German shepherd protect his boy from another dog

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[u/YourGordAndSaviour]

Poodles, surprisingly, are apparently even smarter than collies

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Intelligent but total wooses

[u/CocktailPerson → u/doepfersdungeon]

Are you trying to say "wusses"?

[u/Lady_Of_Nil_Repute → u/doepfersdungeon]

Have you ever met a poodle? Because they are not "wooses" or busses. They are athletic, brilliant gun dogs.

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Which has zero to do with natural protection instincts.

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Except the conversation is about intelligence. Keep up

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The conversation is about a dog protecting a child, read from the beginning.

I said they are intelligent. Iv also seen them run a mile at the slightest confrontation.

Your shouting into a black hole.

They are highly trainable, that doesn't make them protectors.

Keep up.

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And it changed to intelligence.

But given the conversation shift I can see why you're confused.

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My schnauzer poodle was so damn smart. And vindictive. I shaved her mustache off once. She got on the kitchen table and knocked all my college papers and books on the floor when I left. She never got on the table before or after.

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Schnoodle* as a fellow schnauzer poodle parent

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Poodles are insanely smart.

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My standard poodle is very smart in some ways but his fighting instincts are non-existent. Everything is friend-shaped to him and he seems genuinely perplexed when other dogs act aggressively. He once ran up right up, tail wagging, to a black bear, trying to play. The bear ran away thankfully.

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Having met poodles, nah.

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Dumbest dog I've ever had was a collie, collies are still very smart dogs.

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It’s just that poodles are very stubborn and difficult for inexperienced people to train and handle. As someone who got railroaded by a poodle that outsmarted me at every turn.

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Their owner was really dumb...

I've never seen a dog so set on getting into traffic and trying to die before.