Which breed/best trained?

[tannermama]

My Yorkie, Tanner, can dance, sing, hi-five, shake, say "please", roll over, beg, and balance a treat on his nose for as long as I tell him to. I can walk him without a leash, but I am scared other dogs might try to play with him and be too rough. After all, he weighs only 8 pounds. He never destroyed anything but toilet paper, and he is one and a half years old. He sleeps with me (yes, in my bed) every night, and he sits by the door when he needs to go. Might I add that he can also pose for the camera.

[Giselle]

Seriously? Haha. Definitely a Border Collie of sorts. Can't say in particular which BC, but BC's are definitely one of your most biddable/"love-to-learn-and-work" dogs.

[emc]

I've read that border collies and poodles are the smartest dogs. I've had chihuahuas for years and I think that they are pretty smart. I and my brother were once outsmarted by a chihuahua, we were chasing her around a coffee table, I was at one end and my brother at the other. We thought we had her trapped but then she made her getaway from behind the couch. I just stood there stunned because making a getaway from behind the couch would never have occurred to me.

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[Pam]

I've read that border collies and poodles are the smartest dogs.

I have read that in many places as well. I have had poodles all of my life and have found it to be so. My first poodle, a female toy, was housebroken in a weekend. That pretty much sold me on the breed. I think GSD's are also at the top of that list.

[cali]

outside of my own Border collies, it would have to go to a toy poodle name Bobby..she's kinda famous, #1 obedience dog in Canada, she is so darn adorable to watch lol

[MonicanHonda]

Yes, I own a dalmatian. Yes, I may seem biased. But she's not normal, I swear. Never has. Lol Dalmatians actually aren't stupid, just short attention spans. BUT, she was never potty trained. The people who had her before me had a pug and Honda learned from the pug. She knows many tricks, I do not have to keep her on a leash at all, I just do when I should because I cannot trust other people. I am sure many of you will agree with me. And I just sometimes think she isn't dalmatian because she's not hyper at all. She's ten now, but I got her when she was three and her temperment and attitude have not changed. My parents dislike dogs very much but they say if she didn't shed so much or poop, she would be the best dog. Lol But I definitely know dogs, and I know they don't rank much on the "dog smartness" scale. Lol, but there is always that one in a million.

[luvofallhorses]

I think ANY breed can be the best trained - it takes time and effort. all of our dogs are trained fully except our new pup, Rudy. he's still learning and he's only about 3 months old. I think any dog mixed or purebred is best trained with proper training - it doesn't matter on breed IMO but the best trained dog I have owned was a pit bull mix when I was growing up she was SMART! Pit bulls are very intelligent and smart. I think I could list a lot of breeds that are simple to train but with pit bulls they are eager to please you and they are easy to train.

Labs take a lot to train but they're worth it! they ARE very smart so are goldens. Border collies are easy to train. Hounds are also easy to train, any dog is easy to train unless you have a stubborn dog like my Jenny. she's a rottie mix and she was hard to train - I don't think it's because of her breed, it's just because she's stubborn but today she knows how to sit, stay, and lay down and come (unless she gets out of the yard she won't come!)

all in all, I think any dog can be easy to train even the most stubborn dogs!