Feb. 17, 2016 / 10:03 AM

Clever horse opens house's front door in Russia

Rita the horse opens the door. Screenshot: Storyful

Rita the horse opens the door. Screenshot: Storyful

MOSCOW, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A Russian horse showed off her home invasion skills by opening a door and walking partway into a house on video.

A video posted to YouTube shows Rita the horse using her mouth to pull the front door to her owner's home open via a piece of cloth tied to the inside handle.

Rita makes quick work of the door before walking partway inside the home.

The horse shows it can also follow commands when the owner calls out and she comes back out of the house.

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