TheBanyanTree: Pets

[spoonoid]

We like to think we train our pets so they are able to live in our houses and 
follow our rules.  Then we find out they have trained us to do their bidding.




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From: Kitty <mzzkitty at sssnet.com>
To: BanyanTree <thebanyantree at remsset.com>
Sent: Wed, December 7, 2011 12:50:20 PM
Subject: TheBanyanTree: Pets

In my bathroom I have a linen closet with a bi-fold door.  When Simon and Lilli 
were kittens they would sometimes bring small toys (a ball or stuffed "mouse") 
in and eventually bat the item under the door where it was not only hidden but 
unavailable.  Thus, I began leaving the door ajar so they could fetch their toys 
without my assistance.

Now they're cats.  And Simon likes to climb.  The other day he'd been on the 
upper shelf of that closet where the towels are kept. I know that because I 
found those towels on the floor of the closet after he had exited.  So now the 
door is kept closed.  Too bad, Puddy Tat!

It is now apparent that Simon has developed a sense of "what I want, I'll get."

While I was in the bathroom a few minutes ago, Simon stood on his hind legs and 
batted at the door where it meets the jamb, trying to open it with repetitious 
patting and lateral motion.  When that didn't work, he went to the joint in the 
middle of the door where it folds outward to open, laid down, put his paw under 
the door and *pried* it open!  Then he went to his original position, patted and 
pushed and eventually opened the darned thing wide enough so he could get into 
the closet!

Now he's in the kitchen plaintively meowing.  My previous responses to that 
sound haven't indicated any problem other than to observe him sitting at the 
door to the garage.  Why?  This is the place I often put treats when I'm going 
out to run errands.  Evidently he wants me to leave, or at the least, give him 
something crunchy to eat.


Kitty
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