The female I got from Titan kennels is highly intelligent. She’s probably the smartest dog that I have had. In the beginning she was really skittish. It was annoying. Almost scared of her shadow. She’s still really aloof. She problem solves things around the house more than the male I have. She threw brains in a good portion of the pups. I feel I kept the best two. It may have been irresponsible but I learned a hard lesson. She was so beta and submissive to my male I didn’t think much of it. I left the two of them out. I came home to that smell in the air and something on the floor. They’re both on the couch. My male has a pumpkin head and a hole in his forehead. She has a few scattered scrapes. He’s 10-15 pounds heavier than her. He looked to catch the worst of the affair. A few days later I’m woken up to commotion again. She’s clamped on his muzzle. I thin I would classify her as a slow starter and she can figure out how to get a bigger dog off her hold him out. She’s gold to me. The daughter I kept from her is smart too. She’s more finery and outgoing. Hammonds in the gazette was talking about hog hunting. He said overly hot dogs just run into the hog and get killed. Where this little girl thought she was full grown at four months she has more brains than her dad. She would rather have a ear face hold to control a hog. If he’s too big she will change up where she hits. She will bury her face in and arm pit and consider moving to the rear end. She has a way of positioning herself to be out of harms way. In a minute or two she can make one limp with that arm pit hold and I know it’s not what she wants. I like that little crazy, stubborn, sweet dog. She’s a rough one someone Could be tempted to do something dumb with and loose permanently. Her brother is smart too. He’s always following you watching. You can see gears turning in his head. Super loyal, he will run behind my horse when I condition. His sister will run a lap and when she she’s it’s a loop she will stop and watch. Maybe that is brains. Her brother took the hardworking gene from dad. Her brother is the type that can play with cur dogs. He can stand on a yard with dogs and just look at them. Don’t get behind a dog on the yard like you’re facing it at him. A light switch clicks on and he’s squirming to grab him and you better have a good hole behind his neck he’ll try to bite you to go. I would call that intelligence. I read that breeder Vs matcher section. I feel like for any potential mix I would have brother sister and mom are key steps. Dad is the firestarter. I have considered looking at studs for mom and sister. I have to figure where they would go. I don’t have room for them all or a bunch of hands I could put them in. Watching the brother play with little cur dogs, then see the light switch when you face a dog at him, and how fast him and his sister fight shows some kind of intelligence or discernment. You can look in his face and see gears turning.