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How clever is your dog? IQ tests reveal canine 'intelligence'
Researchers have devised a new IQ test that could measure your dog’s intelligence - how clever is your pet?
If you’ve ever suspected your dog may not be the sharpest tool in the box then there may just be a way for you to test the theory.
Dogs have measurable IQs just like people, new research published in the journal Intelligence suggests.
Researchers tested the 'general intelligence' of 68 working border collies. They were given various tasks including navigation, retrieving food and following human gestures.
They found that dogs that did well on one test tended be better at the other tests and complete them with greater accuracy.
“Just as people vary in their problem solving abilities, so do dogs, even within one breed,” explained Dr Rosalind Arden, a researcher at the London School of Economics.
“This is significant because in humans there is a small but measureable tendency for people who are brighter to be healthier and live longer.
“So if, as our research suggests, dog intelligence is structured similarly to ours, studying a species that doesn’t smoke, drink, use recreational drugs and does not have large differences in education and income, may help us understand this link between intelligence and health better.”
She added: “In addition, dogs are one of the few animals that reproduce many of the key features of dementia, so understanding their cognitive abilities could be valuable in helping us to understand the causes this disorder in humans and possibly test treatments for it.”
The test given to the dogs included finding food behind different barriers and assessing if they could tell the difference between quantities of food.
Dr Mark Adams, Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, said: “This is only a first step, but we are aiming to create a dog IQ test that is reliable, valid and can be administered quickly. Such a test could rapidly improve our understanding of the connection between dog intelligence, health, even lifespan, and be the foundation of ‘dognitive epidemiology’
"Dogs are excellent for this kind of work because they are willing to participate and seem to enjoy taking part.”
Meanwhile, this dog accidentally ran a half-marathon and finished in seventh place.