Gil Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Buddy has managed to teach ALL 4 of the cats to open doors. Each of them can open the doors to the pantry, bedrooms, bathroom, and closet. No room is safe. God save me. That is all. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Time for those childproof things that go on the door handles. haha Sorry, I love crazy animal stories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I find that if you have room to wedge a shoe under the bottom of the door, the cat cannot open the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Good luck, Gil! May the Force be with You! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Oh boy...not good, Gil, not good. GAH! Tell Buddy the Hive says, "NO MORE ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS!" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I'm sorry, but this is funny in a shaking-my-head sort of way because I understand the frustration. If you have regular, round knobs, cover them with the child-proof thingies Starr mentioned. If you have the lever handles, you can reverse some or switch them around so you can reverse them (reversing in the sense the lock will be on the wrong side, not so that the handle will stick out into the doorjamb). This works great on closets that don't have locks, but isn't so hot if you need access to the lock/don't want to get locked in a room. If you analyze carefully, you might be able to switch the handles around (just remember where you took them from so you can put them back whenever you move). EL's idea of doorstops is good, too, but make sure they aren't the little wood or plastic wedges. You'll want something like a vase or statue. I used some of those plastic & wood ones and my cat took it as a personal challenge to work them out of place and knock them around the house. He thought they were the best toys ever. :toetap05: See? I told you I understand your frustration! :tongue_smilie: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJosMom Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Your child trained CATS??? That's amazing! :lol: 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Especially if a room has hard floors, a can of rocks that gets knocked over when you push the door open might annoy the cats enough to untrain them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Ooh, not good! My cat used to get in the cabinets and curl up with my dishes and pots,and pans; I had to put a child lock on the cabinet doors. :zombie: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I think it's more of a matter of "What was Buddy thinking?" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 There's that part of me that wonders, WOW, I wonder if I could train MY cats to do that!!! And then I'd regret ever trying. :lol: :lol: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 We've found the round turn handles kind of solve this problem as our couldn't get hold of them well enough but once they've figured out lever handles there's no going back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 We've found the round turn handles kind of solve this problem as our couldn't get hold of them well enough but once they've figured out lever handles there's no going back. We had cats that could turn all kinds of doorknobs. Fortunately, they were good cats so it didn't cause a problem and we thought it was cool. To tell you the truth, we were kind of like those obnoxious braggy parents that everyone hates... "Oh, your cat chases a feather toy? How charming. (Insert bored, condescending yawn here.) OUR CATS CAN OPEN DOORS." :D 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 If it makes you feel any better our cats taught themselves anyway. LOL. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Actually, now that I think about it, training cats to open doors can't be that far off genius than teaching teenage boys to manage their laundry. Send Buddy to me ASAP! :D 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Maybe he could turn his talents to good. Tell him to train the cats to sweep, mop, maybe clean the litter box? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Could he train the cats to use the toilet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 I think it's more of a matter of "What was Buddy thinking?" He thought it'd be "easier" if they could open the doors themselves. :glare: Easier because then they (the cats) could get in and out of rooms by themselves. Well, now that they can get in and out of rooms by themselves it has really improved their ability to create mischief and mayhem but at least its easier on them to do it. :001_rolleyes: They go in the pantry and tear into the bag of cat-food at will. They go into the pantry and get into the bread when there is no catfood. And sometimes when there is. They get outside and leave the door open behind them. (Hello, rifraff & random neighborhood kids. Yes, please walk into my house.) They come into my room and get their sheddy fur all over (YUCK by the way.) They get into my closet and sleep ON my shoes--never has a cat slept as soundly as the crazy black cat does when she's ON my shoes. They get into front closet and SCARE the living breath out of me unexpectedly. (and shed on everything all at once) Let me tell you--few things are less pleasant than stumbling drowsily to the can at 2am only to turn around to find you've acquired an audience. Also since they LOVE to watch me brush my teeth no longer is closing the door enough. If I wake up with one of those felines in my bed straddling me one more time... Of course *I* am the crazy one because I have a problem with them doing such things. The boys see the whole situation in a very "glass is half full" light. Because--hey! they can feed themselves while they are in the pantry. They can go out when they want and won't use litter as much, If there is an emergency they can get in the room to warn us, by her insistence on sleeping on the shoes in the closet there is no risk of stepping on and hurting the crazy black cat mid-nap and hey--who doesn't love a good scare when they are going through out their day and at least someone is alert and on patrol at 2am and "we all have to make sacrifices daddy, so if watching us brush makes them happy, why can't they? Some days I can't win for losing... I'm going to get some different knobs. Today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Videos or it didn't happen! ;) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I do think some cats will just figure this out for them selves we had three cats that have taught themselves young but our 15yr old cat has not even slightly tried, he'll barely even push a slightly ajar door open, he just sits there staring at it, he won't even use cat flaps with magnetic catches they have to be the free swinging type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Responding only to your thread title: I often wonder the same thing. :D 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I have two cats that open doors, one doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Just don't let him teach them to open drawers, too! I have one who figured that out pretty early, and would drag my BooKshelves and underpants all over the house! For the exterior doors, deadbolts! Haven't yet met a cat who could manage a key. For your bedroom, a hook and eye on the outside of the door that you can latch when you leave the room. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 For the exterior doors, deadbolts! Haven't yet met a cat who could manage a key. For your bedroom, a hook and eye on the outside of the door that you can latch when you leave the room. But... that wouldn't be easy for the cats! Buddy has gone to a lot of work teaching the cats so everything can be easier. Latches and deadbolts will be harder for him to teach them to open. Hopefully not impossible, but definitely not easy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 If you do the deadbolts how will the black cat be able to race into town and find you at the grocery to tell you Buddy has fallen in the well!?! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 A deadbolt would provide an added level of challenge for Buddy's training regimen. I think he should get a reality tv show on cat training. I'd totally watch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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