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.
- Border Collie
- Poodle
- German Shepherd
- Golden Retriever
- Doberman Pinscher
- Shetland Sheepdog
- Labrador Retriever
- Papillion
- Rottweiler
- Australian Cattle Dog & Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)
- Miniature Schnauzer
- English Springer Spaniel
- Belgian Tervuren
- Schipperke
- Belgian Sheepdog
- Collie & Keeshond
- German Shorthaired Pointer
- Flat-Coated Retriever, English Cocker Spaniel & Standard Schnauzer
- Brittany
- American Cocker Spaniel
- Weimaraner
- Belgian Malinois & Bernese Mountain Dog
- Pomeranian
- Irish Water Spaniel
- Vizsla
- Cardigan Welsh Corgi
- Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Puli & Yorkshire Terrier
- Giant Schnauzer
- Airedale Terrier, Bouvier des Flandres
- Border Terrier & Briard
- Welsh Springer Spaniel
- Manchester Terrier
- Samoyed
- Field Spaniel, Newfoundland, Australian Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Gordon Setter & Bearded Collie
- Cairn Terrier, Kerry Blue Terrier, Irish Setter
- Norwegian Elkhound
- Affenpinscher, Silky Terrier, Miniature Pinscher, English Setter, Pharaoh Hound & Clumber Spaniel
- Norwich Terrier
- Dalmatian
- Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier, Bedlington Terrier, Fox Terrier (Smooth)
- Curly Coated Retriever & Irish Wolfhound
- Kuvasz & Australian Shepherd
- Saluki, Finnish Spitz & Pointer
- Cavalier King Charles Spaniel,German Wirehaired Pointer, Black and Tan Coonhound & American Water Spaniel
- Siberian Husky, Bichon Frise & English Toy Spaniel
- Tibetan Spaniel, English Foxhound, Otterhound, American Foxhound, Greyhound & Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
- West Highland White Terrier & Scottish Deerhound
- Boxer & Great Dane
- Dachshund & Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Alaskan Malamute
- Whippet, Chinese Shar Pei & Wire Fox Terrier
- Rhodesian Ridgeback
- Ibizan Hound, Welsh Terrier & Irish Terrier
- Boston Terrier & Akita
- Skye Terrier
- Norfolk Terrier & Sealyham Terrier
- Pug
- French Bulldog
- Brussels Griffon & Maltese
- Italian Greyhound
- Chinese Crested
- Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, Tibetan Terrier, Japanese Chin & Lakeland Terrier
- Old English Sheepdog
- Great Pyrenees
- Scottish Terrier & Saint Bernard
- Bull Terrier
- Chihuahua
- Lhasa Apso
- Bullmastiff
- Shih Tzu
- Basset Hound
- Mastiff & Beagle
- Pekingese
- Bloodhound
- Borzoi
- Chow Chow
- Bulldog
- Basenji
- Afghan Hound
