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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
<snip> [And people wonder why all the cabinets & drawers in the house have so much velcro on them that people have a hard time opening them.]
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Darn, we never thought about velcro. The child-proof locks never worked, as they even figured those out. We never had to even get out their snacks, as they just got them out themselves whenever they were hungry.
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
That would sound strange had not my grandmother owned a cat who would ring the doorbell when it it wanted in. <snip>
Evidently the cat had seen others ring the bell and made the connection on his own.
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Originally Posted by Mortis
I have no idea if any of this has any scientific basis, but I do know that our Siamese manages to get in our bedroom and the door is closed. She's the only one that knows the trick, including my wife and I, we have no idea how she does it.
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M use to get us in trouble, when we were kids, as M would start at the end of the hall, run full force, hit my parent's bedroom door and turn the knob at the same time. Ta Da! The door was open and M could open drawers and pull stuff out. Mom never believed it wasn't us, until one day she saw M get the door open.
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Originally Posted by bjones6416
My sister's cat used to magically open the door by staring fixedly at the doorknob. He learned that if you do that with enough intensity, someone will get up and open the door!
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He had his humans very well trained.
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Originally Posted by Mortis
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All of the breeds with very high intelligence ratings are derived from the Siamese except for the Bengal, a wild-domestic hybrid. Although there is no doubt that Siamese cats tend to be very bright, cat breeder Norman Auspitz notes that the breeds considered most intelligent also tend to be among the most active, which suggests that there is a bias toward rating more energetic cats higher on intelligence scales.
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Very active and very vocal. Ours could be trained to do stuff too. Two of my cats always jumped into the shower or tub whenever I started the water. If I threw them out, they jumped back in. If I locked the door for some peace and quiet, they just sat outside the door and yowled, until you opened the door. THEN, they slowly sauntered in AND jumped in the shower or tub.
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Originally Posted by DixieGal
<snip> Ii is scheduled to be an ultrasound, but I remember last year's u/s ended up in a needle biopsy the same day. OUCH!
I'll edit his with the results after I get back home.
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AW, DG. {hugs} I feel for you, I hate those visits. I hope all goes well. Please let us know.
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Originally Posted by DixieGal
Hey hey hey! The tumor did not come back, and the lump is unchanged for the second year in a row! I don't go back for another year! YAY!!!
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I just hit preview and saw your post. YAY!!!! I'm so glad it turned out so well.
