Dennis Jones Webboard User Reg: 06-13-2004
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I think its just internet fluff, like the Basenji, is the low in inteelegence because it is resistant to training or did they actualy use some sort of test? Suppose you found a way to use the strong prey drive to motivate the Afgan?
Jose Miguel Gome Webboard User Reg: 11-11-2008
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This is actually taken from the book " The intelligence of dogs" wich i've allready read. The author made a very extensive data collection in order to make the ranking.
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Quote: jose miguel gome
This is actually taken from the book " The intelligence of dogs" wich i've allready read. The author made a very extensive data collection in order to make the ranking.
Just cus' you write a book doesn't make you smart...
There's a couple on the bottom of the list only because of trainability, not intelligence. The Basenji being one of them. They are natural escape artists which obviously requires maybe above average intellengce. Which is smarter, doing what your told with little reward or not doing what you are told and getting away with it with greater reward. It requires a lot of smarts to shirk work and get away with it. Just ask my boss
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Just cus' you write a book doesn't make you smart...
There's a couple on the bottom of the list only because of trainability, not intelligence. The Basenji being one of them. They are natural escape artists which obviously requires maybe above average intellengce. Which is smarter, doing what your told with little reward or not doing what you are told and getting away with it with greater reward. It requires a lot of smarts to shirk work and get away with it. Just ask my boss
I can see that you have not read the book...
The author divides the kinds of canine intelligence into 3 basic cathegories: intinctive intelligence, adaptative intelligence and obedience/working intelligence.
That list it's only about the obedience/working intelligence. It does not consider the other types. Just the trainability.
The way the author made the study seems very well planned and with lots of data from american and canadian obedience trials and lots of experts opinion.
In general the list makes a lot of sense, but there are some positions that don't.
As far as i know this is one of the biggest study comparing breeds trainability.
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