I had a border collie and now a standard poodle - the poodle is a better house dog and quite smart, almost like having a person here, and clean, doesn’t shed at all or smell much. But I suspect the border collie was actually smarter - which is saying a lot.
I had a border collie and now a standard poodle - the poodle is a better house dog and quite smart, almost like having a person here, and clean, doesn’t shed at all or smell much. But I suspect the border collie was actually smarter - which is saying a lot.Someone left a list of smart dog breeds (according to the experts), on another thread, and it had border collie as #1 and standard poodle as #2. A friend of mine has a poodle because her husband is allergic, so that's a nice factor as well. But in addition to our lab, I love our bc-mix. She's a hoot, but requires at least two hours of exercise and about 30 minutes (more would be better!) of active "puzzling" a day.
Had a friend visit with his border collie. The hair was unbearable. That’s why I have a poodle too.
I know Borders are considered to be very smart and by every indication they are, but we own an English Springer that is pretty d*mn smart. We took our Sheltie to puppy class first and as we were going through the practice sessions with him at home we noticed that our Springer had picked up the commands just by watching and was actually following them better than the Sheltie. She has gone on over the last 12 years to amaze us with the things she can learn and the things she can teach herself.
Poodles are the second brightest dogs.