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re: How smart is your dog?
Posted on 5/11/26 at 1:25 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Posted on 5/11/26 at 1:25 pm to Ramblin Wreck
We've got a sheepadoodle, she impresses me with how smart she can be. Picked up all the usual stuff pretty quick(sit, shake, laydown, stay, come, etc), rings a bell on the door when she wants to go outside, rings the doorstopper on the patio when she's ready to come in, figured out how to climb the ladder so she can get into the kids playhouse to hang out with them, for a while I was picking up her poop and tossing it in a little unused area on the side of the house for the rain to wash away and she now uses that as her designated pooping area. We have a few of those dog buttons for her at my office and she picked them up pretty quick for "outside" and "treat". We had to confiscate the "treat" button, she kept pressing it repeatedly, then would get an attitude when you wouldn't give her one.
Years back we had an Australian Shepard who HATED FedEx and UPS drivers. It was funny to watch him just hop up and start growling because he'd heard the truck turn down our street a half mile away.
Years back we had an Australian Shepard who HATED FedEx and UPS drivers. It was funny to watch him just hop up and start growling because he'd heard the truck turn down our street a half mile away.
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Posted on 5/11/26 at 1:41 pm to Jim Rockford
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My lab can distinguish the sound of vehicles that belong to one of his people before anybody else can hear them. He'll get all excited and 30 seconds later someone pulls up in the driveway.
I had a dog that could do that, still have him but his hearing isn't so good anymore.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 1:57 pm to Ramblin Wreck
I currently have two mutts. Pound rescues.
One of them just walked up to me with a pair of my wife's panties in his mouth. The smartest dumb dogs you'll ever meet.
One of them just walked up to me with a pair of my wife's panties in his mouth. The smartest dumb dogs you'll ever meet.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 1:58 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Smart enough to open our back door with a latch, but not smart enough to close it, dumb bitch... 
Posted on 5/11/26 at 2:06 pm to Ramblin Wreck
I have a Jack Russell terrier and his I Q is higher than 90 percent of the people in North Baton Rouge.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 2:18 pm to Ramblin Wreck
My dog Zeus has basic intelligence in that he will ask me to go outside, ask to get up on the couch, tap the front door security window to let me know he wants back in, and knows how to beg for stuff. He will catch a flour tortilla like a frisbee, catch snacks tossed to him, jump when I tell him to do so, and answer a few questions for me by nodding.
Other than that, he is an empty stomach with teeth all day long.
Other than that, he is an empty stomach with teeth all day long.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:00 pm to Ramblin Wreck
have a stupid dog that will chase its own tail for twenty minutes
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:01 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Great Dane - dumb as a box of rocks
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:07 pm to Ramblin Wreck
Smart when he wants to be. He has selective hearing and understanding only when it benefits him.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:14 pm to Ramblin Wreck
My last dog was a German Shepherd. Smartest critter I have ever been around. They learn your habits, personality, etc....
GSD's communicate with humans better than most humans.
GSD's communicate with humans better than most humans.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:17 pm to Ramblin Wreck
My two are geniuses when it comes to sneaky ways to get food.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:22 pm to Ramblin Wreck
My 7 year old Boxer looks dumb and acts like a puppy but is surprisingly smart, much smarter than the previous two we've had.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:28 pm to Ramblin Wreck
We have a female Labradoodle that is crazy smart. She knows all of our names, the names of her toys (will get them on demand), can play hide and seek with her toys and people, will NOT run out of her boundary in the yard and knows the sounds of all our vehicles.
We keep her milk bones in a container in the LR. If she wants one she’ll sit there and look at you, look at container, look at you, look at container….over and over. It’s like she can’t figure out why you’re too stupid to understand.
She can run and carch a soft frisbee like nobody’s business. That and getting some cheese when I make a sandwich are her two favorite things in the world.
I love that dog.
We keep her milk bones in a container in the LR. If she wants one she’ll sit there and look at you, look at container, look at you, look at container….over and over. It’s like she can’t figure out why you’re too stupid to understand.
