Working/Obedience Intelligence
1-10 Obey First Command: 94% of the time or better.
Rank

1 Border Collie

2 Poodle

3 German Shepherd

4 Golden Retriever

5 Doberman Pinscher

6 Shetland Sheepdog

7 Labrador Retriever

8 Papillon

9 Rottweiler

10 Australian Cattle Dog

11-26 Obey First Command: 86% of the time or better.
Rank

11 Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)

12 Miniature Schnauzer

13 English Springer Spaniel

14 Belgian Tervuren

15 Schipperke
Belgian Sheepdog

16 Collie
Keeshond

17 German Shorthaired Pointer

18 Flat-Coated Retriever
English Cocker Spaniel
Standard Schnauzer

19 Brittany

20 Cocker Spaniel

21 Weimaraner

22 Belgian Malinois
Bernese Mountain Dog

23 Pomeranian

24 Irish Water Spaniel

25 Vizsla

26 Cardigan Welsh Corgi
27-39 Obey First Command: 72% of the time or better
Rank

27 Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Puli
Yorkshire Terrier

28 Giant Schnauzer

29 Airedale Terrier
Bouvier Des Flandres

30 Border Terrier
Briard

31 Welsh Springer Spaniel

32 Manchester Terrier

33 Samoyed

34 Field Spaniel
Newfoundland
Australian Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
Gordon Setter
Bearded Collie

35 Cairn Terrier
Kerry Blue Terrier
Irish Setter

36 Norwegian Elkhound

37 Affenpincher
Silky Terrier
Miniature Pinscher
English Setter
Pharaoh Hound
Clumber Spaniel

38 Norwich Terrier

39 Dalmatian
40-54 Obey First Command: 49% of the time or better
Rank

40 Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
Bedlington Terrier
Fox Terrier (Smooth)

41 Curly-Coated Retriever
Irish Wolfhound

42 Kuvasz
Australian Shepherd

43 Saluki
Finnish Spitz
Pointer

44 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
German Wirehaired Pointer
Black & Tan Coonhound
American Water Spaniel

45 Siberian Husky
Bichon Frise
English Toy Spaniel

46 Tibetan Spaniel
Foxhound (English)
Otterhound
Foxhound (American)
Greyhound
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

47 West Highland White Terrier
Scottish Deerhound

48 Boxer
Great Dane

49 Dachshund
Stafforshire Bull Terrier

50 Alaskan Malamute

52 Whippet
Chinese Shar-pei
Fox Terrier (Wire)

53 Rhodesian Ridgeback

54 Ibizan Hound
Welsh Terrier
Irish Terrier
55-69 Obey First Command: 32% of the time or better
Rank

55 Skye Terrier

56 Norfolk Terrier
Sealyham Terrier

57 Pug

58 French Bulldog

59 Brussels Griffon
Maltese

60 Italian Greyhound

61 Chinese Crested

62 Dandie Dinmont Terrier
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
Tibetan Terrier
Japanese Chin
Lakeland Terrier

63 Old English Sheepdog

64 Great Pyrenees

65 Scottish Terrier
Saint Bernard

66 Bull Terrier

67 Chihuahua

68 Lhasa Apso

69 Bullmastiff
70-79 Obey First Command: 25% of the time or worse.
Rank

70 Shih Tzu

71 Basset Hound

72 Mastiff
Beagle

73 Pekingese

74 Bloodhound

75 Borzoi

76 Chow Chow

77 Bulldog

78 Basenji

79 Afghan Hound
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