My Cat is So Smart it Blows My Mind 🤯

Russell is one smart boy!!! 🤯 #cat #talkingcat #hunger4words #mindblown #russellthecat

[@scruffygaming627]

... I feel for the cats.... it's a LOT of work to train your humans... takes patience and dedication.

[@JMH89]

He hit the “puffy” button TWICE and there were two puffies in the closet. 🤯

[@chai_lattes]

*Momma help puffy* sounds like a line from a heartfelt Pixar movie

[@railroad5024]

I don't know if it was coincidence or not, but Russell pushed "Puffy" twice and there were two puffies in the closet!😨

[@MimifromChicago]

I missed that there were 2 in the closet. Wow!

[@eileensien514]

A red one in the back where Russell went and the green one in the front by Teen.

[@adoseoffirdaus2775]

Good observation 🤔

[@uniqueunicorn3791]

It's an orange puffy and it's kind of underneath its where Russell goes to sniff first

[@shirley9240]

Whoa! I didn’t notice that! Brilliant!

[@sleepybugz22]

I love how he pushed puffy twice and there were two puffies in there.

[@literallyafishhook]

i like how he pressed puffy exactly twice and it turned out there were two puffies in there

[@lemon-pop2923]

I didn't even notice there were TWO of them!

[@FOXTheCutestDogintheWest]

So smart! The puffy was in there…NOW I believe everything Russel says! Enjoyed👍🏻😁❤️🦊

[@CarolineWolterHall]

Yes. I quite agree. You have one special cat there.

[@hamjudo]

Russell is still a cat. He will lie when he feels like it. His lies will be more sophisticated than how my cats lie. My cats only use two basic lies "I meant to do that" and "it wasn't me, I am just taking a bath". I should note that at my house, there are puffies anywhere a puffy could get lost during a game of puffy soccer. If that closet was at my house, there would be a large variety of cat play things on the floor.

[@srvntlilly]

I didn't believe it until now! 😵

[@mydogsioux]

@hamjudo Are our cats related?!?! Lol! Those are exactly what I imagine my cat would say when confronted with the latest damage he's inflicted on my poor plants.... Maybe your a cat whisperer!

[@electrocat9]

What's puffy please?

[@kayhenry6293]

I’ve never doubted, for one moment, a cat’s intelligence! Russell’s has just been made more prominent. Kudos to Russell!

[@jimmorgan6213]

Might be even smarter than you think, because he didn’t go for the puffies right off and he seemed to want to explore the space more than anything else, so I think it’s reasonable to wonder whether he knew from experience you would help him with puffy retrieval, and pushed a couple of puffies under the door to get you to open it and let him in.

[@PiXie232]

There was a second orange puffy right where Russell went to in the closet if you look closely.. and he pressed “puffy” twice as well. He’s definitely smarter than one thinks!! He’s a gem!😻

[@estherparadesi8216]

This! Growing up we had outdoor cats and one would push a kitten through a hole in the screen door so that we would need to open the door to put the kitten back outside. Then, the cat would run in the house. This happened until we shut the door so it was definitely on purpose. It clearly looked like Russell was doing something similar....push his toy under the door then he would get to explore a space that is mostly off limits.

[@greivrabbah9612]

Crazy that he hit puffy twice and there were two in there

[@thudthud5423]

Those dog/cat "talk buttons" have demonstrated animal intelligence. Why there isn't a huge market for them is puzzling.

[@carolynconroy4636]

He's really smart he sure knows how to communicate🥰🥰😍😍😘😘❤❤🥲🥰😍😍😘😘❤❤🥰🥰😍😍😘😘❤❤

[@minicat3640]

My cats lose their toys under ths utility closet door too, sometimes I think they do it on purpose 🤣

[@ScaredyCatTactical]

Russell is very focused and doesn't forget about his favorite toy. Good job Russ!

[@joyhruska9377]

Oh my word Russell. You are a double threat. Smart and handsome!😘

[@kslolohoku2665]

Russell has such a long and expressive tail!

[@ruzahel6287]

What a smart cookie ! Ur cats are adorable. And teen always appears with puffy is pressed!

[@laurens.2503]

I have several cats. They never clawed the furniture. One day a friend came over and said she was impressed that my furniture was not all clawed up. Furniture I have had for years along with the cats. 2 days later my cats were clawing the furniture. Go figure.

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

Lol!!!!!

[@kn8373]

They heard her and were like wait that's an option who knew?

[@beautynthebean]

i am BLOWN away

[@cvbabc]

Yeah, next thing you know, he'll be doing arithmetic and ordering pizza....

