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RoadRage nailed it. Intelligence does not equate to trainability or "liveablility". Sometimes the smartest dogs are a disaster in a home, because they know how to get into things and how to get away with things.
For instance, Border Collies are smart, but their trainability comes from their bred-in desire to bond with and please people, coupled with a huge amount of energy. A dog that smart and with that kind of energy but without the desire to please would be a NIGHTMARE to live with.
Our Cooper's a pretty smart mutt. For a while, her understanding of the world included the fact that if she chased the cat, then stopped chasing the cat and came to a person, she got a treat. The cat was chased MERCILESSLY until we figured out that the dog was playing us.
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