Hilarity Ensues
Last night at about 4:30am my mom woke up because she "heard someone walking around downstairs".
All of the lights were out, so she realized it probably wasn't me, Angela (who is here), or my sister. She looked over the balcony into our dining room and saw a dark figure moving around the dining room.
So next she woke up my dad, who was quite disoriented, but had the clarity of mind to turn on a light (because, you know, if someone had been breaking into our house, the best thing to do would be to let them know we are awake so they can stab us all gleefully).
When the light turned on, they heard a "ruff!" sound from downstairs and then more movement. Sure enough, it was only Zeus... not a burglar. Relieving? Yes, but also slightly alarming since the door had been closed when everyone went to bed. Somehow he has managed to figure out how to open the front door, probably using his mouth, though I haven't seen it so I'm not 100% certain.
Later in the day yesterday my mom and sister were standing in the kitchen and Zeus came strutting in once again. As though saying "hello, I am smart, your silly human doors are no match for me muahaha"
I am starting to worry just how smart he might actually be. He understands a ridiculous amount of English words and commands, he can learn anything after doing it only twice, and now... he opens doors. And since he did manage to get in the house, did he sit and eat from the open box of dogtreats sitting directly in front of the door? No... oddly enough. Instead he methodically went through everything in the living room, finding things that belong to my dad only, and took them outside and set them on his doggy blanket. He had the weirdest shit out there, like battery chargers (??)
All of the lights were out, so she realized it probably wasn't me, Angela (who is here), or my sister. She looked over the balcony into our dining room and saw a dark figure moving around the dining room.
So next she woke up my dad, who was quite disoriented, but had the clarity of mind to turn on a light (because, you know, if someone had been breaking into our house, the best thing to do would be to let them know we are awake so they can stab us all gleefully).
When the light turned on, they heard a "ruff!" sound from downstairs and then more movement. Sure enough, it was only Zeus... not a burglar. Relieving? Yes, but also slightly alarming since the door had been closed when everyone went to bed. Somehow he has managed to figure out how to open the front door, probably using his mouth, though I haven't seen it so I'm not 100% certain.
Later in the day yesterday my mom and sister were standing in the kitchen and Zeus came strutting in once again. As though saying "hello, I am smart, your silly human doors are no match for me muahaha"
I am starting to worry just how smart he might actually be. He understands a ridiculous amount of English words and commands, he can learn anything after doing it only twice, and now... he opens doors. And since he did manage to get in the house, did he sit and eat from the open box of dogtreats sitting directly in front of the door? No... oddly enough. Instead he methodically went through everything in the living room, finding things that belong to my dad only, and took them outside and set them on his doggy blanket. He had the weirdest shit out there, like battery chargers (??)