We like too much to compare and equate ourselves with beings that are of another species. We need it to understand their customs and ways of acting. That is why we have come to compare the intelligence of the dog within scales that were originally built for man, such as Gardner’s seven sub-intelligence .
According to this classification, human intelligence is in turn subdivided into multiple types of “subintelligences”, a set of abilities, capacities or ways of acting that would give rise to “complete” intelligence. These are: spatial, corporal, intrapersonal, interpersonal, musical, logical-mathematical and linguistic.
If we start with spatial intelligence … We have it easy! A dog knows perfectly the location of his cushion, of his feeder, of the beds that he should not go up to, he has no doubt that there are delicacies that are more than appetizing as well as prohibited from inside the refrigerator.
Regarding body intelligence, if you have ever enjoyed an agility test (dogs crossing and dodging obstacles at high speed), you already know very well that dogs enjoy this “subintelligence”.
Things get complicated when we get to intrapersonal intelligence, which in this case we should call “intraperruna” or “intraspecies”. Assesses the ability to recognize one’s own failures and abilities.
With interpersonal or inter-dog intelligence, the debate soon ends if we ask ourselves if there is any living being on the planet that better accepts any other living being that has been duly introduced to it than the dog. Many will agree that it is not.
Musical intelligence. It is a difficult concept to explain but dogs know how to appreciate music. There are those who sing elongated moans when a certain melody sounds and others who relax with certain rhythms.
Logical-mathematical intelligence leads us to think: can man’s best friend distinguish quantities? Compare sizes? Use logic? We will find the answer later.
Regarding linguistic intelligence, all beings communicate, at least with their kind, and the dog is no exception. Of course, appropriate to their social structure and their needs.