She can run and carch a soft frisbee like nobody’s business. That and getting some cheese when I make a sandwich are her two favorite things in the world.
I love that dog.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:41 pm to SquatchDawg
my shnoodle is very smart but very hard headed.
he is the most vocal dog i have ever had.
has a low growl when he needs to go out or needs food or water and will get up to a bark if you ignore him after a couples of low growls..
also can tell tone of my truck way before i pull into our long driveway.
isnt afraid of any dog or person that invades his space but let it thunder one time and he is in bathroom hyper ventilating.
very weird he loves people and animals away from home (like doggy daycare)
he is the most vocal dog i have ever had.
has a low growl when he needs to go out or needs food or water and will get up to a bark if you ignore him after a couples of low growls..
also can tell tone of my truck way before i pull into our long driveway.
isnt afraid of any dog or person that invades his space but let it thunder one time and he is in bathroom hyper ventilating.
very weird he loves people and animals away from home (like doggy daycare)
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:54 pm to Ramblin Wreck
I have heelers. My older one that died a few years back was ridiculous smart like the breed is known for.
4 year old is right there with her, undersized but has the most heeler/herding instinct.
2 year old is just there for a good time.
My theory is that for heelers at least, it depends on how far removed they are from real working lines. My youngest one looks the part, but he’s clearly just a goofy pet.
4 year old is right there with her, undersized but has the most heeler/herding instinct.
2 year old is just there for a good time.
My theory is that for heelers at least, it depends on how far removed they are from real working lines. My youngest one looks the part, but he’s clearly just a goofy pet.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:58 pm to Ramblin Wreck
We have show poodles and raise a litter or 2 a year. We also raised and trained labs for hunting and hunt tests and even a few field trials (just qualifying). The poodles are smarter than the labs. I have put my hands on hundreds of labs over the 20 years I trained and my smartest lab was not as smart as my dumbest poodle. Dogs can’t learn by deductive reasoning but poodles are damn close
Posted on 5/11/26 at 4:06 pm to Ramblin Wreck
My current golden is very smart.
Had to switch to door knobs instead of door handles because he learned how to open doors.
Had to clip carabiners on his kennel because he learned how to undo the latch with his nose.
Had to switch food containers because he learned how to open our first one that just had a basic lid.
Barks once at door when he wants to go out. Barks once at door when he wants to come back in.
We got him the buttons that say words so he could talk, but ended up taking them away because it would be 11:30 at night and he would spam the two buttons that said “play” and “outside”
That being said, he’s a fantastic dog that is trained as an AKC service dog and has passed AKC tracking trials
Had to switch to door knobs instead of door handles because he learned how to open doors.
Had to clip carabiners on his kennel because he learned how to undo the latch with his nose.
Had to switch food containers because he learned how to open our first one that just had a basic lid.
Barks once at door when he wants to go out. Barks once at door when he wants to come back in.
We got him the buttons that say words so he could talk, but ended up taking them away because it would be 11:30 at night and he would spam the two buttons that said “play” and “outside”
That being said, he’s a fantastic dog that is trained as an AKC service dog and has passed AKC tracking trials
Posted on 5/11/26 at 4:07 pm to Darth_Vader
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Posted on 5/11/26 at 4:09 pm to Ramblin Wreck
I've had many different breeds of dogs.
Top 3 smartest
3 - Chow
2 - German Shephard
1 - Standard Poodle.
Bottom 3 dumbest
3 - Chihuahua
2 - Pomeranian
1 - Heinz 57
Jury is still out.
1- Mini Dachshund. I think she's smart as hell but just an a-hole.
Top 3 smartest
3 - Chow
2 - German Shephard
1 - Standard Poodle.
Bottom 3 dumbest
3 - Chihuahua
2 - Pomeranian
1 - Heinz 57
Jury is still out.
1- Mini Dachshund. I think she's smart as hell but just an a-hole.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 4:15 pm to Snipe
We taught our long-haired dachshund to hit a button that says "I'm hungry" when she wants food. If we don't move quickly enough she will hammer it a few times and then come stare at us like "how are you not hearing this?!"
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