Owners Share The Smartest Things Their Pets Did, And These 69 Critters Are Weirdly Sophisticated
One of the joys of owning a pet is training it to do something cool. Some pets know how to give paw and roll over. Dogs, for example, are the most trained pets, and, according to the City Sun Times, 94% of dog owners do at least some basic training at home. As for cats, about a third of the owners reported training their cats to do tricks, play fetch, and go to the toilet.
But some pets might show their intelligence in ways their owners never even imagined. Recently, in one online thread, owners started sharing the ways in which their critters surprised them in the most wholesome and smart ways.
After one netizen asked, "Pet owners of Reddit, what was the most intelligent thing your pet has done?" the answers proved that our pets are not just derpy cuties, but can sometimes even save our lives!
I had a cat that we got when I was pregnant with my son. after he was born, he would come and wake me up when the baby cried in the middle of the night. then he would stand outside of the baby's room and meow until i went in and got him. then he would come downstairs with us, and while the baby was eating, he had to sit next to me and always put one paw on the baby's leg. i never needed a monitor, he would always come and get me when the baby woke up. i still miss you, Max, after all these years. you were the best cat ever.
My son has mild autism and my little cat taught herself to be his therapy cat. Any time a melt down is close, she will come out of no where and rub herself all over him as a distraction and defuses him very quickly. She was never trained to do this.
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