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[bunn]

This morning, one of the French doors was open again. It was open yesterday, and I thought I must have not closed it properly after I let Footie out (Footie doesn't like to use the cat doors to go out, he prefers to find a door or window and shout until it opens).

I'm pretty sure that I did shut the door last night and lock it, because I doublechecked that I'd done it properly.  Also, the room was quite warm: it would surely have been colder if it had been open all night. But I left the key in the lock.

When I came down in the morning, one dog bounced about then raced out enthusiastically through the open door when I opened the curtains.  The other dog gave me a 'meh' face and settled down in his beanbag to wait for breakfast...

I think Az has learned how to turn the key.   I knew he could open the Yale lock on the front door, but usually he doesn't bother.  Obviously he feels he wants to pop out earlier than I am allowing. I may need to start getting up earlier.  And remove the key and put it on a high shelf! 

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[pellegrina.livejournal.com]

Clever Az! My father had to put an upside-down door handle in their loo door because Chica, clever continental dog that she was, had learned to open doors and used to open the door (which had no lock) whenever he was using the loo.

Mind you, it could be worse. The dog of a friend of my mother's learned to open the fridge.

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

Tell her to try a child lock for the fridge. Most of these things are useless at preventing children from doing things but might work for a dog. You can usually get that sort of thing from somewhere like Boots or Mothercare.

[pellegrina.livejournal.com]

Chippy is long gone, but I will remember the existence of child locks if we ever have a dog who learns how to help itself to dinner.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm told that fridge-opening is a common lurcher thing, but luckily Az has never been *that* interested in the fridge. We did have to get a high-security bin when Mollydog was in her binraiding phase though.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

piffle, that was me.

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

All that without opposable thumbs? I'm impressed.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Well, he is a lurcher. They do have a bit of a reputation for that sort of thing:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1473329/Who-let-the-dogs-out-It-was-Red-the-lurcher.html

though philmophlegm has now said he thinks he may have opened the door again for Footie after I locked it and not re-locked it, so it may be that Az has simply worked the handle, which is much less impressive. He definitely can do the Yale lock on the front door though, I've seen him!

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

I did once catch my cousin's husband's late dog Blue staring intently at and sniffing the lock on my parents' patio door. He had certainly seen it open several times, and would get excited if any of us walked past the spot where the key was kept, but without the key the lock was useless to him.