Norwegian Forest Cats solving a new dog puzzle | TRIXIE DOG ACTIVITY | Part 3 

Notice how the cat that solved the puzzle is happy to share the reward with his mate.

Watching videos of crows solving puzzles faster than I can makes me feel so inadequate.

I love beeing around animals. The best part: I dont have to think about something nice/clever/interesting to say. Its good enough to just be there with them. Lovely cats

Thins is amazing. I love watching them. One is a physical worker the other is an observer. Their fur is so beautiful. They are a pleasure to watch thanks!!

Norwegian Forest Cats are very smart and hardy cats, cats are way smarter than we think.

Moss: will work for food. Roy: yeah, depends - nothing too hard.

They look so unhurried!

I cheered when the kitty figured out the last one!

The way they go about opening things is interesting - anything that sticks out is a potential point of attack :D Do they know how to open doors and drawers? Also the dynamic between them is cute. Roy is smart but lazy, and Moss is more persistent but it often takes a while until he succeeds. Yet he patiently waits for Roy to finish eating before he goes for the leftover treats 😂

You boys are gorgeous, fluffy smarties.

Moss is clearly the more intelligent one. Roy struggling hard to get the food, Moss is like "Dude. The furless ape will feed us regardless, just chill."

Roy is the engineer here. Moss is intelligent but sees no reason to deprive Roy of all the glory. And work. Thanks fur sharing.

My cat was watching this video intently.

Moss: Quiet Evil Genius. Roy: Accident-prone Evil Genius' henchman who just happens to bumble into the right answer. I feel like the hardest thing with dog treat puzzles like this (awesome!) one is that dogs can understand cause + effect, but cats don't, and some of the puzzles are built on that assumption. It's why you see pawing motions (or headbutting, lol Roy) on a toy they've figured out before. Eventually they can resolve a series of actions leads to a desired outcome, training themselves pretty much, like you show so well with Roy and his inhaler. The part I love best is seeing the things they've taught themselves to do carry over between toys, like the little trays with cord handles. Moss especially seems to know exactly what they're for, and because the action keeps getting rewarded, he's more and more confident with it. (Roy can do it too, we've seen, but it's not a mechanic he zeroes in on right away. He'd rather use his nose to hunt down a treat and then brute force the puzzle open XD ) It's something that is used to help define "intelligence" (tool-using, tool-making, cause-and-effect, etc). Cats score quite high, but cause and effect just doesn't work in their little walnuts beyond "recognize item/gesture/vocaluzation, do taught action, get treat". With Get Treat in big flashing text, lol. Dogs and horses test out higher (overall, there is tons of varience between individuals and breeds of course!) but only because their brains are capable of determining cause and effect. There are some really awesome videos from the 70s showing some of the tests they did with cats like having a glass box with three strings coming out, laying untangled and only one having a treat attached. Cats will treat all three strings equally -- crows will pick the correct string every time. It's an optical cause and effect puzzle, but it's really cool once you realize how hard it was to make tests that only tested for only that very specific facet of intellect! Cats are super smart, please don't let me understate that. They're smart enough to learn and adapt, and on a housecat level it means they can be taught an almost limitless number of things. There is a "Cat and Dog Circus" that comes around here every so often, and their sketches are all done with rescue cats and dogs but are absolutely mind-blowing in how complex and multi-step they are. Cats are ambush predators, so Moss isn't being lazy as he watches Roy and studies the puzzle. This is the best way to conserve energy, actively watching from a still posture before pouncing. He knew exactly what he was going for once Roy ceded the field (because brothers get their giant heads in the way and steal treats). Even Roy is still actively using the puzzle from further away -- he isn't actually off doing something else, he's doing what Moss did from a distance. Not discouraged, but briefly stumped and pulling back to compute at a distance he won't startle the "prey" while still able to see everything with those sharp eyes. As my older kitty lost her sight, the biggest behavioural change was honestly in playing with puzzles like these! She no longer waited at the side or moved away to observe, but was there actively until every morsel of treat was consumed. She didn't have the option of "playing" (it looks like loafing lol) from afar, but with that utterly unshakable cat confidence just turned to using her other senses to hunt down delicious treats. She'd still chase toy balls (her favourite thing) by sound and vibration, as we kept places clear for her to run flat-out, as kitties need to do XD. Sorry for the huuuuge essay! Your videos are fantastic, as are your boys -- they're such wonderful stars, super secure in themselves and their safety and being loved, they can turn all that brainpower to learning new things and solving puzzles and generally being ridiculous felines. I get so excited because there are very few videos where people just sit back and let the cats work, as folks like to try and encourage and generally meddle for faster results, lol. You catch a lot of really good angles showing some of the thought processes and mechanical processes, it's seriously wonderful. I've been recommending these videos to my students on cognition and intelligence, as we've learned that lab animals need the influences of affection and security to fully unlock their learning potential, instead of depriving them of it. We get "better" results, even if they're often challenged as being biased by contact with humans (everything is biased because humans are involved, pfft) and yet the human/love element is why we have wild dolphins show up to interaction stations we place in the ocean where they can hang out with a couple of divers, do puzzles, get some food, touching, playing, etc. They tried placing the stations by themselves and had nothing more than a cursory interest. Add a human to interact with, touch, vocalize with, play with? Now they're in constant use! We're still very Skinner-box in our approach to intelligence, when anyone can tell you that a dog or cat or rat or horse or parrot will try harder and achieve more just by having a loving and supportive person. Housecats especially need things like reassurance and encouragement at critical stages in their development, but also through their lives. A cat that knows she's loved will be able to do much more, partly because she's able to re-assign resources usually spent on security/vigilance/hunting and use them on higher function learning. tl;dr Loving cats literally makes them smarter. Roy and Moss are two glorious floofy examples of this. They're young and getting the building blocks solidly in place, and they're terribly smart and their people are also terribly good and effective teachers who are doing the world a favour by documenting them and sharing them with us 🥰 (They're also excellent candidates for world domination. Keep an eye on your credit card bills -- if plutonium purchases start showing up, we're in trouble)

