Lovely Borzoi male “Stravi Sweets for my Sweets " ( *april 42007 – † august 2023 ) shows one of his IQ skills.

In general sighthounds are quite smart in spite of the prejudice 'they are not'. The fact is that they are bred to be independent hunters and their independent nature means also that they don' t care much about pleasing and working for you.

Their pattern is more of ‘what ’s in it for me' ☺and there is also a tendency of getting bored easily, precisely because of their intelligent nature. The dog tricks are sometimes a little stupid in their vision, but okay if there is some candy to earn…