Is A Dog Really Smarter Than A Cat? I Check the IQ of My Husky And Kitty

Well, who do you think is the smartest and smartest in this video? 😀 MY HUSKIES AND CAT LOGIC youtu.be/5Lmhh75CKyU

Who came here for Cats?

I'm a neuroscientist and I can tell you: hand and face coordination is a hell of a skill! Kitty might have failed to complete the task with the glass bell, but the fact she thought of using her snout and paw at the same time and almost managed to pop it open is fantastic. It requires so much more skills that pushing a glass down and wait for physical forces to drive the treat out. (I'm a dog person, but gotta give it to the cat, little murderous genius)

Years ago my cat watched me put her food in a jar and close the lid. I heard a thump the next day and quietly watched as my cat laid her body on the jar to stabilize it while using her paw to open the lid. I called her name and she jumped up and looked at me guilty. I swear she was a human in a cat's body.

When my cat was still alive, she would meow intensely in front of my bedroom door until I opened it. Times when I didn’t, and she opened the door herself by pushing the doorknob down and pushing the door at the same time. I miss her so much. Thank you for your memories.

The dogs are big enough to rely on brute force and technique in most cases to get the job done e.g pushes and shoves. The cats on the other hand not as big as the dogs and so have to be more deft and as you can see they try using their paws more

The experiment proves what I suspected when I saw the title, comparing intelligence between species is problematic. The dogs and cats solved the problems in different ways, based on their instinctive skills. Also, the size of the containers should have been reduced to account for the smaller cats.

We had a Maine Coon cat who was super intelligent. He not only figured out how to open a fanning door by himself, but when we got a new cat he tried to teach it how to open the door by demonstrating how to open it, then pushing it back closed (something he ordinarily did not bother doing), then demonstrating again how to open it by pulling at the right spot, and made sure the other cat was watching. If you held him up to a regular door he wanted to go through, he'd try to turn the knob by gripping with both paws and twisting it. If he wanted to go out, he had a meow that sounded amazingly like "out". He also understood a fair number of words. He'd also do things like stare down dogs barking at him when we took him for a walk, and wait until they sheepishly looked away, then proceed with his walk again. By the same token, we've had dumb cats too. And smart and dumb dogs. And smart and dumb budgies. The problem with testing some animals is: What if it doesn't feel like working its way out from under a basket, or whatever test you come up with?

So, my wife and I have a house full of kitties and I'll tell you this, they are very smart critters and some of the things I've watched them do just amazes me!

The way dogs look at the owner hiding the treat: “Why can’t you just give it to me?”

I like how the cat is observing them through their struggle like an evil overlord

Thank goodness the glass didn't brake and cut one of the dogs

My cats once got into their sealed plastic food container without breaking the container or knocking it over. To this day I don't know how. The only dogs I've had that did that got in by destroying the container. Dogs seem to rely on brute force while cats seem more cunning, but dogs also tend to be larger. It'd be interesting to see the same experiments done with a smaller dog, one closer to a cat in size.

I was quite impressed when Monty was able to turn the glass upside down, until I saw Saga turn one treat into four!

My cat would have literally looked at that glass and immediately walked away “no treat is worth this much effort” Unrelated: it’s the cutest thing in the world when cats pick up food with their stupid, adorable, little kitty-boy paws and shove it in their mouth

Took humanity hundreds of years to discover centrifugal force, takes few minutes to your dog. It makes you think.

My cat opened our 45l oven with the whole roasted chicken inside.. the chicken was intended for Christmas Noche Buena 😂 oh well, it was the cat who had fun at Noche Buena 🤣

Dogs tend to use more brute force combined with a bit of rough clumsiness, while cats use a softer approach with more finesse. It depends on the test what works best for each.

It was a bit harder for the cats because a lot of the "puzzles" could be easily solved by pushing the glass around, which dogs are predisposed to do with their nose. The cats were definitely a bit confused by the glass though.

“These are very cunning creatures “ Cat: Shoves head into the glass 😂