Norwegian Forest Cats solving a puzzle for dogs | Trixie Dog Activity | Part 1
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Roy and Moss are Norwegian Forest Cats from Hungary living in Switzerland.
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I'm so glad that many of you enjoy the video.
Some answers for your questions: Roy and Moss are brothers from the same litter, they are almost 4 years old. We named them after the IT Crowd characters. They are both smart in their own way. Moss (on the left) is good at solving puzzles as he is very food motivated. On the other hand, he can't figure out how to properly cover his poop. 😄 Also only Roy's able to open doors, drawers or cabinets. They are playful but gentle cats. I think they are not aware of their strength otherwise they would have destroyed the puzzle toy for the treats. Sometimes they have disagreements but never on the food, they share their food without any problems.
Thanks for the answers. They seemed to get on so well I figured they had to be siblings. Cool video.
Roy and Moss like from the IT crowd? Lool
Roy and Moss are beautiful and very clever! Thank you for sharing your sweet kitties with us!
Background info. Yay!
"Can't figure out how to properly cover his poop"? Oh, he knows how. He just can't be bothered. 🤣
Left cat: Thinker Right cat: Opportunist
Awesome.😅
Word...
Oh yea you can see it. There is a winner every time
Right cat = Star athlete
Left cat = Does the other cat's homework
😂😂
I was waiting for the “just push it off the table” move.
Me too! That's definitely what my cat would've done.
Mine too. Almost immediately
I saw a video the other day of a cat trying that move on a table which had a lip. Felt so sorry for puss!
The cat on the left is both smart and polite/diplomatic, turning the puzzle so he can pull the handle without making his sibling move spots.
The cat on the right is both stupid and rude, leaving the puzzle and handle while blocking his sibling
@@kinbolluck476 haha, true
@@kinbolluck476 stupid is a bit harsh. Sheesh. What did your pet cat do to you when you were young? Lmao.
I got my cat a puzzle, filled it in with treats. After checking her head didn't fit she just looked at me like I was an idiot who didn't know how to provide treats. That lasted over half a minute then she gave up on me and figured out the puzzle in less than ten seconds.
That's cat's for you. Never do it yourself unless the appointed lackey has failed at their task.
@@poleaxed6447 i would say the cat on the left then is said lackey.
Reading this, I just imagined how cats could solve every problem on earth in a short time, but choose to think "How stupid are you guys?" instead :D
My cat can open doors. Even properly closed ones, but especially when they are just ajar. It takes her literally SECONDS to stick her little paw in between and pull it open.
Do you think she does, though? Nope. Every single time she sits down in front of the door, turns around and stares at me like, "Can't you see I want to go out? Get up already and open it for me!" After about 30 seconds she starts meowing loudly, and if I still don't get up by the minute mark, she does eventually open it herself, while loudly proclaiming what a failure of a servant I am 😂
Left cat is a genius.
Years ago, I moved into a nice house, rent free. The owner of the house, a friend of my parents, had lost his wife and moved with their small child to another state but couldn’t bring himself to sell the house. I was young and single, had one dog and a demanding job. In exchange for no rent, my job was to pay the utilities and maintain the property (three acres and a pool) and help get the house ready to put on the market. The first time I walked into the house, my mother and a neighbor were doing dishes and generally tidying up. As I walked into the kitchen, I ran smack into a giant fluffy cat who failed to yield to me or my dog. Now, I was definitely not a “cat person”. I had never lived with an indoor cat. I hated litter boxes and had zero minus infinity interest in cleaning up after a cat. I immediately protested with, “whoa whoa whoa, no one said anything about a CAT!” to which my mother quickly replied, “well maybe someone else would like to live here rent free and take care of the cat!” I grumbled and conceded. As soon as I moved in the next day and was alone with the “creature”, we had a conversation…He told me he would like to go in and out at will and that he wanted to eat wet cat food at every meal and to sleep in the same bed with me. I told him, “I am not your servant. However, if you will pee and poop outdoors, I will let you in and out whenever you ask and give you wet food every day and you can sleep in my room as long as you don’t get near my face. Deal?” It was a Deal.
