Category Archives: German Shepherd Dogs

You Expect Us to Celebrate St.Pat’s Day?

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Two Border Collies and German Shepherd pose with St Patrick Day costumesAnn Gafke’s Teacher’s Pet, 325 E. Dripping Springs Rd, Columbia, MO 65202
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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day for the Irish? Not for us Scots as Border Collies, Moss (right) and Miste (left) testify.
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Where Does Your Dog Rank Among the Smartest

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In week’s edition, Newsweek publishes a list of the 63 smartest dog breeds. The article ranks them from 63rd to first – An interesting read.

The rankings come from the primary book on the subject, The Intelligence of Dogs, my Professor Stanley Coren.  Coren based his ranking on obedience, working and adaptive intelligences. He described adaptive intelligence as a dog’s ability to problem-solve on its own. His research included surveys among dog owners, rankings from obedience trail judges and collaboration with the American and Canadian Kennel Clubs.

The article has pictures of breed representatives and brief descriptions. It provides an estimate of how many repetitions it takes for a dog to learn a command and what percent of the time the dog complies with a command given the first time.

https://www.newsweek.com/these-are-63-smartest-dog-breeds-1554265

 

 

Win your dog’s attention with attention – great pay-off

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Everyone wants her/his dog to pay attention. Here is a short video on how to earn that attention and another on the fun and joy oPay attention to your dog to get the dog's attentionne can have from that earning. The first [https://youtu.be/O12W4l0tSJQ ] shows how much attention the handler must pay to the dog. The second [https://youtu.be/1yg8x-Rewr8] shows the payoff from that effort.