Dog Learns To Open Door, Doorbell Cam Captures What He Lets Out at Night

A woman learned the hard way that her dog had figured out how to open the front door, when the pup let all her animals loose onto the streets.

Kelly, who is from New York but lives in Tennessee, shared the moment her pets made the great escape to her TikTok account @ceallach330 on October 23, after it was captured on her Ring doorbell camera.

It showed three cats stepping out on the porch, one by one, in the middle of night, while a dog happily surveys the land, tail wagging and sniffing the cats for good measure.

"When the door is left unlocked and your dog figures out how to open it while you're asleep, letting your 3 indoor cats out," Kelly wrote over the caption.

Luckily though, most of Kelly's indoor cats didn't seem interested in moving farther than the porch, and were seen sitting on the top step, looking out across the yard.

Kelly revealed in a comment that her orange cat made it to the bottom of the steps, but the others appeared to quickly retreat back into the house.

And, Kelly added, the story showed the kindness of her neighbors, who "let them all back in and [closed] the door."

The neighbors were spotted on the camera coming up to the door, looking unsure of what to do, while the dog greeted them in an incredibly friendly fashion, tail wagging and in a play bow position. Eventually, they opened the door and let the pets back in.

Kelly's video proved popular on TikTok, racking up close to 15,000 likes and 220,000 views, as she wrote in a caption: "The entire menagerie, just out in the world...all willy nilly...not a care in the world! They are all grounded!"

One commenter pointed out the animals were all "too scared to actually go anywhere, they just wander around the front," to which Kelly responded: "Being scaredy-cats keeps them safe, I'm glad they are!"

Kelly's front door was left open overnight, and her dog decided to use her door-opening skills. As the three cats followed her out, chaos ensued TikTok @ceallach330

One user praised the "awesome neighbors," while another wrote: "At least your dog was taking care of all 3 cats!"

But one, pointing out how excited the dog was to see the neighbors coming up to the house, wrote: "Not only did he open the front door, let the cats escape but he almost let the house get robbed."

Some dog breeds have a more natural inclination to being a guard dog, barking to alert owners or keeping watch on any strangers coming near the property: Kelly's dog did not appear to have this natural inclination.

According to the American Kennel Club, some of the best-known guard dog breeds are the Akita, the Australian shepherd, the Doberman pinscher, the Rottweiler and the German shepherd.

Newsweek has contacted @ceallach330 on TikTok for comment.

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