Good boy! The other half would have loved this instead of a cold nose bunting him until he got out of bed to let my forever puppy out. She never bothered me as I was designated food provider/walker/groomer/settler of disputes with the cats. Now, can he let himself back in, and can he also open the fridge?
My next door neighbor's German Shepherd also learned how to let himself out. Too bad he is not trained in any way, so I beat a hasty retreat to the house to call them. Time for a baby lock on the door?
Some days I wish Blazer could open the door. He sits in the hallway and "talks" until one of us - usually me - staggers out of the bedroom to let him out. The cat refuses to go INTO the back room unless one of the *servants* opens the door for him, but he can use the flap well enough to come out. It's gotten to the point that if the door is ajar, rather than nosing it open further, he'll sit and complain about that, too.
I caught boss cat listening to the messages on the old answering machine years ago. He was in the middle of moving the slide that controlled the volume up with his teeth when I walked in. He'd let all the messages play but didn't push the button to save them, even though he'd figured out which button to push to hear them. Selective learning: just enough to get whatever they want. Who trains who?
Sam, when I was in grade school we had a German shepherd who figured out how to ring doorbells. We lived at that time in a small rural subdivision (the roads were still dirt when we moved), there were no leash laws and she would trot happily down to the neighbors to ask if their lab could come out and play.
Good boy! The other half would have loved this instead of a cold nose bunting him until he got out of bed to let my forever puppy out. She never bothered me as I was designated food provider/walker/groomer/settler of disputes with the cats.
ReplyDeleteNow, can he let himself back in, and can he also open the fridge?
I watched him open it again this afternoon. He completely understands the connection between pressing down on the handle and the door popping open.
ReplyDeleteIt's scary.
My next door neighbor's German Shepherd also learned how to let himself out. Too bad he is not trained in any way, so I beat a hasty retreat to the house to call them. Time for a baby lock on the door?
ReplyDeleteSome days I wish Blazer could open the door. He sits in the hallway and "talks" until one of us - usually me - staggers out of the bedroom to let him out. The cat refuses to go INTO the back room unless one of the *servants* opens the door for him, but he can use the flap well enough to come out. It's gotten to the point that if the door is ajar, rather than nosing it open further, he'll sit and complain about that, too.
ReplyDeleteI caught boss cat listening to the messages on the old answering machine years ago. He was in the middle of moving the slide that controlled the volume up with his teeth when I walked in. He'd let all the messages play but didn't push the button to save them, even though he'd figured out which button to push to hear them. Selective learning: just enough to get whatever they want. Who trains who?
ReplyDeleteSam, when I was in grade school we had a German shepherd who figured out how to ring doorbells. We lived at that time in a small rural subdivision (the roads were still dirt when we moved), there were no leash laws and she would trot happily down to the neighbors to ask if their lab could come out and play.
ReplyDeleteWhy worry about alien invasion. We've already been conquered.
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