Assessing Your Dog's Intelligence

Eagerness and ability to learn routines, commands, and skills.  

Trainability

Effectiveness at reading human and animal behaviors and cues.

Social Skills  

Flexibility dealing with unfamiliar places, people, animals or situations.  

Adaptability  

Recalling learned behaviors, routes, events, ritual order, individual people/pets etc over time.

Memory 

Apparent intuitive strategy for tackling physical/mental challenges to obtain goals.

Problem-Solving  

Capacity for unsupervised decision-making around the home without trouble.

Independence   

Consistent attentiveness and response to household rules and commands

Obedience

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