We lived relatively harmoniously. He teased my dog relentlessly, provoking wild chases down a long hallway that would end with my dog run ragged, he cuddled constantly which irritated me, he opened cabinets, turned on faucets to drink fresh water, and only pooped in the litter box once in the two years I lived there.
One day I came home and he was limping severely. I contacted the owner and he told me where to take him to the vet and he would pay the bill. The vet was surprised to see him. The tech told me that this was a “fancy” cat that the wife had bought specifically because he was a Norwegian Forest Cat mixed with a Mainecoon because she adored both breeds. I didn’t really care what kind of cat he was as long as he didn’t cause me more work. Around the same time, I met my now wife. The first time she came to my place she stood with her mouth gaped open when she saw the cat. “Omg, what a gorgeous cat! You didn’t tell me you had a cat!” I said, “he’s not my cat, we just live together.” “You don’t like him?” “He’s alright, we have some agreements, but I can’t stand him trying to claw me all the time.” “Wow, he tries to claw you? Is he aggressive?” “Um, not really, he just does this thing (I demonstrate bread kneading) and digs his claws into me, I hate it so I kick him off my lap all the time.” She paused for a long time and looked at me like I was completely stupid before saying, “have you tried trimming his claws?” I thought about my response for an awkward amount of time and said, “um, no. I didn’t know you could do that.” The next day my new girlfriend, who at this point was actively thinking “this relationship is NOT going to work out”, showed up at my house with cat claw clippers. She sat down on the couch, the cat jumped up and sat down next to her, she petted him all over and then grabbed a paw. He calmly and happily let her give him a full kitty manicure. I am pretty sure I wouldn’t be married if it weren’t for that cat. She pretty much stayed because she couldn’t stand the thought of leaving him!
We ended up with that cat moving with us to a new house, then across country and then another move. I grew to LOVE him so much that I cried for weeks when he died of cancer. He was the smartest, gentlest, nicest cat I’ve ever met and I’m so happy I had a full cat lifetime of memories with him.
Such a lovely story! Thanks for sharing ☺️
Just beautiful.
Wonderful memories 🥰
thanks for sharing
I am so glad that you accidentally became a cat dad. We can share such joy with our pets. So much that it's worth the heartbreak. I hope you have new generation of them now, and more joy.
I love how some cats are 'mouthy' and some are 'pawsy' in their problem solving approaches - you seem to have one of each :)
Was waiting for them to solve the problem by pushing it off the table like most cats would do. Very smart and adorable cats.
My little one would've destroyed it until he gets what he wants xD
I was thinking the same thing! I used to have cat that loved to push stuff off tables and watch with fascination while broken pieces bounced on the floor. Lost many plates and glasses..😁
During the part when left kitty was pushing the whole thing, I may have started chanting "PUSH IT OFF. PUSH IT OFF!"
Otherwise known as the "Screw this, I'm Sick of this Game" method.
Me too, I thought they'd knock it right over.
Cat on the left is clearly the better problem solver, and has superior group cohesion skills.
Notice how neither one of them became frustrated and started self grooming, or fighting. They just continued to analyze the Target.
I was expecting them (being cats) to just push it off the table and break it, but solving it intelligently is a close second.
I love how they take turns eating treats. They're intelligent, beautiful, and so gentle! Thanks for sharing
Same exact thought. They were so patient and adorable.
No, just lacking testosterone. :-) Our tom-cat hurled the automatic feeder 2 meters through the room for to crack the opening mechanism.
intelligent? i could of solved this way faster
One of them anyway, the other is just beautiful :D
@@Timorio if you're a cat, then kudos to you for being the Einstein of your species, you even learned English ^^ jokes aside, they meant "intelligent for a cat". Mine isn't and he would just push that toy off the table and give up if no treats come out
Mom had a black Norwegian Forest cat who was a stray and it took mom about 10 days to get her to come into the house at the start of a Canadian winter. She was black but when you opened her fur down by her skin her fur was white. Suki lived a wonderful life with mom.
