[Dailydrool] Bassets and that stupid dog intelligence test

[Elizabeth Lindsey]

While browsing through the "Think Geek: Stuff for Smart Masses" web  
site, I came across the page for interactive intelligence games for  
dogs. I was really pleased to read the following in the product  
description section:

"We have a bone to pick with dog intelligence tests. Here's how the  
normal test goes: Tester throws a towel over the dog's head. Tester  
times how long it takes for the dog to throw the towel off.  
Apparently on this test, Poodles were #1 and Basset Hounds were  
ranked the stupidest. Having owned a Basset Hound, one of our monkeys  
heartily disagrees. Basset Hounds, she says, aren't stupid, they're  
LAZY. If a towel over the head isn't conflicting with the nap in  
progress, a Basset Hound has no incentive to remove the towel. On the  
other side of the spectrum, it could be argued that Poodles aren't  
smart, just very high strung. . . .  if someone has both a Poodle and  
a Basset Hound, we'd like to know who is REALLY smarter in a battle  
of Interactive Intelligence Games!"

To read it for yourself, go to http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/ 
pets/dd03/#tabs.

I was really tickled to see a public refutation of that stupid  
intelligence test and bassets' undeserved low score on it.

Elizabeth
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