On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:00:23 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 2/21/2013 9:43 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:24:59 -0600, Alan Holbrook >
>> wrote:
>> snip
>>>
>>> My three have carefully explained to me that the only reason I'm
>>> allowed to stay in the house is that they can't open their own
>>> cans of cat food. But if they ever develop opposable thumbs, I'm
>>> toast...
>>
>> I take it to mean then, that they have learned to open doorknobs,
>> drawers and cabinets? I never saw my cats attending actual school,
>> but I do know that they taught each other skills. ;o)
>> Janet US
>>
>Persia did! Sort of OB Food, I contemplated putting a slide bolt on the
>pantry in the kitchen of my apartment in Cordova. That's where the cat
>food was. This was years ago, she was (best guess) 2 or 3 years old.
>Back then she got dry kibble every day and a can of Fancy Feast (FF) on
>*Sunday* as a treat. She knew where that FF was. One Saturday opened
>the door to the pantry. She maneuvered around things on the pantry
>floor and got a can of FF off the bottom shelf. She scooted it to the
>middle of the kitchen floor, sat down and waited. When I walked in I
>busted out laughing! What a smart girl!
>
>Another OB Food: sense of smell or can she read? The can of FF was
>right next to a can of chopped green chili peppers. Exactly the same
>size can. How did she know which one to choose?
>
>I also had to close off the metal bi-fold doors in front of the washer &
>dryer. She figured out how to open them. She jumped up on top of the
>dryer, then down between the dryer and the wall. Of course she couldn't
>jump back up again, no room to leap. I had to move the dryer to get her
>out. After that I used long rubber bands to tie the doorknobs together
>so she couldn't push the doors open.
>
>Cats are entertaining, that's for sure!
>
>Jill

there's nothing like seeing a cat hanging by its front paws from a
door knob, shifting their weight until the door opens. He (Charlie)
knew the kibble was in the pantry. That will start your day with a
smile. I have no idea which of my cats in my history found out that
scratching vigorously at their collar with the bell on it would wake
the folks up. Not only did every cat thereafter learn that trick, but
they taught it to the dogs as well.
Janet US