Intelligence
Dogs who were bred for jobs that require decision making, intelligence, and concentration, such as herding livestock, need to exercise their brains, just as dogs who were bred to run all day need to exercise their bodies. If they don't get the mental stimulation they need, they'll make their own work--usually with projects you won't like, such as digging and chewing. Obedience training and interactive dog toys are good ways to give a dog a brain workout, as are dog sports and careers, such as agility and search and rescue.
Dog Breeds That Are More Naturally Intelligent
Affenpinscher
Afghan Hound
Airedale Terrier
Akbash
Alaskan Klee Kai
Alaskan Malamute
American English Coonhound
American Eskimo Dog
American Hairless Terrier
American Leopard Hound
American Pit Bull Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
Anatolian Shepherd Dog
Appenzeller Sennenhunde
Australian Cattle Dog
Australian Kelpie
Australian Shepherd
Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
Australian Terrier
Barbet
Basenji
Basset Fauve de Bretagne
Basset Hound
Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound
Beagle
Bearded Collie
Bedlington Terrier
Belgian Malinois
Belgian Sheepdog
Belgian Tervuren
Bergamasco Sheepdog
Berger Picard
Bernese Mountain Dog
Bichon Frise
Biewer Terrier
Black and Tan Coonhound
Black Mouth Cur
Black Russian Terrier
Bloodhound
Blue Lacy
Bluetick Coonhound
Boerboel
Bohemian Shepherd
Bolognese
Borador
Border Collie
Border Terrier
Borzoi
Boston Terrier
Bouvier des Flandres
Boxer
Boykin Spaniel
Bracco Italiano
Braque du Bourbonnais
Briard
Brittany
Broholmer
Brussels Griffon
Bull Terrier
Cairn Terrier
Canaan Dog
Cane Corso
Cardigan Welsh Corgi
Carolina Dog
Caucasian Shepherd Dog
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Central Asian Shepherd Dog
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Chihuahua
Chinook
Cockapoo
Cocker Spaniel
Collie
Coton de Tulear
Croatian Sheepdog
Curly-Coated Retriever
Dachshund
Dalmatian
Danish-Swedish Farmdog
Deutscher Wachtelhund
Doberman Pinscher
Drentsche Patrijshond
Drever
Dutch Shepherd
English Cocker Spaniel
English Setter
English Springer Spaniel
Entlebucher Mountain Dog
Estrela Mountain Dog
Eurasier
Field Spaniel
Fila Brasileiro
Finnish Lapphund
Finnish Spitz
Flat-Coated Retriever
Fox Terrier
French Spaniel
German Longhaired Pointer
German Pinscher
German Shepherd Dog
German Shorthaired Pointer
German Spitz
German Wirehaired Pointer
Giant Schnauzer
Glen of Imaal Terrier
Goldador
Golden Retriever
Goldendoodle
Gordon Setter
Great Pyrenees
Greyhound
Hamiltonstovare
Hanoverian Scenthound
Harrier
Havanese
Hokkaido
Hovawart
Ibizan Hound
Icelandic Sheepdog
Irish Red And White Setter
Irish Setter
Irish Terrier
Irish Water Spaniel
Irish Wolfhound
Jack Russell Terrier
Japanese Spitz
Kai Ken
Karelian Bear Dog
Keeshond
Kerry Blue Terrier
King Shepherd
Kishu Ken
Komondor
Kooikerhondje
Korean Jindo Dog
Kuvasz
Labradoodle
Labrador Retriever
Lagotto Romagnolo
Lakeland Terrier
Lancashire Heeler
Lhasa Apso
Lowchen
Maltese
Maltipoo
Manchester Terrier
Miniature Schnauzer
Mudi
Newfoundland
Norfolk Terrier
Northern Inuit Dog
Norwegian Elkhound
Norwegian Lundehund
Norwich Terrier
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
Old English Sheepdog
Otterhound
Papillon
Patterdale Terrier
Peekapoo
Pekingese
Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen
Pharaoh Hound
Pocket Beagle
Pointer
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Pomeranian
Poodle
Portuguese Sheepdog
Portuguese Water Dog
Puli
Pyrenean Mastiff
Pyrenean Shepherd
Rat Terrier
Redbone Coonhound
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Rottweiler
Saint Bernard
Saluki
Schipperke
Schnoodle
Scottish Terrier
Sealyham Terrier
Shetland Sheepdog
Shiba Inu
Shih Tzu
Shiloh Shepherd
Silken Windhound
Silky Terrier
Skye Terrier
Sloughi
Small Munsterlander Pointer
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
Spanish Mastiff
Spinone Italiano
Stabyhoun
Standard Schnauzer
Sussex Spaniel
Swedish Lapphund
Swedish Vallhund
Taiwan Dog
Tibetan Mastiff
Tibetan Spaniel
Tibetan Terrier
Toy Fox Terrier
Transylvanian Hound
Treeing Tennessee Brindle
Treeing Walker Coonhound
Vizsla
Weimaraner
Welsh Springer Spaniel
Welsh Terrier
West Highland White Terrier
Whippet
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
Xoloitzcuintli
Yorkipoo