Just how smart are they?

[Vincent, Thunder God]

What's the smartest thing your pet has done? This is specifically geared towards cats and dogs, but if another type of pet's story is relative go ahead.
Also, how smart do you see dogs and cats to be? The general consensus is that dogs only mature to a two and a half year old human's intelligence, but sometimes I don't really agree.
One day my dog hadn't had a meal in some time, and we forgot about it, so she picked up a tissue from the bathroom garbage can (I assume; it could have been from somewhere else) and put it in here food-bowl, then whined. It can't be a coincidence because she's done it more than once since then. (Not that we don't feed her enough; she seems to get hungry between meal times.)

[Noctivagus]

Mine told me little Jimmy had fallen down the well.. does that count?

On a serious note:
My dog stopped me falling down the stairs.

[My_car_is_faster_than_you]

My old dog's a freakin moron. It ran into my beautiful Mitsubishi when parked and put a big old dent in the bonnet.

BUT, the little sheltie the family has now is a really bright dog. He's 3 months old and already knows, sit, come here, fetch, and his name.

[Vikeve]

My dog was an idiot but I loved her regardless.

[sephirothishere]

my dog thinks shes people.....

[Jowy]

One of my dogs would let himself outside through the back door (we left it open a crack), and then walk against the door to close it again.

His female counterpart would jump inside of the bathtub and then not be able to get out.

Jack Russell terriers are adorable. <3

[vorpal blade]

Had a cat once. Name was Cat. The brightest thing it ever did (apart from clawing at my legs if I didn't cover them and peeing on the couch ) was jet across the apartment and run straight into a mirror.

[Christmas]

My pet NANNY MANUS is a wastrel, He doesn't even know how to feed himself.

[Rye]

My parrot Harley talks. He's very talented, but one day I fell down the stairs near his cage and he started laughing! He said "HAHAHAHAA!" and I cried. ;__;

[Levian]

My father rarely hears the cat when it's meowing to get in, because he's in the second floor watching TV with high volume because his hearing ain't all that. So the cat manages to jump into a window, onto a swinging plant, hanging from the balcony and then to the balcony. That way she would be visible to him in the window from his chair. Whattakittie.

When my cousin was 7 his dog used to walk him to school (more often than not), and in lunch time my cousin would share half his lunch with him, and at the end of the day he would walk him back. They live in a very small community, so cars hardly ever pass by, maybe 3-4 in an hour. Anyway, this went on till my cousin turned 9 when the dog died of some disease.

[Rocket Edge]

Bark away strangers from the front-door. Other than that my dog really has no other purpose, but i still love the old fellow.

[Breine]

Jack Russell terriers are adorable. <3

I had a Jack Russell terrier and he was a great dog. He had a Napoleon complex, though

[Shaun]

My cats haven't done really smart things. They've done a lot of dumb things. I remember when Candy ran into a transparent 'window' on a tent. It was so hilarious. But yeah, I remember when Candy brought a dead bird to us. She waited in the porch with it in her mouth. Did she expect me to eat it or something? Guess she was repaying the favour.

[Rainecloud]

My cat 'knocks' on her cat flap when she wants me to open it for her. She can get through herself by pushing her head hard against the flap, but she's far too lazy to do that.

[Little Blue]

Sadly, the smartest things my pets ever did was die... It freed up a lot of time that I was supposed to look after them, but didn't. I wish I did now as my fish died because my dad didn't clean all the bleach out of the tank after he washed it... so when the day after the tank was refilled and they were put back in, they were all dead