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Ranking of Dogs for Obedience and Working Intelligence
taken from the book " The Intelligence of Dogs by Stanley Coren
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1. Border Collie
41. Curly-haired Retriever
2. Poodle
Irish Wolfhound
3. German Shepherd
42. Kuvasz
4. Golden Retriever
Australian Shpeher
5. Doberman Pinscher
43. Saluki
6. Shetland Sheepdog
Finnnish Spitz
7. Labrador Retriever
Pointer
8. Papillon
44. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
9. Rottweiler
German Wirehaired Pointer
10. Australian Cattle Dog
Black-and-tan Coonhound
11. Pembroke Welsh Corgi
American Water Spaniel
12. Miniature Schnauzer
45. Siberian Husky
13. English Springer Spaniel
Bichon Frise
14. Belgian Tervuren
English toy Spaniel
15. Schipperke
46. Tibetan Spaniel
Belgian Sheepdog
English Foxhound
16. Collie
Otter Hound
Keeshond
American Foxhound
17. German Shorthair Pointer
Greyhound
18. Flat-coated Retriever
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
English Cocker Spaniel
47. West Highland Terrier
Standard Schnauzer
Scottish Deerhound
19. Brittany Spaniel
48. Boxer
20. Cocker Spaniel
Great Dane
21. Weimaraner
49. Dachshund
22. Belgian Malinois
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Bernese Mountain Dog
50. Malamute
23. Pomeranian 51.
Whippet
24. Irish Water Spaniel
Chinese Shar-Pei
25. Vizsla
Wirehaired Fox Terrier
26. Cardigan Welsh Corgi
52. Rhodesian Ridgeback
27. Chesapeake Bay Retriever
53. Ibizan Hound
Puli Welsh
Terrier
Yorkshire Terrier
Irish Terrier
28. Giant Schnauzer
54. Boston Terrier
Portugese Water Dog
Akita
29. Airedale
55. Skye Terrier
Bouvier des Flanders
56. Norfolk Terrier
30. Border Terrier
Sealyham Terrier
Briard
57. Pug
31. Welsh Springer Spaniel
58. French Bulldog
32. Manchester Terrier
59. Brussels Griffon
33. Samoyed
Maltese Terrier
34. Field Spaniel
60. Italian Greyhound
Newfoundland
61. Chinese Crested
Australian Terrier
62. Dandie Dinmont Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
Vendeen
Gordon Setter
Tibetan Terrier
Bearded Collie
Japanese Chin
35. Cairn Terrier
Lakeland Terrier
Kerry Blue Terrier
63. Old English Sheepdog
Irish Setter
64. Great Pyrenees
36. Norwegian Elkhound
65. Saint Bernard
37. Affenpinschers
66. Bullterrier
Silky Terrier
67. Chihuahua
Miniature Pinscher
68. Lhasa Apso
English Setters
69. Bullmastiff
Pharaoh Hound
70. Shih Tzu
Clumber Spaniels
71. Bassett Hound
38. Norwich Terrier
72. Mastiff
39. Dalmatians
Beagle
40. Soft-coated Wheaton
73. Pekingese
Terrier
74. Bloodhound
Bedlington Terrier
75. Borzoi
Smooth-haired Fox Terrier 76.
Chow Chow
77. Bulldog
78. Basenji
79. Afgan Hound
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Rank Characteristics
1-10 Brightest Dogs
11-26 Excellent
Working Dogs
27-39 Above Average Working Dogs
40-54 Average Working/Obedience Intelligence
55-69
Fair Working/Obedience Intelligence
70-79 Poor
Working/Obedience Intelligence
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All dogs are wonderfully brilliant, so don't get discouraged
(or complacent!) by this list. It is true that different breeds learn at different rates, but we have seen bulldogs and basenjis
graduate higher than border collies. What really matters is the mind-set and diligence of a dog's owner that determines
that dog's success. Aim high and you can do it!!!
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| "Stumpy" -- Best in Class December 2007 |
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Stumpy is a Pitbull/Bassett Hound shelter dog. He just completed 10 weeks of Scotch Pines Training
and graduated top in class!!
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