That kitty's like 'wait, I solved it and they all fell on your side!'
Two very polite cats; no snarling and argy-bargy over the treats when they came. Most impressive!
I don't think people realize how smart cats really are! They can solve problems, they use their mouths to get things or carry things alot more than I even realized. They are beautiful too!!
One is left brain the other right brain. the left brain is logic while the right is creativity and intuition
I love how they each take turns eating the treats 🥺 looks like they get along really really well!
Brothers. the loud fighting is later for fun. preferable 4am.
I was thinking they must be pretty well fed. Not much motivation to solve this (and I don't think cats really go in for problem solving, they're more about the prey drive so activities involving the chase - or the kill - are preferred)
people forget that siblings often do get on great an d are a good team... and cats raised with their sibs often have a different personality, and are sometimes more friendly with other cats too
i lived with a family of cats and was amazed at how in sync they were,
and how well they got along.
they protected each other, it wa s a jungle island with snakes, large monkeys and other dangers
These two are such adorable cuties; beautiful 🤩
Cats don't defend their food if it is in ample supply. But if they regularly have to wait a long time for food, they will be more apt to defend it.
It is so adorable how moss doesn't want Roy to look stupid, I guess they teach each other what they can better and share everything. Love ❤️😺
Part of the reason why the cat on the right seemed not to participate in the successful solution was that at first he did manage to get out a treat with his paw. On the other hand, the cat who has pulled out the tray once, could observe the connection between his action and its result, therefore it was much more likely that the same cat will also pull out 2 remaining trays. [No I'm not the attorney for the other cat, just trying to guess why it went like it went]
nah, the cat on the left of the picture is capitalist. it works smartly to feed itself. the cat on the right is socialist leader. it feed itself by the work of others.
@@tonirvd3650 lol yeah, as of no one feeds itself by the work of others in capitalism.
@@laza8675 nope, that's not how it works, other than the politicians then yes you are right
@@tonirvd3650 so you are telling me kylie jenner and many other rich kids dont live out from the work of others ? haha youre funny my dude
Nah dude. They catted. Flat out, pure catting.
The one on the right putting its head in 😂
Left kitty is so smart and polite. Even though he figured it out all 3 times he was allowing the other cat to go first if he wanted to.
After Moss pulled out his first tray it seemed as though he remembered that Roy had already scooped out one treat and eaten it and so was one up on Moss.
Then Roy had another so Moss scoffed two of the fallen treats at once to level up, then let Roy have one ....that's two each ....then the last two were divvied up between them...3 each, FAIR!
Then Moss apparently was satisfied to let the rest go to Roy. Maybe just brainstorming a successful solution to accessing the treats was enough. You never know what these unfathomable humans are going to pull on you next. Best to keep one paw ahead for the sake of the good old, natural, cat survival skills.
Great comment
I didn't realize that nwf cats have the same tufted elven ears that maine coons have. They are so beautiful!
In terms of disposition they are also like Maine Coons. Mine was the most laid back cat on the planet!
Apparently all these large breeds have that. My [formerly feral] cat is 9.09% ragdoll, 6.06% maine coon, and 1.23% norwegian forest cat (according to BasePaws analysis), and has ear tufts and toe tufts ua-cam.com/video/P-qw1J0YO48/v-deo.html
@@MellowGreetings I was 0.43 seconds into the video and I already loved him.
They do have similar fur length patterns. But I think the NFC facial features are more delicate whereas the maine coons look more wild and robust (like a wider snout).
I'm no catologist, but they do look similar
The one on the left is the genius puzzle solver, except the other cat is the clever food grabber that wins the game.
I was waiting for them to just knock over the container. Which is how my cats often solve problems....
