what's the smartest dog in the world?
Border Collie (Flickr/Emily Waugh) And finally, no list of smartest dog breeds would be complete without a mention of this handsome dog. Originally known as the “Scotch sheep dog,” the border collie hails from the highland border of England and Scotland.
While labs at Yale and Duke, and around the world, are studying this question, for now we have data on at least one metric: working intelligence. In his book The Intelligence of Dogs, Coren featured the results of a lengthy survey of 199 dog-obedience judges. The responses, he said, were remarkably consistent. However, he noted that many judges said that there are exceptions in every breed and that a lot comes down to training. Here's what he found: