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[preslove]

All of these suggestions and no one has suggested miniature schnauzers? They are super smart, not too big, not too small, and are great apartment dogs.

Here are some pics of mine as a puppy:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61810035@N08/6335122407/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61810035@N08/6335121931/

The neighbor has 2 welsh corgis and I would definitely say that our puppy is much smarter than them.

srsly?

Schnauzers are dumb as fuck.

 

[Ns1]

srsly?

Schnauzers are dumb as fuck.

:biggrin:

I guess KT said it best

 

[preslove]

Strong herding instinct. 4yr old is pretty good at listening and getting "out" of herding mode. Older dog though...man, that guy is a fucking beast.

Both corgis on herding mode = GGPO

Yeah, I know.

I've actually started playing a game with my corgi that takes advantage of it. I take a racket ball to this education building's parking lot that is pretty secluded. I run around and try to get passed him, juking left and right to fake him out. then I'll throw the ball. As he runs to get it, I run after him and prevent him from running by getting in front of him. Either he drops the ball, or I eventually command him to, and then we start up again.

Essentially, we herd each other. It's pretty fun and good exercise.

 

[snuggliestbear]

srsly?

Schnauzers are dumb as fuck.

Schnauzers or miniature schnauzers? I think minis are supposed to be much smarter than standard schnauzers. In either case, mini schnauzers are just below corgis on the list the OP linked to (#12).

 

[snuggliestbear]

I am interested in how you came to this conclusion

Our mini schnauzer was house trained in a week and a half of getting her and stopped having any accidents within a month. His newest corgi, which is 6 months older than our puppy, still has accidents in the house.

His corgi goes out in the yard and barks at nothing.

Our mini already walks well on a leash and has learned a bunch of tricks, many in 1 or 2 training sessions. His don't know much of anything...

I realize some of this can be attributed to how the dogs were trained or not trained, but it still seems like our dog is brighter. I also realize that 1 or 2 dogs are not representative of the breed as whole.

 

[Ns1]

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100% lack of training by the owner

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Oh, I love dumb dogs (read: dachshunds), just looking for something a little less of a PITA to train.

Also, pups?

Dachshunds aren't dumb, they just like to act retarded sometimes and are hard to train because they're extremely headstrong.

Maximum cuteness:

Notice your link specifies "working/obedience" intelligence. A hound is kind of meant to just be let go and do its thing independently, which ya, from a training standpoint is kinda the problem.

 

[alkemyst]

srsly?

Schnauzers are dumb as fuck.