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Wow my cat figured out how to open doors
Pretty amazing. I never trained him to open doors but I did notice that
he kept watching me open the room doors then one day I was watching TV in the livingroom and I hear a door creaking open. I thought it was a burglar until I saw a sillouette of a cat running to the kitchen cupboard (where the food is stored), I did not belive it was possible so I figured maybe the door was left ajar. Well today I was in the room and saw him do it. He stands as tall as possible and pulls down on the lever and slightly pulls back to get the door ajar (the doors open by pulling back not pushing) then when the door is ajar he sticks his paw underneath the door and pulls it open! To prevent him from doing this I put some tape on the lever so that pulling down would not work only pushing up. For a while it worked fine until he figured out that breaking the tape (by jumping and tearing it with his claws) and then using the lever again. I had to remove the lock and will be buying a regular doorknob. Although I left the lever doorknob in the office (I plan to videotape this) Now he also knows how to open cupboard doors also after trial and error experimentation. Is this normal? Are all cats this smart? My dogs are totally dumb compared to the cat. |
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Wow my cat figured out how to open doors
Well they say dogs have masters cats have servants.
My furballs have learned how to open child proof locks and cabinets. I would be afraid and love to see what would happen if they could talk. :-) wrote in message oups.com... Pretty amazing. I never trained him to open doors but I did notice that he kept watching me open the room doors then one day I was watching TV in the livingroom and I hear a door creaking open. I thought it was a burglar until I saw a sillouette of a cat running to the kitchen cupboard (where the food is stored), I did not belive it was possible so I figured maybe the door was left ajar. Well today I was in the room and saw him do it. He stands as tall as possible and pulls down on the lever and slightly pulls back to get the door ajar (the doors open by pulling back not pushing) then when the door is ajar he sticks his paw underneath the door and pulls it open! To prevent him from doing this I put some tape on the lever so that pulling down would not work only pushing up. For a while it worked fine until he figured out that breaking the tape (by jumping and tearing it with his claws) and then using the lever again. I had to remove the lock and will be buying a regular doorknob. Although I left the lever doorknob in the office (I plan to videotape this) Now he also knows how to open cupboard doors also after trial and error experimentation. Is this normal? Are all cats this smart? My dogs are totally dumb compared to the cat. |
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Wow my cat figured out how to open doors
Actually only the bedroom knob has changed. Its too much fun watching
him opening doors to switch the rest. |
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Wow my cat figured out how to open doors
In article .com,
wrote: Is this normal? Are all cats this smart? My dogs are totally dumb compared to the cat. I used to have a cat who would open doors by hanging from the knob by both paws and swinging back and forth. |
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Wow my cat figured out how to open doors
It is alleged that No More Retail claimed:
Well they say dogs have masters cats have servants. My furballs have learned how to open child proof locks and cabinets. I would be afraid and love to see what would happen if they could talk. :-) If cats had opposable thumbs, we'd be their pets. -- Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol "No... no I have an obligation to honor my fathers name." "And how have you chosen to honor that name? What is there left for Narn if all of creation falls around us? There is nothing. No hope, no dream, no future, no life. Unless we turn from the cycle of death towards something greater. If we are a dying people, then let us die with honor by helping the others as no one else can." (G'Kar and G'Kar's Father(Kosh)(in G'Kar's head), B5 "Dust To Dust") |
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