But they do learn from each other. Once I taught two sisters how to use the cat door, I didn’t need to teach the next generation unless there was no experienced cat in the house when they arrived. One of the original sisters demonstrated it for her adopted kitten, and that kitten grew up to illustrate the technique to other cats. One cat who as at least 12 years old on arrival needed special tutoring, though.... The rest learned from watching an experienced cat. That’s true for a lot of things.
They are stunning but the cat on the left is smart. I like that they share the treats without fighting. Very civilised.
They're Norwegians, they have to be)
Smart and a destroyer of nice things, my guess he knocks a lot of stuff off shelves.
They will do this to either get you to go make food, wake you up to go get breakfast, or just because something is in the way and they want to lie down on a surface.
Wow, it’s so incredible to see the wheels turning in their minds !! Cats are so smart!!
Most animals show amazing levels of inteligence when it comes to getting food.
My Cairn Terrier really enjoys this game and he is quite fast. Never seen cats enjoying such games but I grew up with a Main Coon cat and she was very clever and excellent in resolving tricky tasks. ❤️🐾
I have 3 Main Coons. They work as a team to figure things out. Just like raccoons. I understand we're the old myths come from.
Ok 3 from them wow must be a good time with 3 from that very big cat with her own brain and soul,cats are one of the best animal to life with us,there give us very much good time and we give all we can back to them,cats are a small bit of magic! Sorry for my bad english best wish Reiner from Germany
My Maine Coon I had for 16 yrs, a female, was absolutely brilliant for any cat/dog I've ever seen! I know I'm partial, lol!🐈
Hi! I have a beautiful kitten too 😘🐱🧺
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I’d like to see how doggies manage this. The one cat figured it out right away.
I have the same puzzle and our dog (labrador/beagle/bernese/king charles spaniel mix) solves it within about 1 minute. The first time I gave it to him, it took him longer (about 7 minutes). Now he is really fast. First he pulls out all the trays, then eats everything that falls out at the bottom, then knocks over the slopes around the tube (there are treats too). I need to buy him something new :)
@@slouberiee I wonder if different cat breed has different mental capacity like dogs breed do. My long haired mutt is infinitely smarter than my bulldog looking mutt but I never see similar thing on cat breed.
@@kaikart123 There are certainly considerable differences between individual cats. My mother had a pedigree Burmese who could figure out problems, using both trial and error and obviously reasoning out a course of action. Friends of mine had a little black cat who was incredibly smart and a big lovely shaggy Maine Coon type who was really dumb. He couldn't figure anything out for himself such as how to play with a new toy; he just copied what the other cat did. I had a pair of sisters, litter mates (not pedigree) who differed in both personality and effective intelligence. One was laid back and just went straight for what she wanted, no fuss. The other made a big todo about everything and tended to lose out to her sister. She was so busy emoting that she didn't understand the benefits of focus. I believe both Siamese and Burmese (that breed has part-Siamese ancestry) are smart, and Abyssinians are very smart. Ordinary domestic house cats can be either. Not sure if some of the new breeds are bred for smarts or just for looks. Cats haven't been bred for specific tasks that take the sort of intelligence useful to their human owners the way dogs such as terriers and collies have been.
@@slouberiee LOL! I assumed dogs could figure it out too, now I know for certain!
@@kaikart123 Yes, most mammals that come from cold climates are smarter than their cousins from warm climates. Those that didn't figure out how to survive long winters didn't pass on their dumb genes.
A lot of the "fluffy" cats like these and their Siberian cousins are so intelligent and social that the fathers will stick around to help raise the babies.
Smart guys! The best cat I ever had was a Norwegian Forest Cat. He passed away in 2009 and I still miss him.
Aw I love this! I had a black Norwegian Forest Cat who was “dumb but beautiful.” A very very sweet boy who loved being brushed and got along well with the cats and dog. But I can’t tell you how many times he’d sit at the hinge side of the door waiting for it to open. My dog just hit 18 and she now waits at the hinge side and gets confused why we can’t walk past a stop sign with it between us. But she is still sweet and very happy.
