Dog breed "Working IQ" ranking

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Judging a breed's IQ is not easy because there are multiple indicators. In the 1990s, canine psychologist Stanley Coren proposed that dog breed IQ can be divided into: adaptive IQ (such as understanding things), work IQ (such as obeying instructions), and instinctive IQ (such as inherent talent). In addition, there is spatial IQ, kinesthetic IQ, interpersonal IQ and so on.

Indeed, as animal behaviorist Frans de Waal puts it: Humans tend to judge animal INTELLIGENCE by limited and unfair metrics, and often do experiments haphazardly. For now, though, the researchers do have enough data to judge the breed's "working IQ." A long-term survey of dog breed obedience is as follows:

First class: the smartest working dog, able to master new instructions through less than 5 practices, with a compliance rate of more than 95%.

1. Bode Shepherd

2. Poodles

3. German Shepherd

4. Golden Retriever

5. Dobermans

6. Hilti Shepherd

7. Labrador Retrievers

8. Butterfly dogs

9. Rottweiler

10. Australian Cattle Breeder

Second class: excellent working dog, able to master new instructions through 5-15 times of practice, obedience rate of more than 85%.

11. Pembroke Welsh Corgi

12. Mini Schnauzer

13. English Springer

14. Belgian Tambilian

15. Schuberge, Belgian Shepherd

16. Collie Shepherd, Dutch Lion Dog

17. German shorthair indicator dog

18. Flat-haired Retrievers, English Cocker Spaniels, Standard Schnauzers

19. Breton Hound

20. Cocker Spaniel, Nova Scotia Duck Retriever

21. Weimar Hound

22. Belgian Marinos, Bernese Mountain Dog

23. Pomeranian

24. Irish Water Hound

25. Vichyra Hound

26. Cardigan Welsh Corgi

Third class: above-average working dogs, able to master new instructions through 15-25 practices, with a compliance rate of more than 70%.

27. Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, Hungarian Shepherds, Yorkshire Terriers

28. Giant Schnauzer, Portuguese Water Dog

29. Ayr Valley Terrier, Flanders Cattle Breeder

30. Bode Foxhound, Berry

31. Wells Flying Hound

32. Manchester Terrier

33. Samoyed dogs

34. Field Beagle, Newfoundland Terrier, Australian Terrier, American Stefu county Terrier, Gordon Sheddah, Ancient Long-bearded Shepherd

35. American Huskies, Cairn Terrier, Kelly Blue Terrier, Irish Longhair

36. Norwegian Deer Hound

37. Monkey Terrier, Silk Terrier, Mini Doberman, English Setter, Pharaoh Hound, Spanish Beagle

38. Norwich Terrier

39.Barley Dog

Fourth class: ordinary working dog, able to master new instructions through 25-40 times of practice, the obedience rate is more than 50%.

40. Irish Soft Terrier, Bellington Terrier, Short-haired Fox Terrier

41 curly retriever, Irish wolfhound

42 Gowes, Australian Shepherd

43. Saluki dogs, Finnish hounds, indicator hounds

44. King Charles Beagle, German Bristle Indicator Dog, Black and Brown Raccoon Hound, American Water Spaniel

45. Siberian Huskies, Curly Bears, English Toy Dogs

46. Tibetan Hound, English Foxhound, Odda Hound, American Foxhound, Greyhound, Hound, Parson Rose Terrier, Hard-Haired Indicator Prey Griffin

47. Western Highlands White Shoulder, Havena, Scottish Deer Hound

48. Fighting Dog, Great Dane

49. Dax Hound, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Shiba Inu

50. Sled dogs

51. Greyhound, Chinese Sharpie, Bristle Fox Terrier

52. Rhodesian Ridgeback

53. Ibiza Hound, Welsh Terrier, Irish Terrier

54. Boston dog, Akita dog

Fifth class: Poor working dogs, need to master new instructions through 40-80 times of practice, the obedience rate is about 40%.

55. Skye Terrier

56. Norfolk Terrier, Cyrel Terrier

57. Pugs

58. French Bulldog

59. Brussels Coarse Hound, Maltese

60. Gree Dog

61. Chinese crested dog

62. Dandy Dingmeng Terrier, Medium Griffin Hunting Dog, Tibetan Terrier, Japanese Poodle, Lake Terrier

63. Ancient English Shepherd

64. Great White Bear Dog

65. Scottish Terrier, St. Bernard

66. Bull Terrier, Mini Beji Griffin Vanding

67. Chihuahua

68. Lhasa Apso

69. Bull-headed mastiff

Sixth Class: The most effective working dog, which may require more than 100 exercises to master the new instructions, the obedience rate is about 30%.

70. Xi Shi Dog

71. Bagido Hound

72. Mastiff, Beagle Hound

73. Peking Dog

74. Bloodhounds

75. Posol dogs

76. Pine Lion Dog

77. Pit Bulldogs

78. Basingi dogs

79. Afghan Hound

It should be noted that each breed is individually different, and many obedience behaviors are the result of training, such as: a dog trainer successfully trained multiple Staffordshire bull terriers (#49) to win multiple obedience competitions; a Nova Scotia duck retriever (#20) was too smart to fit these competitions.

This article is translated from sciencealert and published by translator Rare under the Creative Commons License (BY-NC).