>trying angling the baby gate toward the room that he's in....
>...his little legs will dangle and he'll have to be ultra strong to pull
>himself up w/o using his back feet.
 
I tried this right away.  No, it's not at a stair (the stair is around the
corner), but Pepper has been doing the "muscle man" routine for months,
pulling himself up onto the cat shelf (it is covered with carpet and sticks
out from the wall about 12").  It's amazing to watch him ...  he's extremely
strong.
 
I tried the suggestion of putting a cardboard tube (sliced down the middle)
on top and it seems to be working.  He can't hook his little claws around
the top.  He's pretty frustrated.  :)
 
--Barb--
 
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Barbara Carlson                   Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
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Thought for the day:
    If "boring women have immaculate homes," I must be very interesting!
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[Posted in FML issue 1468]