Puester wrote:

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> We used to have a cat who would run down the hall toward the bedrooms
> and leap up the wall to flick on the overhead light switch. She didn't
> do it often, but we saw her do it 3 or 4 times.
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> She also would climb an aluminum extension ladder to see what my husband
> was doing up on the roof and would lie in the rain gutter with her chin
> hanging over to watch him paint the house. She died at age 23 and we
> have never attempted to replace her because she was one of a kind.


I had very large Black Lab who used to let himself out of the house. Our
new kitchen door came with a lever handle instead of a round knob, much
easier to open when you hands are full. It turned out to be much easier
for the dog to work too. I didn't mind him letting himself out but he
always left the door open and I was getting blamed for letting the flies
in.

The same dog learned how to turn on the light on an ceiling fan/light. He
seemed fascinated by me turning the light on by pulling the chain, so I
moved a chair over, got him up on the chair so he could reach the chain.
All I had to do was have the chair under the light and tell him "Get the
light" and he would hop up and pull the chain. The only problem was that he
pulled it much too hard so the chain would pop up and hit the fan blades,
not to mention almost hanging it out of the ceiling. I had to move the
chair away to protect the light.