7.09.2014

My New Trick

Hello Friends, Professor Quillbert J. Naughtycat here.

For some time now I've been on a mission to inspect cabinets here at the H.C. As a kitten I was getting very good and the paw pry and head butt method.

Some of the flimsy cabinet doors in the bathroom were quick work. The hall cabinets were tricky and often caused a loud banging which alerted my parents. Dad ruined my good time by adding "baby-proofing" to the doors.

The cabinets in the kitchen proved elusive, until recently. These cabinets are potentially dangerous as Mom tends to use the "shove method" of storage. So being under the cabinets with a prying nose can be a concern.

I'd let them go, but some of these cabinets contain treats!!

So I've spent many hours looking at thing to figure it out. What I needed was leverage - but with a safe distance. Then one day I was trying to take a peak on the counter and I rested my front paws on the top of the cabinets doors while I peaked over the edge... yes I'm that tall.

I started to lose my balance and I dug my paws in and resettled my back paws and that's when it happened... The door opened a crack!!!

So I kept right on stepping back one paw at a time and the door opened all the way!! I could hardly believe it - the "Back It Up, Back It Up" method was born.

Now I can open the cabinets at will and search for the elusive treat cabinet. I can't wait till I figure out where they are!

Mom here: I only saw him do it once, but it was so funny! Now I just see a kitchen full of open doors when he's hungry. Somehow he has not managed to open the one treat cabinet - maybe it's at a bad angle. But I'm sure my big smart bear will figure it out in his thoughtful methodical way in time.

20 comments:

  1. Oh, that's a brilliant trick! We certainly hope you find the treat cupboard soon, though.

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  2. Now that's a method we haven't yet tried, Quill! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  3. That is seriously pawsome! Professor Kitteh, indeed.

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  4. Quill, I open the pantry door all the time and hop right in looking for foods. Unfortunately, I haven't learned how to open cans yet. ~Wally

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  5. What a pawesome trick, Quill! Our pantry door is barred so that we can't get to the treats. We think that's not playing fair at all.

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  6. Dear Professor Quill,
    Are you accepting applications for fall semester at UoNC*?
    Yours respectfully,
    Pip, Smidgen, Minnie, and Hollie

    * University of Naughty Cats

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  7. You are just fooling your human right now, Quill - you KNOW which cabinet those treats are in, you are just waiting for a really good moment to score!

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  8. Dood, we seriously need a tutorial on this method. We anxiously await.

    XOXO

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  9. smart boy :) (and this is why our treats are in a container with a lid that screws on)

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  10. Oh, I wish we could have seen the pictures of the open cabinets. I've learned to open the cans of food my mom-person gets me, I just wish I could open them all the way to get to everything in the can. She now keeps the cans in a cabinet that has a lock, boy she's no fun!

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  11. Quill, you're brillant ! What a pawsome trick ! Do you plan to give us a tutorial, a kind of "how to" ? We would be very interested ! Purrs

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  12. That is so smart of you Quill. We sure will have to give that a try. We go around opening as many cabinets as we can. Hope all of you have a wonderful day.

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  13. That is a very clever trick Quill. It won't be long before you get those treats.

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  14. ooh yeah. Maxwell taught me, and now we've caused mommy to move our stuff in more *ahem* creative places. HAH. As IF! ~Faraday

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  15. BRILLIANT! And I LOVE the fact that your mum walks into the kitchen and finds all the doors open. Hehehe... Gotta try that. You givin' lessons? I would really like to learn that trick, too.

    Purrs,
    Nissy #Niss4Senate

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  16. That is so amazing. Some kitties are just a little more determined than others. Our angel Thelma was that way. Let us know when the treat cupboard has been breached. XO, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

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