{"id":2226,"date":"2009-08-10T15:22:27","date_gmt":"2009-08-10T21:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/petpundit.com\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2009-08-10T15:22:27","modified_gmt":"2009-08-10T21:22:27","slug":"dogs-as-smart-as-two-to-three-year-olds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cathyrosenthal.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/10\/dogs-as-smart-as-two-to-three-year-olds\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs as smart as two to three year olds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Border Collie is ranked as the smartest dog among breeds because of its ability to understand language and human signals in working environments. (Source: Wikipedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When it comes to intelligence, the latest researchs shows dogs are apparently\u00a0as smart as two to three year old kids. They can comprehend about 165 words, learn signals, and can even count up to about 5, according to Stanley Coren<\/a>, an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia and author\u00a0of ”\u00a0How Dogs Think.” Coren was sharing this new research at\u00a0a recent American Psychological Association meeting.<\/p>\n

“One of the most recent breakthroughs is that people began to use tests which were originally designed for young humans \u2014 for pre-linguistic or limited-linguistic humans \u2014 to see whether dogs had certain capacities.,” says Coren. “And that allows you then to do a whole bunch of things, not only to determine whether a dog has a certain thinking skill but to place him in terms of where would you be in terms of human beings, as well as in terms of other animals.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

And who’s the smartest dog of them all? Here’s a list of the top ten smartest breeds and why they are such smart pooches<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1. Border Collies
\n2. Poodles
\n3. German Shepherd
\n4. Golden Retreivers
\n5. Doberman Pinschers
\n6. Shetland Sheepdog
\n7. Labrador Retrievers
\n8. Papillion
\n9. Rottweiler
\n10. Australian Cattle Dog<\/p>\n

These top of the pack\u00a0breeds may be as smart as a 2-1\/2 year old, according to Coren,\u00a0because they have been trained to be so. Indeed, training has been shown to make a dog smarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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