[@wildlioness8345]

Don't underestimate animals hahaha ❤️

[@marygreenfield528]

I always suspected my cats weren't telling the whole and unvarnished truth when they claimed to be unable to tell me where they 'lost' a toy.

[@jamesjohno1180]

I believe him now! He knows English!!! And I got my kitten puffys too and he hasn’t stopped playing with them! All because of seeing Russel with his he’s throwing them pawing them rolling over on them and he doesn’t get bored I throw then about he loves them

[@RealMash]

Just think about how much evil could have been avoided if the person would just have been told by their animal why their new love interest wasn't good for them ;-) "Friend Bad Puffy" or such ;-)

[@Piinkypanter]

Well actually.. my cat does speak to me when he doesnt like a new person entering the door..... he has actually different ways for different kinds of not liking. If someone is super insecure my cat will walk away in disgust and if the person is the full of himself he will not stop asking my attention more so then the other person has 'no value'

[@moonxshakti]

A cat I used to have, bit a few people on the head who treated me poorly

[@mochi737]

Oh my goodness😱😱😱Maybe I can start these buttons for my cat mochi 🙂

[@laurenwood9084]

Russ is so smart. I love watching him speak to you through the mechanical buttons.

[@fairygal8223]

A cat’s intuition is everything!!!

[@PearFinch]

Russ the GOD destroys puny humans with superior cat intellect once again!

[@madam3dlottoswer3vlog58]

Russell so smart cat

[@sarahfullerton6894]

Our cat, Sugar was an indoor-outdoor cat. In the warm months, we had a second screen door at the door from the garage to the house. When she wanted to come in, Sugar would grab the screen door with her claws, and open it, then let go, resulting in a sound like a big, loud, double-knock on the door. We knew it was Sugar's "knock", because the door would bang twice!! Smart! My friend, Jerry, had a house where there was a concrete mantle-type ledge around the house, leading to the front door, and the doorbell. Their family also had an indoor-outdoor cat. When ready to come in,, that cat would jump up to that ledge, walk to the front door, and ring the doorbell!! Smart!!

[@Emeraldwitch30]

Oh my. My one kitty(she's long gone now) always wanted out and would cry at the door. As a rescue she loved being outside (I live rural so its fairly safe for my animals to be outside) so instead of the yowling I hung bells on the door. I taught her to jingle the bells to go out. This worked great for a year. Then I'd hear the jingle. Go to let her out and she ran to the water dish. No water. Jingle jingle. No food. Jing jingle-the litter was too dirty for her. I slowly realized I had become her bell slave! Lol. I miss that little black furball. My other cats just sit on my head or get in my face till I get up to figure it out. I told my hubs im tempted to grab about 6 buttons and start training them for food/water/ outside etc... but geez i wait on these stinkers enough already. Hum. Wonder if I can get the dog in on it too?

[@in_ur_moms_house]

My cat Oscar used to somehow use the lever handle to open our front door after a night out on the town. First time I thought someone broke in until I looked at the door and saw his muddy paw prints on the handle.

[@rosemarylutcavage9629]

My cat, Angel also rang the doorbell to come inside. She would ring politely like 2-3 times & if no one came to let her in, she would keep her paw on it & it rang constantly until someone opened the door. Cats are NOT stupid !! Whoever believes that has never been owned by a cat 🥰

[@debsreno911]

If only he had thumbs, the things he could do. He probably wouldn't even need humans to take care of him, he could do it himself. I have no doubt!

[@marvnuts]

As a cat, why do it yourself when you can get a human to do it for you?

[@catworld5162]

No animal need any humans to take care of them! They are very much capable of living their life

[@MrJest2]

I once wondered how the world would be if cats had opposable thumbs. My roommate immediately answered, "There'd be no cats." 😋

[@mrkemblegilstrap]

He doesn't have his own key?

[@saltyassassin]

Pretty sure there is a tiny hooman stuffed in a little furry suit! Russ is the GOAT!!

[@alexmacol228]

Russel is incredible! Not only smart but cute too! All the team is cute! I love them all! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@natalinegloriana3430]

He's upset and panicking, knowing puffy is his brother favorite toy, he doesn't want Teenie hate him because of losing it.

[@travelwell6049]

There are numerous puffies to play with.

[@JoanieBC]

@@travelwell6049 but not *that* one!

