Where is the smartest dog in the world? Call Border Collie!

Smart and loyal dogs, everyone knows. But hardly anyone knows that Border Collie is the smartest dog in the world.

If you've ever owned dogs, you won't be surprised how smart they can be. When trained well, a dog will know how to go to the toilet properly, know how to keep a house, know how to do a lot of different things, and most importantly, protect his master.

But which dog is the smartest? In fact, this is a relatively difficult factor to evaluate, because the word "intelligence" is only applied to humans. And the dogs . each of them is not as smart. However, experts agree that their intelligence is based on the following factors: the ability to collect and store information; combine, compare information and use them in a new situation.

Based on this standard, Stanley Coren - a dog researcher - has released a ranking of the 100 smartest dogs in the book "The Intelligence of Dogs". And do you know which species is at the top? That is Border Collie - aka Border Collie.

Border Collie - the world's smartest dog.

What is special about Border Collie - the world's smartest dog?

Border Collie is a British sheepdog. However, its origin is actually on the border between England and Scotland, and that is why they are called Border.

Of course, the "smartest world" phrase for Border Collie is not fame. Hybrid from the British penguin dog to help sheep shepherd, of course Collie border must have outstanding abilities compared to other species. In it, Coren points out that this is one of the breeds that has the highest ability to memorize in terms of vocabulary, ability to combine problem solving very well, and especially the instinct to train the next generation. more then awesome.

Border Collie is a British sheepdog.

The capabilities of the Border Collie have been agreed by many studies. For example, Chaser - Border Collie uncle is considered the smartest in the world today - able to memorize more than 1,000 vocabulary about objects, and distinguish them according to the master's command.

Chaser - the smartest Border Collie in the world.

However, Chaser seems to be a special intelligent dog. We will take a more normal example than Rico. This dog also distinguishes more than 200 objects, and also classifies them according to human command.

Rico is able to distinguish more than 200 objects.

In particular, Chaser, Rico or other Border Collie dogs can memorize extremely fast - almost instantly. It's not a short-term memory either, because after months of what they've been learning is still intact in memory.

Chaser, Rico or other Border Collie dogs can memorize extremely fast.

In fact, this does not mean that other dogs are incapable of memorizing vocabulary or doing similar things. The top 10 in Coren's list will feature Poodle, Golden and Labrador retriever, Doberman, Rottweiler, Bercie German . They are all brilliant smart dogs.

But every race has the first one, and that title belongs to Border Collie.