6/26/2023 0 Comments The Dog by Tamsin PickeralPoodles come in a close second on the smarts list. “Working breeds are a really bad idea in an urban environment, unless you are a very active dog owner.” “If you look at any rural newspaper you’ll find at least two advertisements every week saying ‘free to good home – kelpie/border-collie cross – needs acres’,” she says. But, Kate says it’s not a good choice as a pet unless you live a very active lifestyle or have a large property. GALLERY: Australia’s top 10 most popular dog breedsĪccording to Stanley, the most intelligent of all is the border collie. There’s quite a range of intelligence across dog breeds says Kate, although she’s adds that the variance within a breed is greater than between breeds. Australia’s top ten pure-bred canines of 2012 include six of the dogs from that list. Research by Professor Stanley Coren, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia, Canada, ranked dog breeds on the basis of intelligence using data from hundreds of professional dog-obedience judges. Today, the majority of dogs are kept as pets, and the most popular breeds among Australia’s 3.4 million-odd dogs, suggest we prefer the intelligent varieties says Dr Kate Schoeffel, of the Australian Association of Pet Dog Breeders (AAPDB).
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