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	Canine IQ

lori763

8-8-2009 11:42 PM

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dog iq, smart dog breeds, dog training

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Interesting article on how smart dogs actually are.

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The canine <SPAN id="lw_1249786674_0" class="yshortcuts">IQ test results</SPAN> are in: Even the average dog has the <SPAN id="lw_1249786674_1" class="yshortcuts">mental abilities</SPAN> of a 2-year-old child.
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The finding is based on a <SPAN id="lw_1249786674_2" class="yshortcuts">language development test</SPAN>, revealing average dogs can learn 165 words (similar to a 2-year-old child), including signals and gestures, and dogs in the top 20 percent in intelligence can learn 250 words.
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Border collies, poodles, and <SPAN id="lw_1249786674_3" class="yshortcuts">German shepherds</SPAN>, in that order, says <SPAN id="lw_1249786674_4" class="yshortcuts">Stanley Coren</SPAN>, a canine expert and professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia. Those breeds have been created recently compared with other <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/dogsassmartas2yearoldkids/32982639/SIG=12ididnhi/*http://www.livescience.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=dogs_ext_quest"><SPAN id="lw_1249786674_5" class="yshortcuts">dog breeds</SPAN></A> and may be smarter in part because we've trained and bred them to be so, Coren said. The dogs at the <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/dogsassmartas2yearoldkids/32982639/SIG=12ffh3g27/*http://www.livescience.com/animals/etc/090617-are-dogs-smarter-than-cats.html"><SPAN id="lw_1249786674_6" class="yshortcuts">top of the pack</SPAN></A> are on par with a 2.5-year-old.
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While dogs ranked with the 2-year-olds in language, they would trump a 3- or 4-year-old in basic arithmetic, Coren found. In terms of social smarts, our <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/dogsassmartas2yearoldkids/32982639/SIG=117pk3ghf/*http://www.livescience.com/topic/dogs"><SPAN id="lw_1249786674_7" class="yshortcuts">drooling furballs</SPAN></A> fare even better.
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