[Quiz] How Smart is Your Dog?

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Your dog's intelligence can be improved. Dogs that are raised in a stimulating environment have a greater capacity for learning than those that are not. When a dog is exposed to novel situations and tasks, the dog's brain forms new connections.

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Dogs often have the linguistic skills of a 2-year-old human and the numeric comprehension of a 3-year-old human.

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Dogs are exceptionally bright in terms of social intelligence, which is defined as the ability to interact successfully with others. They are excellent communicators with both other people and canine companions.

According to Dr. Coren, dogs have the same level of social intelligence as teenagers. What I mean is, "They're highly interested in who's who in the pack, and who's rising in the pack, and who's sleeping with who, and so on."

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Dogs have a fundamental grasp of spatial concepts. In the presence of landmarks, they are adept at mentally mapping their surroundings.

And while they might have a tougher time wrapping their heads around time itself, they do get that events tend to follow a pattern. They know that some events must come before others.

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Asking a dog "what's one plus one?" might not get you an answer. Experiments, however, have shown that canines can grasp the concepts of addition and subtraction and can count to at least four or five.

Dogs are opportunistic eaters, and given the option between two bowls of food, the one with more pieces will almost always get picked.

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The typical dog can pick up around 165 new words. The top 20% of intelligent canines, also known as "super dogs," have the potential to learn far more than 250 words.

A border collie named Chaser has been taught almost a thousand words by researchers. His vocabulary is about equivalent to that of a 3-year-old human.

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This is a constant source of contention between cat lovers and dog lovers. How we define "smarter" may affect our answer.

When it comes to using their paws for things like pulling strings or levers, cats have shown to be more intelligent than dogs. Dogs, on the other hand, have a higher level of trainability, socialisation, and communication with humans.

There's also the matter of brain size. Dogs have larger brains than cats do for their sizes. According to scientific consensus, a species' intelligence can be roughly correlated with its brain size.

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Fans of Afghan hounds, I apologise. These canines scored the lowest in working and obedience intelligence tests. After the basenji, bulldog, chow chow, borzoi, bloodhound, Pekingese, beagle, mastiff, and basset hound were ranked as the least "trainable" breeds.

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While the bumper sticker claiming, "My border collie is smarter than your honour student" may be hyperbolic, it is generally agreed that border collies are the most intelligent canine breed when it comes to training and obedience.

Of the 208 judges that participated in the study, 199 placed border collies in the top 10. Poodles, German Shepherds, Golden Retrievers, Doberman Pinschers, Shetland Sheepdogs, Labrador Retrievers, Papillons, Rottweilers, and Australian Cattle Dogs rounded out the list.

Dogs of the first two classes can be difficult to compare, although there is a large variation in working and obedience intelligence among the breeds.

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It's difficult to say whether one dog breed is truly "smarter" than another because intelligence comes in many forms, including in dogs. There are, however, notable distinctions.

There are three distinct types of canine intelligence: instinctive intelligence (what a dog is bred for), adaptive intelligence (what a dog can learn on its own), and working and obedience intelligence (what people can teach a dog to do).

Dogs of the first two classes can be difficult to compare, although there is a large variation in working and obedience intelligence among the breeds.

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Choose a more intelligent breed if you need a working dog. However, intelligent dogs often have higher maintenance needs, are more likely to be anxious, and show a greater range of emotional responses, both good and negative, than their less intelligent counterparts.

When asked why he keeps a beagle, Coren often finds himself fielding questions. "Beagles are seventh from the bottom in obedience training," the grandmother said, "but I have nine grandkids, so I needed a dog who is loving and gregarious and reasonably unbreakable."

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Dogs of all ages have the capacity to learn new tricks, and the stimulation provided by novel situations can even slow the natural decline in cognitive function that comes with advancing age.

Alzheimer's disease in humans is commonly used as an analogy for canine cognitive impairment syndrome. Disorientation and a lack of response are common symptoms of both conditions, as are social withdrawal and mishaps while housebreaking.

Increasing one's exposure to new mental tasks and activities can help delay these changes and prevent other forms of cognitive decline. Working out also has positive effects.

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Modern dogs have larger brains than their ancestors had for their size. Possible causes include breeding for intelligence-related traits including hunting, guarding, guiding, and shepherding.

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Dogs will intentionally deceive humans and other dogs to get what they desire, according to experiments.

If a human and a dog are playing a game of "trick or treat," the human has a 47% chance of successfully fooling the dog.

The success rate for a dog is very close to that of a human. An individual can be duped 41% of the time by these people.

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It's not always easy to draw parallels between species when it comes to intelligence. Dogs, however, are very intelligent creatures, both in terms of brain and physical mass. The only higher-IQ animals are humans, gorillas, porpoises, elephants, and zebras.

What gives dogs their superior intelligence? Perhaps it's due to the fact that they're hunters who have to use their heads to succeed. Because of their high social needs, which necessitate complex thought processes such as language and the ability to work together, this may be another explanation.