page_title: The Intelligence of Dogs
section_title: Brightest Dogs
hierarchical_section_title: The Intelligence of Dogs / Evaluation / Brightest Dogs
caption_attribution_description: Español: Border Collie Macho Blanco y Negro
context_page_description: The Intelligence of Dogs is a 1994 book on dog intelligence by Stanley Coren, a professor of canine psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The book explains Coren's theories about the differences in intelligence between various breeds of dogs. Coren published a second edition in 2006.
  Coren defines three aspects of dog intelligence in the book: instinctive intelligence, adaptive intelligence, and working and obedience intelligence. Instinctive intelligence refers to a dog's ability to perform the tasks it was bred for, such as herding, pointing, fetching, guarding, or supplying companionship. Adaptive intelligence refers to a dog's ability to solve problems on its own. Working and obedience intelligence refers to a dog's ability to learn from humans.
context_section_description: Understanding of new commands: fewer than 5 repetitions.
  Obey first command: 95% of the time or better.
  Border Collie
  Poodle
  German Shepherd
  Golden Retriever
  Doberman Pinscher
  Shetland Sheepdog
  Labrador Retriever
  Papillon (dog)
  Rottweiler
  Australian Cattle Dog
caption: A Border Collie
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