knowing how to handle/train their dog properly

Answer 6

I totally agree with walking lady, good post!

I get so tired of people saying that Aghans (and other Sighthounds) are stupid. That is totally not true. SHs were bred to hunt independently of people and had to think for themselves. SHs are extrememly intelligent and will figure out things that most other dogs wouldn't even try. Which is smarter, the dog that blindly follows every command or the one that says "but, why?" and thinks for themselves?

I wish people would stop with the smart/stupid thing as these tests are no indication of true intelligence, but rather an indication of trainability. I will be the first to agree that SHs are not nearly as trainable as most other breeds, it just has nothing to do with IQ.

Answer 7

I can tell you from experience Great Danes are some of the dumbest dogs ever. I would really call it goofy instead of dumb though. They are one of the cutest and sweetest, but they remind me of cows.

Answer 8

I remember hearing about it years ago. All I can say is remembering that border collies were the smartest and afghan hounds were the dumbest. I can't tell you where to look though. :)

Answer 9

Schnoodles are one of the fastest learning breed of dogs.

Answer 10

German Shepherds are extremely smart if you are talking about dogs.