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The golden retriever, left, is among the most intelligent breeds of dog, while the beloved bulldog is among the least intelligent, according to author Stanley Coren.


1 posted on 06/30/2009 12:17:56 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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IBTHTP


2 posted on 06/30/2009 12:19:55 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Proud member of the Homeland Security Department watch list.)
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BS. I’ll put a Cavalier in the top five. easily. and I’ve had three poodles and a German Shepard.


3 posted on 06/30/2009 12:20:08 PM PDT by prplhze2000
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I never saw a Golden Retriever on a skateboard!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQzUsTFqtW0


4 posted on 06/30/2009 12:20:14 PM PDT by silverleaf ("Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal ( Martin Luther King))
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2. Poodle

A very active, happy, gay...

Oh, great... that's *all* I need...

5 posted on 06/30/2009 12:22:49 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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Poodles? Some of the dumbest dogs I’ve ever known have been Poodles. The smartest dog I ever owned was a German Shepherd. I also had a Springer Spaniel that was damn smart.


6 posted on 06/30/2009 12:22:52 PM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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I have a beagle who I love the hell out of...but he’s just as dumb as a box of rocks.


7 posted on 06/30/2009 12:23:06 PM PDT by Artemis Webb
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Not a few Georgia fans will take umbrage at that aspersion.


9 posted on 06/30/2009 12:25:00 PM PDT by rhema ("Break the conventions; keep the commandments." -- G. K. Chesterton)
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Smartest dog I’ve ever owned was a Sheltie. Magnificent animal.


10 posted on 06/30/2009 12:25:07 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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My Doberman is smarter than most people I know, and smarter than all liberals.


11 posted on 06/30/2009 12:25:34 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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My Lhasa is smart as a whip. She can be stubborn and does things when she is good and ready. My American Eskimo is like the Border Collie. She is extremely alert, at any one time, she knows what each of us are doing. The Lhasa could care less.


13 posted on 06/30/2009 12:25:54 PM PDT by lone star annie
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16 posted on 06/30/2009 12:28:21 PM PDT by mysterio
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The smartest dog I ever had was a Shepard-Lab mutt.I had to put a lock on the refrigerator.RIP-Suzie Dawg


17 posted on 06/30/2009 12:28:31 PM PDT by Canes101
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Shepherds are the smartest dogs and I have two that can prove it.

One of them actually attempts to open the back door with her paws. She puts one on either side of the door knob and attempts to turn it.

I didn’t teach her this and couldn’t believe it when I saw her do it.


18 posted on 06/30/2009 12:28:35 PM PDT by TSgt (Extreme vitriol and rancorous replies served daily. - Mike W USAF)
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BTT


19 posted on 06/30/2009 12:28:47 PM PDT by An American in Turkiye
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I bet the bulldog gets laid more.


20 posted on 06/30/2009 12:29:29 PM PDT by Pistolshot (The Soap-box, The Ballot-box, The Jury-box, And The Cartridge-Box ...we are past 2 of them.)
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2. Basenji

The Basenji is known as the "barkless dog" because it makes a sound like a yodel.It also acts like a cat, grooming itself and staring out the window for hours! The Basenji can be temperamental and hard to train.

5. Borzoi

The Borzoi is surprisingly cat-like in its free thinking and independent nature.It wants to keep itself clean and isn't as driven to please its master as most dogs.This makes it harder to train.

I think the animal IQ test needs to be readjusted. Which is the smarter animal? The one who will do anything for a treat, or the one who stares at you like you are some new type of extreme idiot and then gets fed anyway without doing a trick.
21 posted on 06/30/2009 12:30:07 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Chrysler and GM are what Marx meant by the means of production.)
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We have a rescue, english bulldog named Honey.

Every other bulldog I have ever seen was as smart as a door stop.

This one is a old soul, she really is amazing.........I didn't want her because I thought she would be like the others, but shes an amazing gentle animal, she came to us with wire around her neck, she was used as bait, a runt.

Someone we have helped in the past saw her and felt pity for the first time in his life and literally left her in our kitchen......can't imagine not having her now.

31 posted on 06/30/2009 12:33:51 PM PDT by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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33 posted on 06/30/2009 12:34:32 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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My dogs, both Chow mixed mutts are living proof of the veracity of this list...


34 posted on 06/30/2009 12:36:26 PM PDT by BlueNgold (... Feed the tree!)
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I’ve got a black lab/border collie mix. Smart, sweet dog, but the dang thing insists on herding ducks instead of retrieving them.


36 posted on 06/30/2009 12:36:32 PM PDT by Domandred (Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
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