Oooh, thanks for the link, that blog is great (OMG kitty Hogwarts houses! (http://felinesarewonderful.blogspot.com/2010/05/in-which-i-sort-kitties-into-alpha-beta.html) Sev is definitely a beta cat/Hufflepuff. <3)! She does raise interesting points with regards to what the tests test and intelligence in her original post on the study, something that annoyed me about the doggie tests I came across while searching doggie IQ tests, many of which seem to have a big focus on obedience alone. While the smarts really help with training your dog (on the part of the dog as well as the owner), it's really not the only thing there is to it.

I'm curious how Sev will do in a set-up more similar to hers than my plastic-cup one, and how he'll do if Dax is around. He's a single cat, but having Dax solve that puzzle in front of him might satisfy the social component. As-is, he searched around for the treat a bit, to no avail, and then looked at me with his, "And...?"-face.