[Vigilanteman]

My Dad was a vet and worked with hundreds of dogs over his career. He always said border collies were the smartest.

The best thing he could say about poodles is that they were smart before the breeders got ahold of them and bred more nose in and more brains out.

[brytlea]

I used to teach obedience classes. All the standard poodles I had in class were quite bright. They were silly clowns, but very bright. Border collies are smart, but that is not nec a plus in all instances. If they are not working they can be quite a handful.