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Stanley Corene is a psychologist and teacher who in 1994 wrote the famous book The Intelligence of Dogs. In Portuguese the book is known as "the intelligence of dogs". In it, he presented a world ranking of canine intelligence and distinguished in three aspects the intelligence of dogs:
- instinctual intelligence: skills that the dog has instinctively, such as herding, guarding or companionship.
- adaptive intelligence: abilities that dogs have to solve a problem.
- Obedience and Work Intelligence: ability to learn from the human being.
Would you like to know more about the smartest dogs in the world according to Stanley Coren or the methods he used to arrive at this list? Continue reading this PeritoAnimal article with the ranking of the smartest dog in the world.
Classification of dogs according to Stanley Coren:
Have you ever wondered which breed is the smartest dog in the world? Stanley Coren defined this ranking:
- border collie
- poodle or poodle
- German Shepherd
- Golden retriever
- Doberman pinscher
- Rough Collie or Shetland Sheepdog
- labrador retriever
- papillon
- rottweiler
- australian herdsman
- Welsh Corgi Pembroke
- Schnauzer
- English Springer Spaniel
- Belgian Shepherd Tervueren
- Belgian Shepherd Groenendael
- Keeshond or wolf type spitz
- German shorthaired arm
- english cocker spaniel
- Breton Spaniel
- American cocker spaniel
- Weimar Arm
- Belgian Shepherd laekenois - Belgian Shepherd malinois - Boiadeiro de berna
- Lulu of Pomerania
- irish water dog
- Hungarian white
- Cardigan Welsh Corgi
- Chesapeake bay retriever - Puli - Yorkshire terrier
- Giant Schnauzer - Portuguese Water Dog
- Airedale terrier - Cowboy of Flanders
- Border terrier - Shepherd of Brie
- Spinger Spaniel English
- machester terrier
- Samoyed
- Field Spaniel - Newfoundland - Australian Terrier - American Staffordhire Terrier - Setter Gordon - Bearded Collie
- Cairn Terrier - Kerry Blue Terrier - Irish Setter
- norwegian elkhound
- Affenpinscher - Silky Terrier - Miniature Pinscher - Pharaon Hound - Clumber Spaniels
- Norwich terrier
- Dalmatian
- Smooth-haired Fox Terrier - Beglington Terrier
- Curly-coated retriever - Irish wolf
- Kuvasz
- Saluki - Finnish Spitz
- Cavalier King Charles - German Hardhaired Arm - Black-and-tan Coonhound - American Water Spaniel
- Siberian Husky - Bichon Frisé - English Toy Spaniel
- Tibetan Spaniel - English Foxhound - American Fozhound - Oterhound - Greyhound - Hardhaired Pointing Griffon
- West Highland white terrier - Scottish Deerhound
- Boxer - Great Dane
- Techel - Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Alaskan Malamute
- Whippet - Shar pei - Hard-haired Fox Terrier
- hodesian ridgeback
- Podengo Ibicenco - Welsh Terroer - Irish Terrier
- Boston Terrier - Akita Inu
- skye terrier
- Norfolk Terrier - Sealhyam Terrier
- pug
- french bulldog
- Belgian Gryphon / Maltese Terrier
- Piccolo Levriero Italian
- Chinese Crested Dog
- Dandie Dinmont terrier - Vendeen - Tibetan Mastiff - Lakeland Terrier
- bobtail
- Pyrenees Mountain Dog.
- Scottish terrier - Saint Bernard
- english bull terrier
- Chihuahua
- Lhasa Apso
- bullmastiff
- Shih Tzu
- basset hound
- Mastiff - Beagle
- Pekingese
- bloodhound
- Borzoi
- Chow chow
- English bulldog
- Basenji
- Afghan Hound
Assessment
Stanley Coren's ranking is based on the results of different work and obedience tests carried out by AKC (American Kennel Club) and CKC (Canadian Kennel Club) on 199 puppies. It is important to emphasize that not all races are included. canines.
The list suggests that:
- Smarter breeds (1-10): comprise orders with less than 5 repetitions and generally follow the first order.
- Excellent working races (11-26): comprise new orders of 5 and 15 repetitions and usually obey 80% of the time.
- Above-average working races (27-39): comprise new orders between 15 and 25 repetitions. They usually respond in 70% of cases.
- Average intelligence in work and obedience (50-54): these puppies need between 40 and 80 repetitions to understand an order. They respond 30% of the time.
- Low intelligence in work and obedience (55-79): learn new orders between 80 and 100 repetitions. They don't always obey, only in 25% of cases.
Stanley Coren created this list to rank the intelligence of dogs in terms of work and obedience. However, this is not a representative result as each dog can respond better or worse, regardless of breed, age or sex.
