Many people start with the same wish list: a dog who learns quickly, stays close, and feels deeply connected to the family.

These breeds top every intelligence list, from the border bollie that memorized 1,000 toy names to the poodle's ...

Like humans, some dogs are naturally smarter than others. While it’s hard to say that any one pup is guaranteed to be brilliant, there are certain dog breeds that are known to be geniuses in the dog ...

Every week that passes means another week of waiting for Anubis. The brindle shelter dog has all the qualities adopters often ...

Dog owners love praising their pups' intelligence, but canine smarts are more complicated than most people realize. Brain size doesn't predict cognitive ability — a November 2024 study in Biology ...

Look at him go!

Dogs have spent thousands of years evolving alongside us—and thanks to natural selection and selective breeding, they’ve become pros at reading our emotions. A slight change in our tone, a raised ...

NEW YORK — Dogs are great at learning action commands like “sit” and “stay.” They’re less good at remembering the names of things, like what their squeaky or stuffed toys are called. Only an elite ...

How smart are dogs? Those of us who are dog owners likely think that our pets are pretty darn smart. One problem, however, is that we tend to anthropomorphize our pets – meaning we ascribe human ...