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<blockquote data-quote="MuM_of_OCD_kiddo" data-source="post: 459598" data-attributes="member: 12241"><p>Sometimes there is a blessing in cats [and dogs - especially if you have multiples] that aren't too bright. You don't have to cat proof the entire house, the cup boards, trash cans, lock the doors for privacy [hmhm], have to spell certain words so they don't catch on, etc etc. There is something to say for a furry critter you don't have to battle all the time to stay ahead of, LOL. I have had cats that would open room doors in cahoots - in Germany the inside door handle are "L" shaped and you push the handle down to unlock the door. Genny would jump up and hang on the door handle, Cash would sit in front of the door and push from the bottom if the door opened into the room, or scratch on it until the gap was wide enough to wedge a paw in to pull it open if they were on the wrong side of the door.</p><p></p><p>Most of my cats knew how to open cupboard doors. Some figured out how to open drawers. In one house I had a fridge with a very loose seal - you could open it with a toe or your pinky finger - Cash figured that one out in no time. PPl always wondered why I had a heavy cardboard box barricading the fridge [when we moved she spend endlessly long frustrated hours in front of the new fridge before she finally gave up, LOL. Even years later she'd walk by and give it a test try to see if maybe...]</p><p></p><p>Howlee can spend hours in the kitchen, and I can wash whatever in the kitchen sink. But lemme tell ya - when I run water to give him a bath - he first tries to tiptoe away and do the invisible cat, and if he knows I am on to him, runs squawking through the house trying to escape. When he gets a bath - all windows and doors need to be closed, as I am sure it sounds like I am murdering someone inside - he screams [actually sounds more ling long deep mournful howls] from the moment he realizes he gets a bath, to the exact second when I wrap the towel around him. And while I have had cats that would get seriously angry with me and hold a grudge for a day or two after they had a bath - as soon as he is done, he starts purring again and loving on me - all wet and all that [maybe trying to share some of that with me].</p><p></p><p>Calli used to freak out when I took a bath. I could take showers all the time [my preferred way of getting clean, as I am 5'10" and the typical american tub so really doesn't do anything for me]. Then I bought a house with a tub I could have drowned in - even all the way stretched out. That poor cat would sit on the toilet each time I took a bath - totally terrified and anxious and would follow me for hours afterwards to make sure I survived alright, LOL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MuM_of_OCD_kiddo, post: 459598, member: 12241"] Sometimes there is a blessing in cats [and dogs - especially if you have multiples] that aren't too bright. You don't have to cat proof the entire house, the cup boards, trash cans, lock the doors for privacy [hmhm], have to spell certain words so they don't catch on, etc etc. There is something to say for a furry critter you don't have to battle all the time to stay ahead of, LOL. I have had cats that would open room doors in cahoots - in Germany the inside door handle are "L" shaped and you push the handle down to unlock the door. Genny would jump up and hang on the door handle, Cash would sit in front of the door and push from the bottom if the door opened into the room, or scratch on it until the gap was wide enough to wedge a paw in to pull it open if they were on the wrong side of the door. Most of my cats knew how to open cupboard doors. Some figured out how to open drawers. In one house I had a fridge with a very loose seal - you could open it with a toe or your pinky finger - Cash figured that one out in no time. PPl always wondered why I had a heavy cardboard box barricading the fridge [when we moved she spend endlessly long frustrated hours in front of the new fridge before she finally gave up, LOL. Even years later she'd walk by and give it a test try to see if maybe...] Howlee can spend hours in the kitchen, and I can wash whatever in the kitchen sink. But lemme tell ya - when I run water to give him a bath - he first tries to tiptoe away and do the invisible cat, and if he knows I am on to him, runs squawking through the house trying to escape. When he gets a bath - all windows and doors need to be closed, as I am sure it sounds like I am murdering someone inside - he screams [actually sounds more ling long deep mournful howls] from the moment he realizes he gets a bath, to the exact second when I wrap the towel around him. And while I have had cats that would get seriously angry with me and hold a grudge for a day or two after they had a bath - as soon as he is done, he starts purring again and loving on me - all wet and all that [maybe trying to share some of that with me]. Calli used to freak out when I took a bath. I could take showers all the time [my preferred way of getting clean, as I am 5'10" and the typical american tub so really doesn't do anything for me]. Then I bought a house with a tub I could have drowned in - even all the way stretched out. That poor cat would sit on the toilet each time I took a bath - totally terrified and anxious and would follow me for hours afterwards to make sure I survived alright, LOL. [/QUOTE]
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