love how roy closes the lid when the treats are gone 😊 such clever boys! wonderful how you provide them these enrichment activities

I love how patient they are. My cat does puzzles. But, she would flip it or break if it was taking too long. We had a timed feeder and she figured out how to open it. Then broke it.

I am fascinated by his persistence. Who said cats are stupid! Amazing video.

I'm constantly surprised at how they take turns, at everything! What smart little guys. I'm afraid of getting a puzzle for my cat, and him not measuring up! LOL!

Very clever cats

Gorgeous best friends for each other and their human!

They are ‘smarty paws’ 😜🐾💕

Such clever boys!!

Lovely Wegies. Calm sweet great vibration.

They are both wonderful kitties and a joy to watch! Roy is so kind to share his "find". They're very intelligent too! 😻😻

Roy is such a clever boy

My cats, unfortunately, don’t think anything is worth them working for. Perhaps their human slave does too much for them.

Love the naming reference to the IT Crowd.

I bought a puzzle toy for our three Bengals and they love it.

Smart boys 👏👏👏💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

Beautiful and smart cats.!!

They can smell the food and have to work out how to get it. Love them.

Very enjoyable to watch .thankyou .

I love seeing your cats slowly work out the puzzle. I have one for my dog (1.5years old) and she just attacks the whole board until it basically falls apart and the stuff comes out…or I have to help her. Wish she could slowly think and then attempt it!

Beauty and brains, amazing boys. ❤👍

I own two of these wonderful NFOs, they are the most beautiful cats but amazing shedders!

Adorable. I love cats. I have a new cat I just rescued and she is tiny older cat. I named her Lola. But mainly she comes to HolaLola. Among other qualities she watches my every move with her fine features & blue green eyes. She has chosen her favourite toys already, carefully washing them, organising her stuff! I think in time she will enjoy a game like this.

Another success story!

Those cats are exceptionally well behaved.

Why did i enjoy this so much

Best thing I’ve seen on RU-vid in a long time.

Wonder ful.

I just love how their minds work. While probing and picking at the task, they are still aware that they are being observed. it’s as though they are asking “Where is my hooman to watch me do this”…or “Hooman aren’t you supposed to be watching me”.

