The Intelligence of Dogs is a book on dog intelligence by Stanley Coren, a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
Coren defines three aspects of dog intelligence in the book:
1) Instinctive intelligence refers to a dog's ability to perform the tasks it was bred for, such as herding, pointing, fetching, guarding, or supplying companionship.
2) Adaptive intelligence refers to a dog's ability to solve problems on its own.
3) Working and obedience intelligence refers to a dog's ability to learn from humans.
When Coren's list of breed intelligence first came out there was much media attention and commentary both pro and con. However over the years the ranking of breeds and the methodology used have come to be accepted as a valid description of the differences among dog breeds in terms of the trainability aspect of dog intelligence.
Below are the “intelligence brackets”:
Brightest Dogs
• Understanding of New Commands: Fewer than 5 repetitions.
• Obey First Command: 95% of the time or better.
Excellent Working Dogs
• Understanding of New Commands: 5 to 15 repetitions.
• Obey First Command: 85% of the time or better.
Above Average Working Dogs
• Understanding of New Commands: 15 to 25 repetitions.
• Obey First Command: 70% of the time or better.
Average Working/Obedience Intelligence
• Understanding of New Commands: 25 to 40 repetitions.
• Obey First Command: 50% of the time or better.
Fair Working/Obedience Intelligence
• Understanding of New Commands: 40 to 80 repetitions.
• Obey First Command: 30% of the time or better.
Lowest Degree of Working/Obedience Intelligence
(I guess these ones just eat and stare at you! LOL!)
Below is a list of the top 10 brightest dogs (from the topmost category). . .
Source: Wikipedia
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