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Originally posted by leagleaze
Herding dogs tend to be very smart. The different belgians, the different shepards, corgis etc.
Working dogs range from smart to thick as a brick. Goldens and Labs while two of the sweetest breeds tend to be extremely dumb for everything, but as PJ says, retrieving.
Terriers can be smart, but they are aptly named. Generally not a good idea to have them around kids. They normally have tough personalities.
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Several thoughts:
I wanted to point out to followup on ther person who said labs were dumb for most things that werent retrieving. Labs are the most ocmmon guide dogs for the blind. I have to assume this takes some intelligence to pull off.
As for shepherds, I had an australian shepherd/doberman mix that was dumber than a box of sunny bonnies. She actually got hit by a car and died. Maybe the doberman half was the stupid half but I thought dobies were wizards.
THere is a ranking of intelligence in breeds available online.
http://www.petrix.com/dogint/
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