Smartest Breed?

**Anita Cholaine** · 05-17-2005, 02:34 PM

Hi, I'm new. I think there are no smartest breeds, there are more obedient or loyal breeds and more independient ones, wich are not nterested in what we ask them to do. For example, I have a Dachshund (called Anita Maria Cholaine, lol) she does what she wants in our house, in fact, she controls our lifes! She's so smart......... sometimes she does things we never thougth her, and she's always listening our conversations so, she learnt a lot of words by herself.
I think that dachshunds are incredibly smart, and had a great personality!

**cocker_luva** · 08-12-2005, 07:16 AM

i think the standard poodle and the border collie are ones of the smartest.

**katienoonan** · 08-12-2005, 08:15 AM

The three smartest breeds I have MET are standard poodle, German Shepherd and Doberman.

**cyber-sibes** · 08-15-2005, 05:54 AM

I think every breed has it's "area" of so-called intelligence. Whenever I see "research shows", I wonder at the criteria of the studies cited. What were the researchers looking for? How did they interpret their findings? What was their bias? I think it's amazing that dogs have been bred for such a wide range of characteristics and seem to have adapted to everything that's been done to them. There are alot of stories out there about how selective breeding has "dumbed down" breeds, too. So who's to say what breed is the smartest? I recognize the intelligence differences between my individual dogs, but I would have a hard time saying one "breed" is smarter.