10 manliest dogs

Liesje

  I want my dogs to worth WITH me, not against me or simply for themselves.

My husband agrees with you.   He loves Eko, but his preference is for dogs that are more agreeable and willing to please. Me, I'm a masochist. Even *I* have days in which I wonder what the heck I was thinking!

I especially didn't take it seriously because of the poor grammar used. Goodness. Oh, and they said bad things about pits, but they had cane corso on the list??? hmmm

Sometimes I think willingness to DISOBEY can be a sign of intelligence.

My example: seeing eye dogs. Seeing eye dogs must be intelligent in that they can be reliably trained BUT they also have to be intelligent enough to know when to DISOBEY a command. For example, Fluffy is told to go forward but ignores the command because it isn't safe. THAT to me is intelligent.

You see lots of labs in this K9 profession :)

There are some dogs which are smart and willing to please and others that are smart and have a "what's in it for me?" attitude...I think it is impossible to try and rank or compare intelligence in dogs.

That being said, a German Shorthair (17) is more intelligent than a Belgian Malinois(22)? but less intelligent than a Belgian Tervuren (14) or Belgian Sheepdog(15)? ROFL Yeah, that makes sense....

polarexpress

Sometimes I think willingness to DISOBEY can be a sign of intelligence.

My example: seeing eye dogs. Seeing eye dogs must be intelligent in that they can be reliably trained BUT they also have to be intelligent enough to know when to DISOBEY a command. For example, Fluffy is told to go forward but ignores the command because it isn't safe. THAT to me is intelligent.

You see lots of labs in this K9 profession :)

There are some dogs which are smart and willing to please and others that are smart and have a "what's in it for me?" attitude...I think it is impossible to try and rank or compare intelligence in dogs.

That being said, a German Shorthair (17) is more intelligent than a Belgian Malinois(22)? but less intelligent than a Belgian Tervuren (14) or Belgian Sheepdog(15)? ROFL Yeah, that makes sense....

 

Agreed 100%!! I have one of each in my house currently and it's..... interesting....LOL

My Golden learns extremely fast, will respond in a snap, will stop mid chase if I call him and is a wonderfully behaved dog. Is he intelligent? Absolutely!

My Pyr pup learns commands VERY quickly when I can convince him that they are important to him too; however, EVERY time you ask a Pyr to do something he considers his response. He thinks it over. Do I want to sit, or do I want to keep doing what I'm doing? Do I want to come, or do I want to keep investigating this lovely flower right here? Do I want to make you feel good today or do I really not care?

He's not stupid, he's anything but, and can learn a command every bit as quickly as Drake can, but when it comes time to perform them.....well.....it depends on what he's doing

SirDrakeOfTheCreek

Agreed 100%!! I have one of each in my house currently and it's..... interesting....LOL

If you think that's interesting you should try living with a number 72 !!!!!!!   hahahahahahah

Deb W.