I once had a cat named Aleister (named after the infamous Aleister Crowley!) who was just about as smart as this one.
I watched Aleister, one day (unbeknownst to him!), try to sneakily open our back door, which was a set of sliding glass doors.
1. He pulled out the stick I had placed in the floor crack (for safety against break-ins) with his paw.
2. Then he jumped to the bookshelf near the door (right at handle height).
3. Then he leaned over and unlocked the latch on the door with his paw.
4. Then he used both paws to try to slide the door open.
I was both amazed and aghast. Holy Cow. This was some smart cat. Fortunately, his little body wasn't strong enough to get the door to slide open. But WOW.
Wait for it. Wait for it. The spaghetti kiss at the end!
"Butch" (aka the Tramp) looks a lot like my Silver Toy Poodle/Yorkie mix. Absolutely adorable! My little girl has one ear that sticks straight up and the other one flops. So cute.
A couple of months after we saved her (from the pound), I had a nightmare. In it, there were hundreds of pups that looked just like her but... I realized that I could find her ONLY by her very distinctive smell.
Up until this point, that's one of the reasons I hadn't gotten a dog (the smell!). Now I understood. And... my husband and I LOVE that SMELL!