A current and popular book caused great consternation for Afghan owners around the world when it rated the Afghan dead last in its "working intelligence" list. Working intelligence has nothing whatever to do with the actual "smartness" of any breed. Those breeds developed to work closely with man will, of course, be more amenable to training than the clever Afghan, whose job was to tackle dangerous prey on his own, relying on his own wits to see him through to live and hunt another day.
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Yes ! I agree. I think I've read the book as well.
The thing is, that people tend to think that "Intelligent" is synonumous with "obedient" which it is not!! E.g. trainability and intelligence are separate things, which is why there aren't any terriers, or afghans for that matter ,as police dogs.It is also frustrating to try and find a proper training manual, as most seem to be written by people who are into breeds which are highly trainable, and the methods consequently not that suitable for sighthounds/terriers/ spitz type dogs, &C.