Kudos to you for not stepping in and helping when they were struggling! SO cute and fun to watch! You can see the little gears churning in their heads, lol. I'm so happy they got all the treats successfully in the end
Wow what gorgeous looking cats. I've never heard of this breed before. Really enjoyed watching them. They look oh so friendly. Thanks for posting this video.
Damn, you had never heard of Norweigian forest cats?
Very polite to each other.
It was interesting to see how both cats found a working stratefy: The cat on the left learned that by pulling out the strings, the platforms will come out and the food will fall. The cat on the left learned that they can fish out individual pieces of food from the top.
Cat on the right knew the other had it and just waited for him to do the bulk of the work.
I was fully expecting the cat on the right to end up with the tube stuck on his head.
What about the cat on the left?
@@indeedmyson 😂
The cat on the left seemed to be more curious about how the contraption worked than getting the food out. And the cat on the right was like "food!" But he didn't care about rules or logic. Just desperation for food.
Love them! I love how sweet they were to each other allowing the other to grab bites. 🙂
They are both really beautiful and smart!
Thanks! 😊
Moss just solved the last part for fun...he left without eating it..pure curiosity lol.... great cats!
They look like twins and I know there’s no such thing as twins in cats. They even have a lot of the same fur markings in the same places It’s amazing
Brothers from the same litter.
one of my forest cats, Odinn, opens cupboards at the bottom to get in but his favourite trick is to open the drawer where the catnip is stored. very smart cats
These two are bloody gorgeous. And clever. Rawr. 😻👍
It's funny the one on the left gets the tray pulling part but the other grabbed a couple of cubes with the old claw in the tube trick 💗💕💗
What beautiful creatures.
OMG. They look just like our Roger. He is a rescue kitty. We didnt know what he is. Smart but naughty our boy
@@katuk8173 they're Norwegian Forest cats, it's right in the title and description.
You got lucky with Roger. They're a beautiful smart breed and are pricey, can cost well over $1000 if bought from a breeder. Is Roger the same coloring?
What a beautiful creatures! 😍
Your cats are beautiful, intelligent and caring. The one on the left looks exactly like our cat who we lost last year. Thank you so much for sharing.
What gorgeous cats!
it never ceases to amaze me at how the same breed of critter can have so many different coat color combinations; Roy and Moss both have the same coat colors and features and yet another Norwegian kittycat, "GB" from MilkyBokiTan has only white and gray coloring
its fun to know the mechanism: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_coat_genetics
The one on the left is TROUBLE! And beautiful 😻
Fascinating🤗 and gorgeous cats too 🐈💕👍 thanks for sharing✨
You might think the left one is smarter, but the right one outcatted the cat, just letting others do the work.
You're absolutely right :)
@@RoyandMoss - "Cat Manager" on the right!
"Cat Minion" on the Left!
😂
He could see he had it under control.
It's like workmen on the side of the road digging a trench... after all you can't have two people in the same hole digging at the same time!
One cat is either smarter or more motivated than the other.
So much floof! I have a similar puzzle for my cats. It's fun to watch them figure out where I've hidden the treats.
Actually very calming to watch this vid 👍❤️🇬🇧
Interesting to see how much clever the one in the left is. Good thing the guy on the right is cute.
Loved how the one on the right kept looking at the camera.💕😻😻
Amazing. Have you tried more puzzles with them? We have Egyptian Maus, and use dog mazes for them to get their dried food from as it keeps their brains active. Ours open doors and cabinets too. Oddly our eldest likes to play with a stick ( the end of a wand toy we're supposed to hold) so he'll often take the others for a walk. Thank you for making and sharing this.
This was the first one but I'm sure that I will try more in the future. :)
The kitty on the left has the brains! 🥰
these are two very beautiful and smart cats 😉
I like the cat on the rights method of solving the problem: Wait for the other one to pull the cord again and then eat the treats.
They look so peaceful and thoughtful here… Very interesting to watch. I am sure they have their crazy wild moments too 😄
Absolutely, they have crazy moments every day. So much fun to live with Norwegian Forest cats.
