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The adorable Brat-Boy has learned a new trick, heaven help us.
Like most kitchens ours has a counter with drawers underneath it, and then on one side, cabinets under the drawers. Due to one Leopolde Allen Fogg, all the cupboards have child safety latches on them. As do the cupboards in the bathroom. These make a lovely banging noise when he tests to make sure they're still locked (every couple of days).
Anyway, in the last drawer on the right side is where his treats and the little birdie live. The birdie is something I found when I was decluttering. It's got kind of downy feathers on it, and used to look like a parrot. Now it's in a couple pieces, the parrot head being one of them, and then a strip of leathery material that I think was half of the body. But he still loves it. However, after he plays for a little while, we put it away. I just don't want him actually EATING the feather/plastic bits.
Over the course of the weekend I see him standing on his back legs, examining the drawer. I knew this wouldn't be good. He managed to get his front paws on the drawer pull. It was getting worse. Then he was dangling from the drawer pull. Very bad. At some point his back legs tried to get purchase on the cupboard door below. What this really succeeded in doing was pulling open the drawer... Leo got the birdie out, VERY proud of himself and commenced playing.
Later, I put the birdie away. The next day, there he was again, dangling from the drawer and slowly managing to pull it open. Standing on the floor he stretched up and put his paw in the drawer and without being able to see- snagged the birdie!!
Pretty soon hubby and I will be irrelevant to his needs...
Like most kitchens ours has a counter with drawers underneath it, and then on one side, cabinets under the drawers. Due to one Leopolde Allen Fogg, all the cupboards have child safety latches on them. As do the cupboards in the bathroom. These make a lovely banging noise when he tests to make sure they're still locked (every couple of days).
Anyway, in the last drawer on the right side is where his treats and the little birdie live. The birdie is something I found when I was decluttering. It's got kind of downy feathers on it, and used to look like a parrot. Now it's in a couple pieces, the parrot head being one of them, and then a strip of leathery material that I think was half of the body. But he still loves it. However, after he plays for a little while, we put it away. I just don't want him actually EATING the feather/plastic bits.
Over the course of the weekend I see him standing on his back legs, examining the drawer. I knew this wouldn't be good. He managed to get his front paws on the drawer pull. It was getting worse. Then he was dangling from the drawer pull. Very bad. At some point his back legs tried to get purchase on the cupboard door below. What this really succeeded in doing was pulling open the drawer... Leo got the birdie out, VERY proud of himself and commenced playing.
Later, I put the birdie away. The next day, there he was again, dangling from the drawer and slowly managing to pull it open. Standing on the floor he stretched up and put his paw in the drawer and without being able to see- snagged the birdie!!
Pretty soon hubby and I will be irrelevant to his needs...
