Most Intelligent Dog Breeds

This list was created by rating dogs on obedience and working intelligence. For a dog, they assumed, intelligence means being able to carry out commands and to put its training to practical use.

  1. Border Collie
  2. Poodle
  3. German Shepherd
  4. Golden Retriever
  5. Doberman Pinscher
  6. Shetland Sheepdog
  7. Labrador Retriever
  8. Papillion
  9. Rottweiler
  10. Australian Cattle Dog & Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)
  11. Miniature Schnauzer
  12. English Springer Spaniel
  13. Belgian Tervuren
  14. Schipperke
  15. Belgian Sheepdog
  16. Collie & Keeshond
  17. German Shorthaired Pointer
  18. Flat-Coated Retriever, English Cocker Spaniel & Standard Schnauzer
  19. Brittany
  20. American Cocker Spaniel
  21. Weimaraner
  22. Belgian Malinois & Bernese Mountain Dog
  23. Pomeranian
  24. Irish Water Spaniel
  25. Vizsla
  26. Cardigan Welsh Corgi
  27. Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Puli & Yorkshire Terrier
  28. Giant Schnauzer
  29. Airedale Terrier, Bouvier des Flandres
  30. Border Terrier & Briard
  31. Welsh Springer Spaniel
  32. Manchester Terrier
  33. Samoyed
  34. Field Spaniel, Newfoundland, Australian Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Gordon Setter & Bearded Collie
  35. Cairn Terrier, Kerry Blue Terrier, Irish Setter
  36. Norwegian Elkhound
  37. Affenpinscher, Silky Terrier, Miniature Pinscher, English Setter, Pharaoh Hound & Clumber Spaniel
  38. Norwich Terrier
  39. Dalmatian
  40. Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier, Bedlington Terrier, Fox Terrier (Smooth)
  41. Curly Coated Retriever & Irish Wolfhound
  42. Kuvasz & Australian Shepherd
  43. Saluki, Finnish Spitz & Pointer
  44. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel,German Wirehaired Pointer, Black and Tan Coonhound & American Water Spaniel
  45. Siberian Husky, Bichon Frise & English Toy Spaniel
  46. Tibetan Spaniel, English Foxhound, Otterhound, American Foxhound, Greyhound & Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
  47. West Highland White Terrier & Scottish Deerhound
  48. Boxer & Great Dane
  49. Dachshund & Staffordshire Bull Terrier
  50. Alaskan Malamute
  51. Whippet, Chinese Shar Pei & Wire Fox Terrier
  52. Rhodesian Ridgeback
  53. Ibizan Hound, Welsh Terrier & Irish Terrier
  54. Boston Terrier & Akita
  55. Skye Terrier
  56. Norfolk Terrier & Sealyham Terrier
  57. Pug
  58. French Bulldog
  59. Brussels Griffon & Maltese
  60. Italian Greyhound
  61. Chinese Crested
  62. Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, Tibetan Terrier, Japanese Chin & Lakeland Terrier
  63. Old English Sheepdog
  64. Great Pyrenees
  65. Scottish Terrier & Saint Bernard
  66. Bull Terrier
  67. Chihuahua
  68. Lhasa Apso
  69. Bullmastiff
  70. Shih Tzu
  71. Basset Hound
  72. Mastiff & Beagle
  73. Pekingese
  74. Bloodhound
  75. Borzoi
  76. Chow Chow
  77. Bulldog
  78. Basenji
  79. Afghan Hound