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Doodles are highly intelligent. You can thank their Poodle parent for much of this. But many Doodle combinations with purebred dogs can enhance this attribute even more — examples include Goldendoodles and Bernedoodles. In these instances, both parents are already highly intelligent. Mixing them can bring two different types of intelligence together, creating a highly intuitive dog. Some Doodles, such as the Sheepadoodle or Pekapoo, may not be as quick to understand new concepts, but they’re certainly an improvement over their non-Poodle parent’s intellect.

An intuitive dog figures things out very quickly. Often, you just need as few as two repetitions to achieve understanding of a concept. This can occur either purposefully, such as during a training session, or inadvertently, in everyday routine. Here are a few examples:

 Learning which door to go to when going outside to potty

 Learning the feeding schedule

 Learning what time of day one of the family members returns home from work or school

 Learning who will allow him to jump on them

 Learning who takes them for walks

Because Doodles are so intuitive, obedience training can be very enjoyable, because you may not have to break down exercises into as many small increments as you might with many purebred dogs. They naturally follow your body language and quickly understand your vocal tones and words. Because they’re also highly sensitive, they can read your emotions, too, which is part of their being so intuitive.

Because of their intuitiveness, owners of Doodles sometimes believe they don’t need to do anything to educate their dogs — the dogs seem to quickly pick up on the daily routines, housetraining rules, and which couch is theirs. But all dogs need an education — there’s more to life than lounging around the house. And Doodles are rarely couch potatoes — at least not until they’re seniors.

As a professional trainer, I find that many Doodles have the right temperament, intelligence, and intuition to be excellent performance dogs. These three traits are required to remain motivated to perform under somewhat stressful and distraction-filled situations. Their intuition helps them remain one step ahead, because they know the pattern, the subliminal communication signals of their human teammates, and how to keep everybody entertained. Doodles spread joy everywhere they go!