Dog facts *game*

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Originally posted by ILoveMyAbbyGirl
Smartest dogs: 1) border collie; 2) poodle; 3) golden retriever
Dumbest dog: Afghan

Honestly, I think this is really harsh. Maybe they mean that the Afghan is most stubborn to learn? I know Airedales are stubborn.

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I believe it's more stubbornness or unwillingness than lack of intelligence. The top breeds for intelligence always seem to be dogs who love to please and do obedience. I've heard airdales are thick-skulled/stubborn too.

Just my belief on that :)

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Originally posted by wolfsoul
Aaand in my opinion I've found easier breeds to train than those lol.

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I didn't realize you had trained so many different breeds INCLUDING those listed and multiple dogs of each breed too to make that assessment :p.

Easier to train breeds seem to be picked for service dogs and I'd put GSD up there towards the top too. A 5-year-old could train a golden easily. They are just such easy dogs :). My collies were wonderfully easy to train too. I haven't ever trained a poodle but have seem a lot of performing poodles that were impressive, as well as border collies, borders being the most amazingly adept at agility in general that I have seen.

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Originally posted by K9soul
I didn't realize you had trained so many different breeds INCLUDING those listed and multiple dogs of each breed too to make that assessment :p.

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Well, I certainly haven't met every single breed and had a chance to train them lol. ;) But in my training experience, I have a hard time training these breeds (except the poodle). I find that goldens are easy to trick-train though. :) Timber acts just like one (minus the retrieving instinct -- she'll go for it twice, and then leave it and tell me to go get it myself :o ), and she learned tricks very very easily.

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Originally posted by K9soul
borders being the most amazingly adept at agility in general that I have seen.

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I second that; they are always winning the agility matches. Almost makes me angry lol. "Oh, another border collie won." LOL. :p

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Originally posted by wolfsoul
I find that goldens are easy to trick-train though. :) Timber acts just like one (minus the retrieving instinct -- she'll go for it twice, and then leave it and tell me to go get it myself :o ), and she learned tricks very very easily.

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Just like Daisy! ;)
Except I can NOT get her to learn how to "shake". I've tryed everything, but I guess she doesn't want to learn it lol. :o But she's a quick learner, and like most goldens loves to play fetch!

Fact: The basenji, an African wolf dog, is the only dog that cannot bark.

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Originally posted by GoldenRetrLuver
Just like Daisy! ;)
Except I can NOT get her to learn how to "shake". I've tryed everything, but I guess she doesn't want to learn it lol.

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Really? Lol, I can't train Timber NOT to shake. She does it on command, but she also does it every other moment! If she wants attention, she'll whack you in the face with her paw. :rolleyes: If she is muddy, sure, pawing her new white clothing looks like fun! It's incredibly annoying lol. Oh well, what can ya do?

*Contrary to popular belief, the spitz-type dogs were not developed from foxes. Foxes are not able to breed with dogs because they are vulpes vulpes, and dogs are canis familiaris. Foxes are actually more closely related to cats.

A dog sees objects first by their movement, second by their brightness, and third by their shape.

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Originally posted by wolfsoul
Really? Lol, I can't train Timber NOT to shake. She does it on command, but she also does it every other moment! If she wants attention, she'll whack you in the face with her paw. :rolleyes: If she is muddy, sure, pawing her new white clothing looks like fun!

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Same with Alex!;)

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Originally posted by wolfsoul
Really? Lol, I can't train Timber NOT to shake. She does it on command, but she also does it every other moment! If she wants attention, she'll whack you in the face with her paw. :rolleyes: If she is muddy, sure, pawing her new white clothing looks like fun! It's incredibly annoying lol. Oh well, what can ya do?

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Lol, yep. She just won't do it. I'll say "shake", take her paw and say "Good girl!" so she knows what I'm talking about, but she just looks at me like "Ok..." :rolleyes: Maybe someday lol.

*A dog can hear sounds 250 yards away that most people cannot hear beyond 25 yards.*

*25% of dogs entering shelters are purebreds.

A dog's heart beats between 70 and 120 times a minute, compared with a human heart which beats 70 to 80 times a minute.

*Pyrenean Shepherds, Beucerons, and Pyrenean mountain dogs have double dewclaws.

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Originally posted by wolfsoul
*Pyrenean Shepherds, Beucerons, and Pyrenean mountain dogs have double dewclaws.

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Great Pyreneese do too (I don't know if they would be included in one of them:p ;))


Fact: Dogs almost always greet strangers who enter the home with barking and sniffing.

Tommy loves giving me his paw, Tasha too. Gotta watch for that when you are down on the floor with them.. get a sudden paw to the face :o

Willie was especially bad with the "giving of the paw" and if you didn't take it with your hand, he kept giving it with more and more gusto..

He gave me a few fat lips with that.

Fact: Great Danes were once used for boar hunting in Germany.

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Originally posted by apcrs5122
Great Pyreneese do too (I don't know if they would be included in one of them:p ;))

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Although double dew claws are unusual, they are certainly not unique to the Briard. Among others, they are also found on, Beauceron, Great Pyrenees, Pyrenees Shepherd, Norwegian Lundehund, Norweigen Buhund and the Iceland dog.