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Ranking of dogs: which dog breeds are the smartest according to scientists?

Researchers from the University of Helsinki in Finland studied 13 dog breeds to determine each of their abilities.

Some dog breeds are said to be smarter than others. At least that’s according to a study published at the end of December in the journal Nature Scientific Reports.

The researchers ofat the University of Helsinki in Finland has set out to analyze a thousand dogs according to their breed and the results are decisive.

Several experiments and tests performed

The researchers thus carried out cognitive and behavioral tests on a thousand dogs off 13 races different between March 2016 and February 2022.

The animals were selected and were between 1 and 8 years old.

The experiments performed made it possible to analyze for each breedcognitive abilities such as learning, memory, concentration, spatial problem solving and social cognition, as well as reasoning and impulsivity, i.a.

PDuring the tests carried out, the dogs had to, for example, bypass a transparent barrier, interpret a person’s movements, ask for help to open a closed box…

According to Dr. Katriina Tiira, co-author of the study: “The malinois shepherd excelled in many cognitive tasks and performed very well in most tests,” as The Telegraph reports.

Like Border Collies, who “also performed well in many tests.”

Comments added by another author to the study Saara Junttila, specialist in dog cognition : “Most races had their own strengths and weaknesses”.

Before adding: “For example, the Labrador Retriever was very good at reading human gestures, but not so good at spatial problem-solving.”

Classification

The results are therefore as follows for the 13 breeds examined. The former are the most intelligent, the latter a little less so.

Malinois Shepherd.
Pixabay Illustration – Katrin B.

The Australian Kelpie.

The Australian Kelpie.
Illustration Pixabay – Arsenio Teles da Silva

Labrador retriever.

Labrador retriever.
illustration pixabay – danielle828

The Border Collie.

The Border Collie.
Illustration Pixabay – Annalisa Ideler

Golden retriever.

Golden retriever.
Illustration Pixabay – Pipeman

Hovawart.

Hovawart.
Illustration Pixabay – Birgit

  • 7. The Spanish Water Dog
The Spanish Water Dog.

The Spanish Water Dog.
Illustration Pixabay – Lennart Arvidsson

  • 8. Shetland Sheepdog
Shetland Sheepdog.

Shetland Sheepdog.
Illustration Pixabay – JackieLou DL

The English Cocker Spaniel.

The English Cocker Spaniel.
Illustration Pixabay – Katrina_S

The Australian Shepherd.

The Australian Shepherd.
Illustration Pixabay – Color

  • 11. Cross or mixed dogs
  • 12. The German Shepherd
The German Shepherd.

The German Shepherd.
Illustration Pixabay – lancegfx

  • 13. The Finnish Lapland dog
The Finnish Lapland dog.

The Finnish Lapland dog.
Illustration pexels – janko ferlic

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