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Originally Posted by GreenleafGreyhound
. Therefore, when you say working Border Collies are more intelligent...Well, couldn't you just as easily rephrase that into "Border Collies are trained and bred to comply with their owner's commands." Does that mean that the working Border Collie is much more intelligent than, let's say, a Greyhound due to this reason? So when you consider how much Greyhounds think for themselves, why do you think they're ranked among the lowest on "intelligence" lists?
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Did I ever say that Greyhounds are ranked among the lowest. CERTAINLY not. I know for a fact that Greyhounds are very intelligent. Most sighthounds are very intelligent. In fact, I train a basenji mix and I KNOW from experience that they are very intelligent and can manipulate their owners very well if you let them.
Now, maybe I'll never be able to 'measure' intelligence but I can tell you one thing. NONE of my cockers have even come close to that dog's thinking ability.
Certain breeds WERE bred for differenent purposes. When you look at the purposes, certainly some of them require a very intelligent dog to be able to do that. And some purposes, well they just don't.
Maybe by your standards I will never be able to 'measure' intelligence. I can only tell you what I've learned and what I know from experience.