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The Dog Breeds with the Greatest Propensity to be Obedience Trained
The chart below, created by Benjamin and Lynette Hart, offers a rank-ordering of dog breeds by the ease with which they can be obedience trained. The list was taken from their wonderful little book The Perfect Puppy: How to Choose Your Dog by Its Behavior. Unfortunately, The Perfect Puppy is currently out of print.
All dogs can learn and all dogs can develop obedience skills. However, some breeds have a strong propensity to develop skills, while others respond only to a consistent, persistent effort by someone who knows how to go about it. This chart, then, lists many of the major dog breeds by the ease with which they can be obedience trained.
Please note that, within each of the ten groups, all of the breeds listed in that group are about equally trainable. Also, in all breeds, the females tend to be somewhat easier to obedience train than the males.
Hart's Rank Ordering of Dog Breeds by their Propensity to be Obedience Trained.
Taken from The Perfect Puppy.
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#1 Rating: The most difficult to train Here at the top of the chart are listed the breeds that are the most difficult to train. As you move toward the bottom of the list, each successive group is easier to obedience train than was the group before. |
Chow Chow Fox Terrier Afghan Hound Bulldog Basset Hound Beagle |
| #2 Rating | West Highland White Terrier Chihuahua Pug Pomeranian Pekingese |
| #3 Rating | Scottish Terrier Yorkshire Terrier Saint Benard Old English Sheepdog Irish Setter Dachshund |
| #4 Rating | Samoyed Lhasa Apso Cairn Terrier Weimaraner Airedale Terrier |
| #5 Rating | Maltese Bloodhound Silky Terrier Siberian Husky Boston Terrier Alaskan Malamute |
| #6 Rating | Dalmatian Boxer Great Dane Shih Tzu Newfoundland German Shorthaired Pointer |
| #7 Rating | Norwegian Elkhound Cocker Spaniel Bichon Frise Miniature Schanauzer Rottweiler |
| #8 Rating | Vizsla Brittany Spaniel Akita Welsh Corgi Toy Poodle Keeshond |
| #9 Rating | Labrador Retriever Chesapeake Bay Retriever Collie Golden Retriever English Springer Spaniel |
| #10 Rating - The easiest breeds to obedience train Listed here at the bottom of the chart are the breeds that are the easiest to obedience train. |
Miniature Poodle Border Collie German Shepherd Standard Poodle Shetland Sheepdog Doberman Pinscher Australian Shepherd |
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