5 most and least intelligent dogs

thestar ^ | Jun 30, 2009

[rightwingjew]

3 yr old Black Lab guide dog for the blind belonging to one of our daughters is the brightest most loving creature known to this man. Watching her navigate through a crowded Mall with my daughter hanging on is a marvel to see.

[mysterio]

Yep, toy fox terrier. My favorite breed. I have found them to be fairly smart. It’s amazing to me that their tiny heads can contain enough brain tissue to learn some of the things that they can be taught, lol.

[M203M4]

Seems the standard for doggy intelligence is how robotic they can be rendered via training. It is fine to pursue this attribute as a doggy virtue, but the terminology is perhaps not the best linguistic malformation to promote.

[ctdonath2]

Yup.

[JustaCowgirl]

That is hysterical. I have never known a large dog (even females) that I would say had effeminate mannerisms. I have known dogs who like to strut around after their bath or grooming, though.

[LongElegantLegs]

A collie/Saint Bernard? What does THAT look like?

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Don't be Gay (Kyle's dog on South Park)

[txhurl]

Mine’s extremely independent and ferociously protective for 3 or 4 lbs.

Has the 275lb mastiff scared to death of her, under her thumb. Cute to watch her curl up and sleep in him, ‘defending’ him.

[wally-balls]

I have two border collies that look at you with the most human eye contact you can imagine in a dog. I swear sometimes I can hear them laughing behind my back.

[ShadowAce]

Growing up, we had a female English Mastiff. Smart as a whip. She understood english when spoken to--not just one-word commands. We never trained her (formally), but she would obey us without question--even when we told her things conversationally.

Loyal and very friendly to family and friends. She wouldn't let the mailman/UPS/FedEx drivers out of their vehicles, though. :) She could stand next to the driver's door and see your lap if you were in the average car.

My parents bought a male mastiff after I left home.

Dumb as a box of rocks.

[lonestar]

Dachsunds are the smartest, most loyal and best pets ever!

Weinie

[TC Rider]

My first wife had a Vizsla when we met. Dog was too smart for his own good. A real houdini when it came to getting out of the yard. We got home late one night, and he had stolen dog food off of a neighbors porch and brought it home and made his own supper.

Smartests dogs we ever owned were Standard Schnauzers, they never missed a trick.

Currently we own the world’s biggest Maltese at 14 pounds. Bright enough for a lapdog. He does a variety of little doggy tricks, including dancing like a circus dog. His best trick is turning into a Tasmanium Devil when you step on him.

[definitelynotaliberal]

I had a yellow lab stay with me a week while her folks were out of town. I’ve never met a smarter dog. She would run up the stairs, adjust herself at the landing and bark to alert me that my land line was ringing if I went out to get the mail and chatted with a neighbor or any other such thing. She was a really bright girl.

[SC DOC]

Add Irish Setter to the Stupid List

[ravingnutter]

Unfortunately, our German Shepherd has a mental disability because someone had sealed him and his littermates in a box and left them outside a firehouse for several hours in 98 degree weather before the firemen found them and resuscitated them. “Buddy” apparently had a heat stroke and suffers from significant memory loss problems and what I call “goof” syndrome. I kept telling hubby “there's something not right about that puppy”, he always had this vacant look in his eyes. It is like he wakes up in a different world every few minutes, he has a severe attention deficit issue. Hubby thought Buddy would grow out of the awkward stage, but he is 2 years old now and still as goofy as ever and very aggressive to anyone but us. He is as sweet and loving as he can be to us, he keeps us laughing at his antics. I nicknamed him "Goof".

[JoeProBono]

"I had a Rhodesian Ridgeback that was so smart it was almost scary, her brother from a previous litter (same parents) was one of the dumbest. How does that happen."

Lead Paint?

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

I thought Jack Russell would be in top 5. YLSNED

[kalee]

My daughter has a golden that is dumber than either of my cocker spaniels. Lacey,our female cocker, is extremely intelligant. She can work out all sorts of things to acheieve what she wants even though she is blind.

[pepperdog]

I once knew a GS who understood English and Spanish. Kind of intimidating.

[Tijeras_Slim]

My two Basenji’s are scary smart. I think the folks that write this stuff mistake obedience with intelligence.