The first skill I call his “latch ESP.” Frodo has an unbelievable ability to know when a door has not been latched. For example, let’s say my human goes into the garage aka grooming torture parlor aka storage room aka home to the dog food storage bin aka place to keep the car. Now my human doesn’t always need an entourage following her in the garage – especially the FG who likes to steal winter boots and really, anything that isn’t bolted down. So when she goes in, she usually closes the door behind her. But if by SOME chance she doesn’t fully close the door, and it doesn’t latch – Frodo is IN. Every time. Same is true for the laundry room. One never knows WHAT might fall out of a pocket when clothes are going into the wash – so if that door is not latched – Frodo is there surveying. And although the gate to the DFZ doesn’t have a latch, he is well aware if the bungee cords aren’t holding it – and he is IN. He’s the latch king.
So I have to hand it to my brother, he IS pretty smart. I’m calling him Einstein from now on. He could be on Jeopardy. And truth be told – he IS the boss in this household. Just don’t tell my human!
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