General Corgi Temperament and Learning Potential

First, to be clear, I am not saying my dog is smarter than any other dog, or at least not smarter than any other corgi, but I really do wonder if dogs really are as smart as it seems. I was very sick this weekend and a neighbor, a wonderful neighbor, offered to take Sully out. Sully almost never asks to go out but I assumed she needed to go out when it was not time to eat and she met me face to face while I as lying down. She didn't make a sound just watched me hopefully. I told her that Dotty was going to take her out and she went to the door and sat there until she came. I know she has a fairly good vocabulary. When I ask her to bring me my shoes and she can't find them she goes right to them if I say "It's on your bed, under the table,"etc. Are they just really good a picking up on cues? If chimps can be taught to communicate in sign language I guess corgis are no different. Actually I use verbal and American Sign Language signs and Sully responds to either/or/both and many dog breeds are rated even higher on the intelligence scale. Blows my mind. Maybe corgis are just more eager to please. Seems odd to me that they are not more popular as pets.

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Permalink Reply by Holly on October 4, 2014 at 6:29pm

Well, today my theory about smart pups was blown :D I asked Sully to bring me my shoes, as she does EVERY day, and she looked baffled. Then she brought me her ball, which she never does, several times. She never plays ball, but this ball holds kibble and it releases it with a gentle roll. I wonder if she decided it was easier to bring the ball to get quick snacks than to wait for me to put on my shoes/slippers to get her breakfast or if she was as confused as she looked and she forget the command. It was as if she was having a fit of amnesia.