Which breed is the smartest

Intelligence dogs we can understand not only the sum of the willingness and possibilities to perform the animal work tasks, but also a social skill, ie hardly measurable ability of dogs to respond adequately to non-work initiatives. Each dog is more or less able to learn to base what ever lets his co-existence with humans: cistotnosti, several basic povelum. Dogs also have a certain mathematical skill, able to compare, learn and solve new problems. These capabilities are called adaptive intelligence.

Not only cross-breed, but also the personal qualities of each individual in the same degree of ability to determine the breed to learn a certain group of tasks, and all it is then given by the man with the dog mutually aligned, as once the dog was socialized in what is the environment, what incentives are offered to him as a dog educated. A mutual understanding is necessary to determine the degree of interaction. Coexistence of two-thinking individuals, each of whom speaks a different language, gradually aligns, because although they are not able to acquire the second language, to understand his body language, voice and Mimice manifestations.

Intelligence breeds

Many breeders have been trying to compile a ranking list of dog breeds according to their degree of intelligence, but few of them gets into a close relationship with all breeds that exist. Similar attempts at generalization will necessarily prefer to breed, which the farmer pays, or that you have the most favorite of breeds, which when kept. And it - without a sufficient panel of respondents, speaking professionally, or in a group of representatives of each breed, hard to make any conclusions. Even within breeds can be found highly intelligent individuals and less nimble, and actually founded research should therefore have enough individuals studied toto average the resulting values correspond to reality.
An important step has contributed to the view of the dog's intelligence Canadian psychologist Stanley Coren. Not only created a test to help you every keeper makes curious picture of the potential inteligencnim your dog, but on the basis of vast amounts of completed tests, self-observation and interviews with top breeders and dog trainer compiled ranking breeds according to their average intelligence. Out of about eighty are placed on top of breed border collie, poodle, German shepherd, golden retrivr, Doberman pinscher, seltie, Labrador, papillon, rottweilers, or Australian shepherd, and the last Si-TZU, basset hound, mastif, bigl, peke, bladhaund, barzoj, chow-chow, English Bulldog,basenzi and Afghan hound.

Corenova popular educational (and popular) book was published last year as well us under the name of Intelligence dogs.

Intelligence Test individuals

The measurement of intelligence has said the following adaptive Corenuv test. It contained tasks may be carried out only once, though perhaps at preskacku (except the seventh and eighth task that must be done in logical order). Scan can be at home, everything takes about an hour. Nevertheless, the author recommends testing divided into two or three blocks, that dog was not tired.
Test the dogs under one year of age and dogs that do not have the owner in possession of at least three months. If the dog does not attempt to co-operation, it is better to wait for the appropriate time.

The collar should be testing, guidance, stalks,empty metal box, large and small towel, some thicker books, board, large cardboard boxes, a few dog wounds. The advantage is helpful.

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