I like a mix of both. Kerrie is quick to learn things, but then she doesnt count in this debate does she??  Poppy isnt as smart as the last two Rough Collies, but there grandparents were working dogs, whereas Poppy is show bred

They are that..Poppy already knows all the different words we use to avoid the w a l k i e s. She even knows stroll...never taught her that one!

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I think its the dogs itself not so much the breed, at the moment i own a Rhodesian ridgeback, GSD, Yorkie and Lakeland Cross.  My GDS is the most eager to please should we say, she loves working and obedience but i'm not what i would call an experienced owner.  My Ridgeback has figured out that all she has to do is all the positions she has learned to get a treat and it does look cute so she gets away with it.  And my Yorkie looks at the Lakeland sitting on the sofa, runs outside barking at nothing the lakeland follows and the yorkie runs back to get his seat!  But this yorkie i have now is stupid compaired to the last one i had, i taught her to change the tv station.  I think all dogs have there own character and no 2 dogs are the same weather it be 2 different dogs or the same breed.  If they were we would be pretty bored by now.

Our cocker is definitely more intelligent than our staffie/springer cross. They both learnt commands very quickly but Holly, the cocker, is so much more sophisticated in her thinking. Example: Louis, the cross, can reach the work surfaces and if he thinks we can't see he stands on tip toes, reaches a front paw up and drags things off the edge. Sounds quite smart? Well, Holly sits patiently behind him and then steals his prize (mostly before it even hits the floor). Does it every time. That's intelligence to my mind.

My oldest APBT is like that.  She can lose a chew toy or bone under the couch and it can be there for hours, even days.  When she decides she wants that particular one again, she will sit right in front of the couch (or whatever it ended up underneath) and cry and paw at it until we retrieve it for her.  She will also put a bone down somewhere on our way out for the day, and when we come back the first thing she'll do is go right for it.  I am definitely biased, but I think my APBT's are most certainly some of the smartest dogs I've ever owned.  And they have all done just as well as the Border Collies and GSD's that they've been in obedience classes with.

I think all dog (breeds) are equally intelligent. GSDs and Labs just channel that intelligence into obedience while others, like jack russels, find their own way around.