Dogs Rule… Humans Drool?
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A study finds that some dogs are as smart as 2yr old humans…
The finding is based on a language development test, revealing average dogs can learn 165 words (similar to a 2-year-old child), including signals and gestures, and dogs in the top 20 percent in intelligence can learn 250 words.
And the smartest?
Border collies, poodles, and German shepherds, in that order, says Stanley Coren, a canine expert and professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia. Those breeds have been created recently compared with other dog breeds and may be smarter in part because we’ve trained and bred them to be so, Coren said. The dogs at the top of the pack are on par with a 2.5-year-old.
While dogs ranked with the 2-year-olds in language, they would trump a 3- or 4-year-old in basic arithmetic, Coren found. In terms of social smarts, our drooling furballs fare even better.
Supposedly hounds were on the lower end of the intelligence scale. I have some members… a member of my family who would disagree.
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Your dog may have the intelligence of a young toddler. Does this means he’s a…a… Republican???! Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Border Collies are scary smart. They could take over if they wanted to.
Vanessa, dogs can’t be Republicans because dogs have empathy instead of considering it a dirty word.
JafafaHots,
I know. Dogs are sweethearts.
I think they’re seriously underestimating border collies. I’ve known some I think should be allowed to vote.
‘Border Collies are scary smart. They could take over if they wanted to.’
I’d vote for one over a Conservative any damn day.
My beagle knows like a thousands words, but they all mean “lunch.”
I do, however, have to object to the “cats drool” part. Technically dogs are more likely to drool… but anyway, cats are nice if you accept them for what they are. I love my kitty.
He’s definitely a libertarian though.
Off topic, just got this tweet:
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This, hoax or not, is likely to freak some people out in an entertaining way.
I think alot of dogs intelligence has to do with their environment. My Australian cattle dog is one of the very few I seen with problem solving ability.
I would say it is the border collie in the mix except I have seen siblings of hers that are dumb as hell and done just as smart. But all of the smart ones owners spent alot of time interacting with them.
Yes, but 2-year olds are pretty dumb, so if I were a dog, I wouldn’t view that as much of a compliment.
Well, 2 year olds are at least smart enough to and cry and throw a tantrum and scream “not fair!” when they don’t get every last thing they want handed to them instantly.
Hmmm… maybe dogs are just smart enough to be Republicans after all.
I taught my border collie/lab mix to play three card monte; I would place a nugget of kibble under one of three bowls that had little rims on them, then shuffle them around, while he looked at them intently. He would carefully sniff each one, then flip over the one with the kibble under it, by hitting the rim gently with his paw; I never showed him how to do it, he figured it out for himself.
He consequently taught me to lick places I never thought I could reach; what a great dog he was.
This is exactly why I became a dog trainer instead of a teacher.
BTW, awesome cutie baby you got! I also have a hound mix, a beagle-Jack Russel, so I completely agree with you on the smarts issue.
Oliver
Why must you introduce breedism into every topic?