[@SaeroneScean]

@@JoanieBC Exactly, My dog have a lot of the same toy but if she want one I particular there's no way that she chooses another one

[@JoanieBC]

@@SaeroneScean my cat has numerous crinkle balls. Different colors, different sizes. He likes TWO of them. Only 2. Heaven forbid we lose one under the fridge or range. I will put one of the favorites in a bag of silvervine with an exact match for the other one. I figure the scents will be infused into the match. He always knows. Always. He will, however, give the imposter a few bats around the room. Like he's humoring me. Then he walks away & gives me an over the shoulder evil look. To be fair, if one of the toys really does go missing, I can work a new one into the mix. But I feel like he's judging me for not finding the missing one & holding on to the memory for some huge revenge plot he's concocting.

[@SaeroneScean]

@@JoanieBC That's sweet

[@ewaleokadia76]

Man! Russell could be a secret agent spy for the government😂.

[@catmanjohn_]

And I oop- 🙊

[@ewaleokadia76]

@@catmanjohn_ Maybe he is a spy placed in your home after all😉.

[@anthonycoleman8117]

Cat walks right past the puffy...."Wow Russell, you are very smart"

[@clst1981]

Proof that cats are super smart and we can communicate with them in a common language if we take the time to work together 😁

[@THXx1138]

They understand perfectly well what we are saying. They just don't necessarily have need to acknowledge or agree.

[@mydogsioux]

My cat knows exactly how to "high five". With a treat in my hand we have a 100% success rate. Without a treat? 50% chance he'll blankly stare at me. I read an interesting article about a scientist who has spent years studying animal behavior. After working on facial recognition with fish (they do recognize faces!) He decided to study cats. He said regardless of setting/incentives/etc, getting the cats to cooperate was incredibly difficult. After the study was completed, he said he'd rather work with fish. Lol!

[@pleasantry2.04]

@@THXx1138 That's not true at all.

[@MrJest2]

@@pleasantry2.04 Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. Like people, some cats are smarter than others. But after living with cats for 50-some years, I can assure you it's more often true than not. Humans tend to infantilize cats, but it's important to remember that after about 6 months, they are fully conscious and willful adults, with their own needs, desires, and agendas. They also don't think precisely the same way we do about the same things. What we may see as important they may see as trivial or even nonsensical, and same goes the other way 'round.

[@pleasantry2.04]

@@MrJest2 My point is that, there is no way a cat actually understands what a human is saying unless they've been taught to respond to certain words and even then, it's as it says, just them responding to certain words not really understanding it in the same way a person does.

[@Catnipfumar]

Yes, puffy was behind the door, but when he pushed on the button and it started saying puffy, puffy, I busted out laughing. I wasn't expecting that word, and while I was watching the video, I was puffing on a joint. I'm like damn, this guy is smart and has psychic abilities. 😁

[@therinerebecca6930]

Imagine, next time instead of button, Russel gonna type through keyboard with full sentences.

[@peterclarke7240]

The reason he doesn't do that already is because he's not convinced his monkey butler is smart enough to read full sentences. 😂

[@LindaVernon]

@@peterclarke7240 Also, cats are efficient. Why chat when a simple word or two will do. 😺

[@amc8409]

There were 2 in there (green & orange)! Maybe Russell also knows how to count (he pushed the "puffy" button twice)!

[@jwuertz7101]

My sister's cat liked to get puffy balls under the door to the basement. There was a landing instead of the steps starting immediately. We called it pom-pom city. (We moved, otherwise we'd still be rescuing toys from pom-pom city.)

[@missys]

So impressive 👍😁 it's so cool!

[@chikncordonbleu]

I'm waiting with baited breath for the update of "help" "Dylan" now......

[@mikemath9508]

My family has always called the little shiny balls you'd use to decorate things, "moustaches" because when our cats carry them, it looks like they have a moustache but now we actually have a cat with a moustache so now we call them binkies, as to not rile her up

[@mydogsioux]

Your family sounds awesome!

[@Armund_Wolffe]

So smart! Love Russ ❤️

[@ookamijudge]

Dig it! Least he told ya it was Puffy this go instead of tryin to advise it was Dylan like last time. Hehe

[@DeepBreathingMeditation]

Wow.... If I EVER get a pet and its a cat im definitely getting one of those things with the buttons! Thats pretty cool!

[@asura8495]

there's more to it, teaching them the words takes time, and she is a language trainer I think

[@instant_mint]

​@@asura8495 It takes work but not as much as you'd think :) You can get buttons on amazon (learning resources recordable buttons something), or fluentpet (but those are more expensive). And then just start with one button and use it yourself to communicate with the cat about "play" or "food" or "outside" or whatever the button is. If the cat wants to it will start investigate the button and press it like you do and then when cat knows this button add a second and keep using them together with your own speech. Like "Do you want to go outside? *OUTSIDE* Let's go outside! *OUTSIDE*" or "Do you want to play? Let's go play *PLAY*".

