The Myth of Canine Hierarchy - What Science Tells Us About Dog Intelligence

Send us Fan Mail Read the article on Substack Yes, they found breed differences. But not where you'd expect them, and not in the ways our cultural narratives would predict. Border Collies, those supposed canine Einsteins, excelled at impulse control—which makes sense if you think about it. Herding requires incredible restraint, the ability to resist the urge to simply chase and instead channel that predatory instinct into something useful. But guess what? They weren't universally superi...