I got this book at PetSmart called 277 Secrets Your Dog Wants You to Know by Paulette Cooper and Paul Noble. It has a lot of interesting things in it. I just thought I'd post a couple interesting parts of it. These are not my opinions so don't get mad at me I dont even necessarily agree with the studies because they don't seem extensive and I also don't like putting labels on breeds because each is an individual.
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Dogs Least and Most Likely to Bite
In a study on biting and nonbiting dogs, you may have expected German shepherds and chow chows to be among the biters. But collies? Yes, and even more surprising, the pit bull didn't bite. But since there was only one pit bull in the study, it doesn't mean much.
The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, reported that the dogs least likely to bite were golden retrievers, Chihuahuas, poodles, and Scottish terriers. This study, conducted in Denver, Colorado, for the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, also found that biters tended to be male and unneutered, and more likely to live in homes with children.
The 10 Smartest Dog Breeds
Dr. Stanley Coren named the Border collie, poodle, German shepherd, golden retriever, Doberman pinscher, Shetland sheep dog, Labrador retriever, papillon, rottweiler, and Australian cattle dog as the top ten breeds in obedience and working intelligence.
This caused a great howl to go up from those whose dogs landed at the tail of the list. Ownsers of borzois, chow chows, bulldogs, basenjis, and Afghan hounds insisted that their dogs weren't dumb at all; they were just too smart to do Coren's stupid tests.
On Charlie Rose's television show, Dr. Coren told how he handles offended dog owners, recalling what he told an Afghan owner: "You have beautiful dogs...They are quite spectacular..." He found this mollified people because, "We prize beauty and aesthetics in our culture as much as we do intelligence."
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