Dogs of different breeds are not randomly ranked in the “World Dog IQ Rankings”. They are given a composite score by observing and rating their performance and then performing tests on them.
Then they put the scores of all the breeds together and ranked them in order of their score.
So does everyone know where their favorite dog ranks, and which dog breeds make it into the top three in the World’s Canine Intelligence rankings?
Are they “deserved”?
There are so many famous dogs with high IQs. Why is it universally acknowledged that “Border Collie” occupies the first place in the “World Dog IQ Ranking”?
In fact, these dogs are so intelligent that they have the IQ of a 6-8 year old child. They are naturally intelligent and love to learn. Generally, they can imitate the same movements after their owners perform them several times.
Owners do not need to worry about the slightly difficult actions they can not understand, in fact, their understanding ability is very good, very easy to train, and they are very diligent, can help their owners do a lot of “ability to” small work, among which their biggest ability is “sheep”.
Its name may have something to do with this ability, and it is very popular among the shepherds of the English and Scottish borders.
Because of the help of these “border collies“, the herdsmen put the sheep not easy a lot.
It’s no surprise that such a smart and capable helper has made it to the top of the World’s Canine Intelligence Rankings.
Second: poodle this breed originated in Germany, their biggest ability is can fish under the water, of course, they are also very intelligent, knows how to win the favor of the master’s, therefore, also someone says “poodle” play a scheming ten chapters, this breed points three types, “standard”, “mini dog” and “toy”.
Regardless of the category, they are highly intelligent and imitated, so it’s only natural that such a cute and intelligent dog would be ranked second in the World’s Canine Intelligence Rankings.
“German Shepherds” are tall, intelligent, alert, and confident, so they can fill many roles, such as “guide dog”, “police dog”, and so on, like these roles are not qualified without high intelligence.
Therefore, it is well deserved to be ranked third in the World’s Canine Intelligence Rankings.