[@madeincda]

@@instant_mint On a whim, I taught my 10 year old cat how to stand on her hind legs, roll over, sit, lay down, and speak on either hand or verbal command, in the span of a few months. It takes some patience, but it certainly isn't rocket science to teach a domestic animal.

[@instant_mint]

@@madeincda That's awesome! Yes, they definitely can learn!

[@PavlozKapeliz]

This cat taught his hooman something for the day...😸😸

[@kurtgwynethjensen8375]

The same thing happened today with our cat! There was a puffy ball in the utility closet and he was pawing at the door until I got it for him. He's always losing them because they're so small.

[@slamcatsam]

I love this cat!! Maybe I should have my cat watch this video.He might learn something.😸😸❤❤

[@chrisostling805]

Over the years I have taught several cats to speak English. Limited vocabularies but all the same. I am working with my Siamese, on her communication skills right now.

[@lesliescott4125]

Russ is AMAZING

[@Cerinaya]

Animals are smarter and understand more than we give them credit for. Today my cat was sitting on the porch stairs and I asked him if he wanted to get on the porch (closed in different porch) he immediately got up and walked to the door.

[@sharondaniel8116]

So beautiful ❤️

[@sashimicat9105]

RUSSEL KNEW!!! THEY TOTALLY KNOW HOW TO USE THE BUTTONS TO COMMUNICATE!

[@jaymac7203]

STOP YELLING 😭😭😭😂😂😂

[@sashimicat9105]

🤣 I can't help it. It was very exciting,.

[@jaymac7203]

@@sashimicat9105 Lol

[@wizardsfirstrule3061]

It's Adorable! CATS ARE THE EMBODIMENT OF CUTENESS

[@AnimeShinigami13]

my cat tells me when I've left a pot to boil on the stove. XD he knows the smell of boiled dry stainless steel cookware and that it's associated with a very loud horrible noise. definitely helped reduce my stress level. :D I'm on the autism spectrum and time definitely gets away from me. 🙀🙀🙀🙀😸😸😸

[@allisong6]

My Oli has a pompom (puffy) addiction. Smart kitty knows 🐱🐱!!! Don't doubt the master ? ♥️♥️

[@catcraddle65]

😻❤️🤩

[@thesweetestteas.4534]

This just goes to show how much we underestimate animals ❤️🐾❤️🐾

[@curtissdesigns]

Cats hate closed doors. Russell just found out how to get Mom to open the permanently closed door. LOL

[@Vile_Entity_3545]

One of my two cats senses the most hidden of Dreamies. It does not matter where it is or how hidden she will find it. It obviously gives off an aroma but it is just the way she sits looking at me and then just goes straight to it and starts pawing whatever is hiding it.

[@mark261166]

I have four cats, and they never cease to amaze me. Two eight year old Siamese and two five year old Tabby cats. They are super fast learners. When one learns how to manipulate either my wife or I, the others learn how to do it in no time at all..........

[@traciehall1975]

Oh cat!!!!, You are so cool, and sweet of course ❤️

[@Future_Pheonix]

It's so cool to see animals can communicate such specific things using the buttons

[@sakshi8302]

@@gersonpierce3250 same,what are these called?

[@sakshi8302]

they are speech buttons

[@Future_Pheonix]

@@gersonpierce3250 It's kind of a long story, but it started with Hungerforwords, The channel of Stella the dog's owner who is a speech-language pathologist. Then there's Bunny the dog's owner who used the buttons, and if I recall worked with FluentPet to make them into a purchasable product. And there are many pet owners out there who have been using them. Some pets like Stella, Bunny, Billi the cat, Russell the cat and others are more well known and have channels on YT you can look up (and some on other platforms too) and learn about the buttons through their channels. It's really interesting!

[@allclairesbears]

Russell hit the 'puffy' button twice and there were two buffy's in the utility cupboard....🤔

[@MrJest2]

Cats are pretty bright. Sometimes you have to "translate from cat", because in some ways they think very differently than humans, but with some experience it's not difficult to do. It also helps if your cat is smart enough to "grok" the whole concept of spoken language, but most do. We have three; two of them clearly understand a lot, one actually uses "speech" (he makes up his own cat noises for certain things that we have to figure out by context), one understands but hasn't made the leap to using it herself, and our eldest, although very sweet and affectionate, is dumb as a box of rocks. 😛 Someday I need to get some of those buttons and see if the youngest "talking" kitty can figure out how to use them...

[@patriciagriffin1505]

Russell and Billi very smart felines

[@ghin780]

lol I had a cat who would open doors by putting his hand under them and pulling/pushing from the corner. So cute that he got you to help unlock it to save puffy.

