People that think dogs are smarter than cats haven’t met Chris. Dogs may be more trainable but that is only because they are more dependent on humans. Chris on the other hand can’t be trained but he certainly can learn, and he has amazing deductive reasoning skills.
For example, we had a storage room under the stairs in the condo. The door to the closet was a standard door with a standard round door knob. One day Chris decided he wanted to investigate what was behind that door. He worked on it for a while pulling at the bottom to no avail.
Eventually he tried reaching for the doorknob, which he could barely reach. He would grab it with both paws for a split second and then drop to the ground and pull at the bottom of the door. Then he would repeat the routine. Eventually he was able to turn the knob and unlatch the door. It didn’t pop open until he performed the second half of his plan, which was pulling it at the bottom. Once he learned this trick, we couldn’t keep him out of the closet.
We also had the accordion type closet doors upstairs. He taught himself how to open those doors too. He would lay on the floor and pull the middle out untill it popped slightly open. He then would go to the open crack and pulled on it until he could get inside.
If I was a criminal I would bring him along to help crack safes.
It is a know fact for example that a cat has a better sense 9of smell than a dog but as they have no work ethic what so ever, they sadly can not be used as sniffer cats at airports 🙂
I have heard about a cat’s great sense of smell and you are right, cats don’t work. It is said that “dogs have owners and cats have staff.”
I prefer to call them slaves rather than staff 🙂
It seems that way sometimes.
Shandreyer, do you consider yourself a slave to your felines?
What would you call it when one species does all the work and the other lays around and does nothing?
What an expert!
My cat Zooey is a pro at opening doors as well. I put a heavy suitcase (that I can barely lift!) in front of the linen closet door to keep her from getting inside and sleeping on all the clean hand towels – she somehow gets in there anyways!
I swear, if they had thumbs, they could rule the world 😉
If Chris had thumbs, I’d never see him because he would be outside.
Haha! Good point!! 🙂
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Chris hasn’t changed much since I first posted this. He is still a master at getting doors opened.
Chris is so smart that it is scary. I do think he could crack a safe. I bet he would love those puzzle toys for snacks. Happy Birthday!!
I should look for one of those.
I’m pretty good at opening the folding doors and kitchen cupboards. ~Wally
I think it might be a gold cat thing. 🙂