Not so much for debugging but the cat is often an Oracle. I remember Sometimes when I started reading through a section in the documentation (probably the dfdd), the cat would come take a nap on the document (yes I printed it, yes I know if it has changed since because organizational inertia). I took it as a sign to stop.
Bear lives on a bookshelf at eye-level. Explain bugs to the bear, keeping eye contact, and you will be enlightened. Bear also does architecture design consulting.