Most Intelligent Breeds

Rank	Breed	How Often Obeys on 1st Command	Number of Repetitions to Learn A New Command
1	Border Collie	95% or better	1-5
2	Poodle	95% or better	1-5
3	German Shepherd	95% or better	1-5
4	Golden Retriever	95% or better	1-5
5	Doberman Pinscher	95% or better	1-5
6	Shetland Sheepdog	95% or better	1-5
7	Labrador Retriever	95% or better	1-5
8	Papillon	95% or better	1-5
9	Rottweiler	95% or better	1-5
10	Australian Cattle Dog	95% or better	1-5
11	Pembroke Welsh Corgi	85% or better	5-15
12	Miniature Schnauzer	85% or better	5-15
13	English Springer Spaniel	85% or better	5-15
14	Belgian Tervuren	85% or better	5-15
15	Schipperke Belgian Sheepdog	85% or better	5-15
16	Collie Keeshond	85% or better	5-15
17	German Shorthaired Pointer	85% or better	5-15
18	Flat-Coated Retriever English Cocker Spaniel Standard Schnauzer	85% or better	5-15
19	Brittany	85% or better	5-15
20	Cocker Spaniel	85% or better	5-15
21	Weimaraner	85% or better	5-15
22	Belgian Malinois Bernese Mountain Dog	85% or better	5-15
23	Pomeranian	85% or better	5-15
24	Irish Water Spaniel	85% or better	5-15
25	Vizsla	85% or better	5-15
26	Cardigan Welsh Corgi	85% or better	5-15
27	Chesapeake Bay Retriever Puli Yorkshire Terrier	70% or better	15-25
28	Giant Schnauzer	70% or better	15-25
29	Airedale Terrier Bouvier Des Flandres	70% or better	15-25
30	Border Terrier Briard	70% or better	15-25
31	Welsh Springer Spaniel	70% or better	15-25
32	Manchester Terrier	70% or better	15-25
33	Samoyed	70% or better	15-25
34	Field Spaniel Newfoundland Australian Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier Gordon Setter Bearded Collie	70% or better	15-25
35	Cairn Terrier Kerry Blue Terrier Irish Setter	70% or better	15-25
36	Norwegian Elkhound	70% or better	15-25
37	Affenpincher Silky Terrier Miniature Pinscher English Setter Pharaoh Hound Clumber Spaniel	70% or better	15-25
38	Norwich Terrier	70% or better	15-25
39	Dalmatian	70% or better	15-25
40	Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier Bedlington Terrier Smooth Fox Terrier	50% or better	25-40
41	Curly-Coated Retriever Irish Wolfhound	50% or better	25-40
42	Kuvasz Australian Shepherd	50% or better	25-40
43	Saluki Finnish Spitz Pointer	50% or better	25-40
44	Cavalier King Charles Spaniel German Wirehaired Pointer Black & Tan Coonhound American Water Spaniel	50% or better	25-40
45	Siberian Husky Bichon Frise English Toy Spaniel	50% or better	25-40
46	Tibetan Spaniel English Foxhound Otterhound American Foxhound Greyhound Wirehaired Pointing Griffon	50% or better	25-40
47	West Highland White Terrier Scottish Deerhound	50% or better	25-40
48	Boxer Great Dane	50% or better	25-40
49	Dachshund Stafforshire Bull Terrier	50% or better	25-40
50	Alaskan Malamute	50% or better	25-40
51	Whippet Chinese Shar-pei Wire Fox Terrier	50% or better	25-40
52	Rhodesian Ridgeback	50% or better	25-40
53	Ibizan Hound Welsh Terrier Irish Terrier	50% or better	25-40
54	Boston Terrier Akita	50% or better	25-40
55	Skye Terrier	30% or better	40-80
56	Norfolk Terrier Sealyham Terrier	30% or better	40-80
57	Pug	30% or better	40-80
58	French Bulldog	30% or better	40-80
59	Brussels Griffon Maltese	30% or better	40-80
60	Italian Greyhound	30% or better	40-80
61	Chinese Crested	30% or better	40-80
62	Dandie Dinmont Terrier Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Tibetan Terrier Japanese Chin Lakeland Terrier	30% or better	40-80
63	Old English Sheepdog	30% or better	40-80
64	Great Pyrenees	30% or better	40-80
65	Scottish Terrier Saint Bernard	30% or better	40-80
66	Bull Terrier	30% or better	40-80
67	Chihuahua	30% or better	40-80
68	Lhasa Apso	30% or better	40-80
69	Bullmastiff	30% or better	40-80
70	Shih Tzu	25% or worse	80-100
71	Basset Hound	25% or worse	80-100
72	Mastiff Beagle	25% or worse	80-100
73	Pekingese	25% or worse	80-100
74	Bloodhound	25% or worse	80-100
75	Borzoi	25% or worse	80-100
76	Chow Chow	25% or worse	80-100
77	Bulldog	25% or worse	80-100
78	Basenji	25% or worse	80-100
79	Afghan Hound	25% or worse	80-100