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In each WritersWeekly Podcast episode, we start out with a short “News From the Home Office” segment. In our most recent one, Episode 15, we explained how our dog, Tank, can open doorknobs.
When we moved here, the house had these types of doorknobs:
After we rescued two dogs, Tank and Moon, we started noticing that doors that had been closed were mysteriously opening. And, Tank and Moon would show up where they weren’t supposed to be (mainly the basement). We were flummoxed!
So, one day, Brian set up his GoPro camera, facing the closed basement door. It didn’t take long! Just a few minutes later, when nobody was looking (except the GoPro), Tank walked up to the door, grabbed the doorknob with his mouth, pulled it down, and, voila! He and Moon instantly raced down to the basement. And, then he started doing it to the exterior doors (front and back) whenever he wanted to go outside.
Here is different video of Tank showing off his doorknob talents:
Our yard is not fenced and Tank has to wear an electronic collar to prevent him from roaming. Interestingly enough, Moon only had to wear her electronic collar for a few weeks. About three years ago, we noticed that she no longer went beyond the perimeter when she didn’t have her electronic collar on…and she still doesn’t!
Anyway, after seeing the video, the only remedy was for Brian to go to the hardware store to buy different doorknobs for the doors we didn’t want Tank opening. He bought the standard round ones. That seems to be doing the trick…for now!
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I love this!
This is fine, but one trick I never got my dog to do was to close the door after he went through it.
Regardless, I much prefer the video of the lady in the red bloomers going down the hill on her sled. That one was worth its weight in gold.
M2
Back in the day when women had to do what their husband said and they stayed home to cook and clean up after him, I came along to help change that. In the meantime I was a baby in my buggy and along comes the family cat. Huge. Orange. It got into my buggy. End of cat at the end of my father’s rifle in the bush.
The cat could open the door by turning the knob. Must be related to your dog. See I told you we must be sisters. You can tell by the cat/dog and our mishaps.