[@in_ur_moms_house]

I had a cat who would sit outside the bathroom door while I was in the shower and try to grab my clothes or fingers. When I'd see if she wanted in she just laid there and looked at me like "close the door, let's play"

[@alysong5568]

My cat can fully open any and all doors and cabinets in my house using the HANDLES. It's ridiculous lol 😆. The only reason he can't open the front door is because it's too heavy. The mass difference doesn't work out in his favor. Thankfully. Or else I'd have a heart attack everyday.

[@JanuWaray]

Russell: clicks 'Puffy' twice Me: Absolutely no idea what a puffy is!😁🤧😓

[@EnterJester]

Am I the only one who thought he's going to find a brilliant way to open that door?

[@RyRyWags]

He planted puffy in the closet, so he had probable cause to search the closet.🤣

[@AdrianPenalo]

Mine tries to reach the door knob every time she wants to go out!

[@grantm6514]

Me: "You say there's a puffy in there? Oh shit! Okay, thanks for the warning, now back away from the door!" Because where I live, a 'puffy' is a Puff Adder, something you *don't* want mister kitty playing with.

[@wendibear1175]

Puffy there. And do the laundry u left. I would drive him crazy. I’m always forgetting a load. Lol 😂

[@travelwell6049]

I don't understand the reaction from everyone. If he was playing with it and in the process went under the door ... then, of course, he knows it's in there. 🤷 Additionally, since cats do not like closed or locked doors, (due to their overwhelming curiosity) it's more likely he shoved the puffy under there as an excuse to try and get in. As you will have noticed, the moment the door was opened he didn't immediately go to rescue the puffy, instead he decided to check out the other things in there. Also, Russel is clearly a human trapped in a cat's body

[@dianemoonstone4715]

He went to the other puffy.

[@sailingashika3362]

That is completely astounding!

[@francesrose18]

Russell...you are so stinkin adorable! (Yout siblings too) 🥰🥰🥰

[@robertwalsh5461]

That is totally cool! Do you mind sharing where you got those talking buttons? My cat is smart too, even responds, “Wry wrove wro.” When I tell him I love him. So I know he is trying to speak human English to me but doesn’t have the physlogical equipment to. I read that when a cat does this it is enormously difficult for them and that any cat who tries is going way out of it’s comfort zone for the human to do so…

[@crittermama]

I would love to have a cheat board so my 4 cats could just tell me what they want. I'm pretty good at figuring out our but sometimes I could use the help.

[@in_ur_moms_house]

My cat used to open the front door from the outside to get back in after being out all night, we had a lever handle. A few mornings when I forgot to lock the door, I'd wake up to a wide open front door and a cat on the couch 🙀

[@MimifromChicago]

Damn Russell!

[@lautaroaguilar9584]

Is there a button for salmon and tuna? 😻😻😸😸 great cating, Russell!

[@Vatsyayana87]

Was the green thing puffy? This is so typical kitty brain tactics, he didnt care about puffy in the slightest, he planted it to be able to explore the room he doesnt get to go in very often lol, so funny.

[@janinebean4276]

Haha i thought puffy was going to be another cat haha

[@eileensien514]

Door needs puffy (a/k/a draft) stopper

[@MarySpain1958]

At first i thought Puffy was a cat 😆

[@sherribennington8812]

Go Russell!!

[@owatson7648]

I think I’m gonna start using these for my cat. She’s old and sleeps all day, and I hope the mental stimulation these provide will hopefully ward off potential dementia. And I’d like for her to be able to tell us if she’s in pain. It’s so cool shit like this exists now

[@MrGilRoland]

I’m convinced the first human mission to Mars will find cats on the damn planet.

[@Chris.357]

Looked like catnip on the floor of the closet.

[@jeanymacdonald6964]

Zo knap van Russel 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😻

[@Wes-xk6hl]

All the other cats are like omg no what is he doing?? He's going to blow our cover!!

[@duncreg]

These things are becoming like animal ouija boards (and just as real).

[@kevinbush4300]

He told you his puffy was in there because you haven’t given him a button for when he needs to check on your gas installation.

[@kevinbush4300]

Actually, I’ve no idea what equipment that is. But at least Russell knows what he’s doing!!

[@cheyannewilliams9237]

And there are two puffys too wow

[@thedoneeye]

I've got a feeling Russel just wanted you to show him where the keys are so he can get the puffy out of the closet himself next time...

[@WeRNthisToGetHer]

"S.O.S. human! It saves the puffy, now!"

[@Dummunky]

Don't know if anyone else noticed but he pressed the button twice and there was actually 2 puffys in there.

[@lorvik]

Planted. That´ll teach em!