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Looks good Vicki, Missy is a lucky girl. I like those shape looking like bones, is that a cookiecutter or do you do this yourself?

Yep, the answer showed up, only you have to sort it by newest... I'm rather impressed they did approve it lol

As far as I'm concerned my two boys, have proven to be the easiest of all my previous dogs to train. I have always had two dogs, usually either English Cockers or Cavalier King Charles. I always had a male and a female of the same breed and colour combinations. Always had them fixed at an early stage, usually around the five to six month time frame. I have loved them all unreservedly. I can however say, training the mandatory commands with all of my dogs was different for all of them. These two boys of mine are so very different, however I knew that from day one, and so my technique was a

I think the author needs to spend a bit of time with a dictionary studying the difference between "independent" and "not-so-intelligent." 'Cause he really seems to have the two greatly confused. Unfortunately, when it comes to dogs many people do. And I did notice he doesn't give a source for his list, although it appears that he took it straight from Stanley Coren's book The Intelligence of Dogs. In addition to being vocabulary challenged, it appears he might not understand much about plagiarism, either. Which kind of makes me wonder if the author just might find himself on a list of

Way to go Markella...........

Aww, these look good. You'll have to take and upload a picture of Missy with a treat Thanks for sharing the recipe. babybluegirl 12:02pm

Well, as a tzu owner of two very intelligent pups, I took offense a bit Even though I shouldn't...So, I replied to the article If it's approved, you'll be able to see my answer hmph, I just don't get people who want to categorize everything. True, some breeds have their in-bred characteristics but no dog is actually "dumb" or "not so intelligent". the intelligent ones are actually dogs with high energy that have to spend it somewhere... So yeah, thank you but I prefer Tzu over an overactive breed lol

I didn't go through the whole list (just the first 11) but I agree for the most part. Anyone else notice that the majority of the dogs in the first 11 are Hounds? I have always said: Terriers are nuts Hounds are dumb Working, Herding and Sporting dogs need too much exercise This leaves me with select individuals from the Toy and Non-Sporting groups, which works perfectly for me lol! I actually own one Shih Tzu that is really smart and very trainable, but it's not something the Breed is known for. If you look at the records, there are VERY few obedience and agility-titled Shih Tzu