Son hermosos igual a mi miel felicitaciones

I think it’s safe to say that any “progress“ is purely accidental. ❤️

My kitties have a kitty treat puzzle. They figured it out in five minutes. I’m awaiting an MIT version of the cat treat puzzle.

Csodálatosak, ügyesek, imádom őket. Köszönjük az újabb videót!

Los amo

Good job, kitties 😊

My forest cats (weegies) are just like this, very smart cats by nature ❤🐾❤

Adorable

I've Norwegian forest cats very clever breed

Just as a comparison: our 3 Dogs are completely unable to solve only one of the 4 puzzles... in any given time... but well, we love them anyway, don't we :)

Hi my beautiful Buddies 😻 What a cool Toy 😺Clever Cats 😼

6:23 he's like a little monkey amazing 😮😅🎉

❤❤so smart😊

A Siamese would crack that in minutes. My first, name of Jasper, was a 'move house' character. His owner wasn't interested in him and he spent most of his time on the street. The resident feline wore a magnetic collar to gain access through the cat-flap and to keep the local gang out, which worked fine. It took Jasper all of 30 seconds to crack. That was it, a second boss to satisfy.

smart cats!

Brilliant❤

Clever boy Roy mama 😮😮😮😮😮😮😢😊😊😊😊😊😊

What a clever cat toy! ❤️ It!

Cats are generally very smart. They know what is worth their while spending time on to get something they want. In this case it is a tangible something: food treats. Humans spend time trying to get satisfaction out of puzzles and the rewards are Not tangible. Or maybe we get a little endorphin rush when we succeed to make the effort worth while. Cats seem to be smarter about this sort of thing than humans, as usual. Perhaps they get an endorphin rush plus food. Better than what we humans usually get.

Gorgeous AND smart ! :D

Dat fur!

OF they're wise. They're Norwegian. Lol. We're the best.

One of your cats got frustrated with _his_ riddle lol, walked away, probably sulking a bit (they can get annoyed and go do something else). But the puzzle wasn't ready for his soft touch, you really had to hammer down on that plastic paw to get something out. Yet, he did manage somehow to get a snack out xD

Roy and Moss you are ever so smart and clever!

Roy è tremendo😂😂intelligentissimo ,Moss è tranquillo🤩....sono stupendi♥️

Gorgeous pair of cats.

My cats solve these and more zuke woth little effort. They have trouble with a rotating tube puzzle, though.

Thank you for helping me laugh with delight!

So beautifull smart and adorable and cute lovelly thank you for loving and taking care such amazing beautys best wishes to you and your purrfect friends

Two brainiacs!

hahaha I love the end, can't believe he shut the door.

They are both so smart. ❤

Two smart cute kitties ❤❤❤

Gorgeous cats 😹

Emotionally satisfied Norwegian Forest Cats...

Relaxed puzzle work 😊

very smart and calm cats!

Roy is very clever!

Paws for thought

Love how they are so non-competitive.

Ha… So basically just f*ck around with it until some food falls out. Not a great plan, but one that def works.

Haaa. Or one is hungrier than the other

What beautiful cats. Mind games like that are great for the cats. I hide toys around the house that my cat can knock onto the floor. She loves it.

Tortis shells in male cats is extremely rare, and you have two wegies that are torty, incredible!!!! As a fellow Wegie parent I know how gentle, intelligent and majestic these felines are, good job with their "environment enrichment activities" ❤❤😻😻

super intelligent creatures

that one is a little smarty-pants.

Vos chats sont splendides et intelligents 👏🐈🐈💙💙😘

It's ok Moss, you just take your time...

Cats can ring a doorbell.

Beautiful cats

Meow 🐅

Plzz show faces of the cats

oh they are so smart love this llittle guys

my cat is totally getting one of these xD

They're lovely. I need to get some puzzles for my three cats. My oldest is a Norwegian Forest Cat x (Kitten). He's slowed down a bit because he's 16, but still gets the zoomies and would love some brain puzzles. I don't bother closing doors because he opens all of them - except the front door with the dead bolt.

Bravo les chats!

Did you name your cats after The IT Crowd? I love it!!!

I used to have several Norwegian Forest cats mix Maine Coons,they be are very intelligent cats love them I may include one more into my brew not sure vet prices are expensive.