Post by Dan on Jun 8, 2014 11:38:38 GMT -8
Bella is incredibly smart, and it only takes her once or twice to learn something, like stay off of our laps at the dinner table, or don't chew on the house plants. We have a squirt bottle at the ready, but she has only been squirted 3-4 times total.
Her favorite toy is a ring from a mayonnaise jar. She loves to play fetch with it, and will fetch it as long as I throw it. One ring toss accidentally went under a cabinet, and she couldn't reach it. I was about to go dig it out for her, but she worked it out on her own. She couldn't snag it with her paw, so she flattened herself out, and went under the cabinet from the other end. Once she got it in her mouth, the ring was wedged against the floor and cabinet, so she couldn't move it. Every time she went forward, the ring would stand up, and get stuck. She slowly turned the ring and herself until the ring was flat, and then backed herself, and the ring to the edge. She went backwards, as this kept the ring flat so it wouldn't get stuck. There is a lip on the cabinet, she and the ring got stuck again at the edge. She dropped it, went forward, and exited the cabinet where there is no lip on the side of the cabinet. Then, she came around front to where she left the ring. Laid down and hooked it with one paw. She drug it out, picked it up, and brought it back to my lap. There were 4-5 steps involved figuring out the problem. She slowly thought through each one, and got the ring.
Both Sugar & I were watching, and when she was done, we both looked at each other and said at the same time, "Did you see what she just did?"
Her favorite toy is a ring from a mayonnaise jar. She loves to play fetch with it, and will fetch it as long as I throw it. One ring toss accidentally went under a cabinet, and she couldn't reach it. I was about to go dig it out for her, but she worked it out on her own. She couldn't snag it with her paw, so she flattened herself out, and went under the cabinet from the other end. Once she got it in her mouth, the ring was wedged against the floor and cabinet, so she couldn't move it. Every time she went forward, the ring would stand up, and get stuck. She slowly turned the ring and herself until the ring was flat, and then backed herself, and the ring to the edge. She went backwards, as this kept the ring flat so it wouldn't get stuck. There is a lip on the cabinet, she and the ring got stuck again at the edge. She dropped it, went forward, and exited the cabinet where there is no lip on the side of the cabinet. Then, she came around front to where she left the ring. Laid down and hooked it with one paw. She drug it out, picked it up, and brought it back to my lap. There were 4-5 steps involved figuring out the problem. She slowly thought through each one, and got the ring.
Both Sugar & I were watching, and when she was done, we both looked at each other and said at the same time, "Did you see what she just did?"
Kim had opened the craft room to let the little gremlins out and the Clouded Leopard girl jumped up on the couch and bit Stuffy's tail 