Weasley vs The Stanley Coren IQ Test

Weasley here:

Last week mom posted a very rude post on here about my struggles with the evil toy known as the tug-a-jug.

The Enemy

Mom's post questioned my intelligence because I was unable to extract the treats from this maddening toy despite my ongoing efforts.  Obviously this means the toy is poorly designed, but mom persisted in believing I should solve it.  Apparently my late brother Bingo was a tug-a-jug whiz despite being about 100 years old, partially paralyzed, and incontinent. 

Mom gets all sniffy when she sees his picture, I tend to think he was an evil genius.



Anyway the nice people at Rocco's House blog read mom's post and recognizing my natural intelligence from my photos they suggested mom give me an IQ test.  This test was devised by Stanley Coren.  Now mom has read and liked a few of his books, but we are also a little down on him because he tends to think of bulldogs as dullards.   Now I've watched my bulldog brother Bob in action with mom and dad and he seems to be a whiz at getting what he wants.

Anyway, back to the intelligence test, I am pleased to say that I did quite well!  Take that tug-a-jug.  Here are my results:

Item 1) Treat under a can (note: mom used a cup as we had no empty cans).

I kicked the stuffing out of this one.   I had the treat out from under the cup in a record 2 seconds.   I scored  5 pts.


Item 2) Getting out from under a towel. This was a piece of cake I was out from under that towel in 4 seconds and it only took me that long because I was wondering why the heck my mom was putting a towel on me.  I scored 5 pts.

Item 3) Responding to your owner/mom/dad by coming to them when they stare at you and grin stupidly.  (Note this is breed biased a pug is way to smart and comfort seeking to get of a comfy couch and come just because a human  is smiling like a jac-o-lantern.) Still I did stand up so I scored 3 pts.

Item 4) Treat under a tea towel.  

 This one was a teensy bit harder that stupid towel was really guarding that treat.  I got it in 40 seconds though, so I scored 3 pts.

Item 5) Treat under a low table (not mom made a table out of three books).  EASY-PEASY  I had that treat in 15 seconds and with one swipe of my paw, I nabbed 5 points!.

Item 6) Name Recognition.  (Now this item I'd like to write a letter to Mr. Coren about.  The dullard expects a very intelligent dog to ignore the owner calling out Refrigerator in a happy voice and instead come only to its name.  I mean really don't all dogs know that the refrigerator is were humans store the food!).  I came immediately upon hearing refrigerator so I scored 3 pts.


My overall score was 24 points.  According to Mr. Coren this means I am very smart, but won't get into Harvard.  That's fine by me as I prefer Yale anyway.  !

Handsome Dan, one time Yale Mascot, and despite what Mr. Coren would think probably a very bright dog.