Ranking = 94

So staffies are ranked at 94th place as Average Working/Obedience Intelligence in this article

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intelligence_of_Dogs

Understanding of New Commands: 25 to 40 repetitions.
Obey First Command: 50% of the time or better.

So I’m thinking, is this really representative of a staffie’s intelligence or does their character influence the ranking ?
I don’t believe staffies are lacking intelligence, all the contrary even. Whilst a border collie will execute like a good little soldier, the staffy will do it if you explain why and when and how

Thoughts ?

Staffys are much more intelligent than that! They will actually think about the command you give them rather than blindly do it like a collie! I can almost see Katy thinking when I tell her to do something especially if it seems pointless to her Recall if she's on a good sniffing point, she might as well raise her paw & say hang on I'm sniffing & I'll be with you in a minute

Well mia could count and spell its probably low ranking because of a staffies reputation they get such a bad rep its terrible theyre such intelligent dogs that are great with kids.

I defintely don't agree with that ranking. There are three staffs and staff crosses in my training class and they all pick up the commands quicker than the other breeds. Sometimes one may not get a certain exercise but then we train it in a different way and they get it. One size doesn't fit all with training so we adapt to find the best way for that dog to learn.

Staffies are now being used as more police dogs so if that tasting is correct why would they use them and not the 93 breeds infront!!

I definitely think that the author has mixed obedience intelligence with execution submission.
You can tell a border collie but you must ask a staffy

And Opium is the only dog in her class to be working off the lead despite the other dogs being of breeds “ranked” higher than her

Katy sailed through her classes too, almost like it was beneath her to do that stuff

Here we’ve moved up to 91st place ...

https://www.cyberpet.com/smartest-dog-breeds/

I think every breed requires individual training/attention. Some breeds Puck things up quicker than others, but that isn't a matter of intelligence, just being bred to 'think' in different ways!