This is Bella, our "special" resident. We knew she was special from the first day that we picked her out in Denver a couple of years ago, but we discovered just how special she was last Saturday.
That morning we installed a baby gate in between the family room and the living room to help keep the dogs out of the family room when Herb, Cindy and the dogs visit this weekend. Little did we know that Bella would be totally confused by the gate in front of her. For a little perspective, it took Lucy about 2-3 minutes to figure out her way around the gate.
Determined to figure it out, Bella would sit on one side of the gate trying to push her head through the bars and wait for it to open. She wasn't just waiting for a few minutes, she would sit there and wait for us to walk through for 30 minutes to an hour. After hours and hours of trying to shove her face through the gate, we finally came to the conclusion that we were going to have to help her out. We tried a few different ways to teach her, but once we pulled out the kitty treats she panicked and figured it out within seconds.
At the final tally, it took Lucy less than 5 minutes and Bella about 6 hours!
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