German Shepherd’s brains are roughly one-tenth of the size of our human brains. They are only the size of mandarin orange.
But brain size does not equate to intelligence.
Sometimes, people refer to intelligence and might mean ‘instinctual behavior’ or ‘drive’. Instinct refers to why a German Shepherd Dog intuitively herds and guards and excel.The drive is how much intensity and thought a dog puts into the job they perform.
This means that German Shepherds only requires a handler’s interaction to bring about their natural abilities to analyze, react, and problem solve. German shepherd’s are ranked high for intelligence due to their ability to perform.