Canine Intelligence Quotes

We treat our dogs as if they were "almost human": that is why they really become "almost human" in the end.

If you have time to be with a dog, and the dog is smart, you come to understand the dog, and the dog understands you. They're not hard to train. But they have to be smart, and you have to spend time with them. It's like coaching. I was a better coach when I had smart players.

A dog will stay stupid. That's why we love them so much. The entire time we know them, they're idiots. Think of your dog. Every time you come home, he thinks it's amazing. He has no idea how you accomplish this every day. You walk in the door; the joy of this experience overwhelms him. He looks at you, He's back. It's that guy, that same guy. He can't believe it. Everything is amazing to your dog. Another can of food? I don't believe it.

Dogs notice, they share, they draw conclusions, they like it when they're able to be of service and are touchingly grateful when they're praised.

Only Ron's dog was watching William. He considered that it had, for a dog, a very offensive and knowing look. A couple of months ago someaone had tried to hand William the old story about there being a dog in the city that could talk. (...) The dog in front of William didn't look as if it could talk, but it DID look as if it would swear.

Never have a dog. Let's not beat around the bush here: dogs are morons.

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

Dalmatians are not only superior to other dogs, they are like all dogs, infinitely less stupid than men.

It is my experience that in some areas [my poodle] Charley is more intelligent that I am, but in others he is abysmally ignorant. He can't read, can't drive a car, and has no grasp of mathematics. But in his own field of endeavor, which he is now practicing, the slow, imperial smelling over and anointing on an area, he has no peer. Of course his horizons are limited, but how wide are mine?

You can't measure a dog's intelligence by giving him a verbal test 'cause it's not on their scale, but that doesn't mean they're not intelligent creatures.

They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey.

A Canadian psychologist is selling a video that teaches you how to test your dog's IQ. Here's how it works: if you spend $12.99 for the video, your dog is smarter than you.

I have the brain of a German Shepherd and the body of a 16-year-old boy; they’re both in my car and I want you to see them

My dog is vicious to the uninvited guest, lavishly affectionate to the invited one, and so freakishly acute that he has mastered the English language.

We have Beast, our Hungarian sheep dog. And he is so talented. He's so smart. He knows his daily schedule. He has an extracurricular activity. He goes herding. He herds sheep. And we've been told that he's quite gifted.

Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.

I've read that an average dog possesses a vocabulary of 200-300 words, which is enough for him to have his own Twitter account.

You have to train a dog to think.

That's why they're man's best friend. 'Cause guys want buddies that are dumber than they are. So do women, but they've already got men.

A sheepdog trial is the most difficult test of a man and dog ever devised.

Border collies were trained in Scotland. They have the Scots' commands in their genes. At the dog trials, the owners wear those three-piece western suits, cowboy boots and 10-gallon hats, but they carry Scots shepherd's crooks over their arms and talk to their dogs in Scots accents.

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.

At home I have a Tibetan terrier. I'm still not sure if he's a genius or very thick. It's a fine line.

Zoologists seem to consider the cerebration of cats and dogs about 50-50 -- but my respect always goes to the cool, sure, impersonal, delicately poised feline who minds his business and never slobbers.

If you don't have work for a border collie or time to train it properly, your bright young border collie will invent his own work, and chances are you won't like it.