The one on the right is the dumber one. If this puzzle existed in a natural environment where these cats depend on it for survival, the one on the right who couldn't figure it out would die because of natural selection. And this is a good thing so that he couldn't pass his dumb-ass genes to the next generation.
@@RoyandMoss The one on the right is the dumber one. If this puzzle existed in a natural environment where these cats depend on it for survival, the one on the right who couldn't figure it out would die because of natural selection. And this is a good thing so that he couldn't pass his dumb-ass genes to the next generation.
that was beautiful how they calmy shared the bounty, what majestic creatures ❤❤😊
Thank you ♥
And in their collaboration, they are so polite & without competitive actions. Signs of each getting their needs met by their humans
Cats are so polite.
I am so going to get this for my cat. Thanks for showing this video!
So smart!!
such beautiful cats
Norwegian Forest "Cat" solves puzzle...
Are Maine Coons their decendangs?
@@starcarpenter2111 I thought i read the Maine Coons were imported Siberians that escaped to the wild. So yeah, there's probably some close relation.
this is what team work feels like, one person does all the work (left cat) but they share nicely :)
Very cool cats!
These are beautiful and intelligent cats. Had one some time ago and he was just brilliant.
Thank you! 😊
A visual representation of the person that does all the work in group projects
Awesome kitties! They've got brains AND beauty. I myself have three little sweeties (not purebreds, just shelter kitties). Two of them are quite intelligent, and the third...well, he's dumb as a rock, but sweet and adorable, and hubby and I love him just the same. I like to think one or both of my smart boys might have figured out the puzzle, but I'm prob. kidding myself and the puzzle just would've ended up on the floor. LOL
Well you have one very smart cat and a second who is lucky to know the first. Very cute.
Moss grabbing all the snacks from the second drawers… “hey hey hey Roy… I pulled this drawer you have to wait”
Roy “I’ll just grab them… easy”
Also Roy “I’ll let Moss deal with this… I’ll get my snack eventually”
New friend from Norway 🇳🇴 woooow soooo cute ❤️Roy and Moss ❤️Hugs from Hendo
The cat on the left is a very smart cat for real. Both are beautiful cats.
OMG! Gorgeous cats! They are so intelligent and the cat on the right wants to be frugal with the treats. 🥰
Smart AND beautiful.
Neskutečně chytré a inteligentní kočicky:-)
OMG big, beautiful kitties🤩 I just love giant cats. I want to give them both a big hug!! They remind me of my late, half Maine Coon Mirza. She too was a majestic giant with a pure, pure soul🥹
My cats love those puzzles.
They are outrageously beautiful to watch as well. Bet they need a lot of brushing!
The right cat is much smarter. He knows how to turn somebody's skills into his profit.
Reminds me of an experiment with crows some time back.
They had male and female crows together to fish grubs out of a tree branch and gave them wire as crows have been known to fashion tools.
The male crows stood back while the females fashioned hooks to poke into the holes and catch grubs. The males then stole the female's hooks and used them for themselves.
IMO exploiting off someone else's positive result is about being less concerned with concepts like "fair play" or "morally right thing to do". So it's more about egoistic desires or self's favors.
They're so polite. 🪢
Cat on the left is very smart.
So beautiful cats!
They are just beautiful puddies!! 😻
left one is so pity! He's wanting the most, did the best, but everything is for the right cat!
This is team work, proving that two heads are better than one. Cat A understands the concept of pull tabs and Cat B knows to reach in and cup his paw to get a hold of something.. In the end, everybody got some treats and all are happy.
Very true 😊
Intelligent, polite, patient, sharing. I know a few humans who could take a lesson from these beautiful animals.
Thank you 😊
Love they share no matter what!
The advantages of having smart friends x
They Are AMAZING! Gorgeous too! 🥰❤️
Thank you!
@@RoyandMoss
❤️😍
They shared so fair. What a good couple of lads
Thank you :-)
They are beautiful!
Roy and Moss like from IT Crowd! Rewatching that show right now. Cute kitties ✨