Leash Walk - Photos

Hi everyone,
I am trying to convince my boyfriend to leash train our cat, she's 9 months old. But he's not to crazy about the idea. Can you share your photos of your cats on walks so I can show him its normal and adorable. We do have a backyard do I want to take her out on it because she loves to look at if from the window, and I am to scared to let her roam free on the backyard so I wanted to take her on a leash there. So please post your photos so I can show my boyfriend

I have too many to choose from. Here are a few of my favorites.

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Sorry for the photo quality here, but walking cats on leashes has always been the norm. Here's my first kitty - Busy - taken in 1958 - with leash and harness:



Some cats like to explore the outdoors, and as good stewards, it's out job to protect them by providing guidance and sound supervision.
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Korinmewmew said:

I have too many to choose from. Here are a few of my favorites.

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your cat is beautiful she looks so happy

1CatOverTheLine said:

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Sorry for the photo quality here, but walking cats on leashes has always been the norm. Here's my first kitty - Busy - taken in 1958 - with leash and harness:

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Some cats like to explore the outdoors, and as good stewards, it's out job to protect them by providing guidance and sound supervision.
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aww she's adorable. thank you

I have a number of photos on the desktop, when I get there I'll post some. What simply beautiful cats you all have!!

motylek said:

your cat is beautiful she looks so happy

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Thank you, she is happiest when she’s outside.

She complains when it’s time to go inside.

Well, by now you hopefully have enough that your boyfriend is maybe open to the idea? I've apparently had too many major operating system changes combined with Google dropping support for picasa (grrr), and even though I backed up my photos many a time over the years, I can't find the shots of the big guy in his harness/on the leash. I was like you and wanted to give him access to the backyard but since he'd grown up without that before we got him, I was just sure he'd end up flying over the fence and be gone. So, I started inside, got him used to it and then we began our sojourns into the backyard. I did have one very exciting moment I remember where he wanted to chase a bug or something, took off, hit the end of the leash, swapped his back end with his front end and then was panicking and trying to back out of the harness. But I managed to calm him down, and I've not had any problems since. There is one other thing you might consider if the harness/leash idea doesn't go over, there's a mesh cat tent available where your cat could experience the outside to a degree.

thank you sorry about your photos
I wanna try taking her out this Saturday since it's supposed to be pretty nice out I already put the hardness on her so she can get used to it, I wanna get a leash today, so she can get used to the whole idea of a harness and a leash we will see how it goes. our backyard is pretty small. but it will do

motylek - You could always ask the boyfriend to build an enclosure for Chloe the way basscat did for Gibs:

Holy cat-oh-ly!!

motylek good for you, that's wonderful!

Furballsmom said:

Holy cat-oh-ly!!

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Furballsmom - Yeah, and basscat built that enormous enclosed habitat for one Bobcat! Wouldn't you think with that much room (plus an indoor enclosure, plus access to the house and all the recliners he can eat) that he'd get a second Bobcat?



motylek - There are a few other folks on TCS who are almost as "different" (my Dad taught me that word. "Son," he'd say, "never call people crazy.") as Basscat. Here's the story of @Norachan 's move with her 20+ cat clowder, and the building of a thousand square meter enclosure:

Moving House, Taking The Colony With Me.

and a thread devoted to enclosures, in which @micknsnicks2mom actually provides an index to past threads about cat enclosures at Post #3:

Cat enclosure

Personally, I think these folks are just plain craz different. When Black Friday and Clawed-ya, my last two ferals needed bigger accomodations while they became socialised, I actually considered building an enclosure, but all that time and expense and back-breaking labour for a couple of cats? That's just plain nuts different! Instead, I just sat on the patio, and let my local stonemason do all the work.

Gibs goes outside (enclosure) during the day while we are working. It was ZERO yesterday morning, and after much mental deliberation, I made my decision. He's a "bobcat", put him outside and off to work I went.
Got home and he was SCREAMING! Sounded like his "I miss you, come play with me" crying, except way louder and stranger sounding? He dove into his carrier, turned around, flopped down, and I can only imagine he was saying "Hurry Dad! I'm Ready!"
I felt bad, but, he was his normal bouncy self as soon as he got inside. No worse for wear....
I've used the "bobcat" excuse/justification in error several times now. (mostly with food).
Guess I need to learn...Gibs isn't just "A bobcat".
He's a "big, pampered, spoiled rotten bobcat"....

And he got to stay in the house today.

I have three different harnesses. The first one she is in her Halloween costume in a mesh harness. That is the one she currently uses. I also have a jacket-type harness that she sometimes wears, and the last harness she grew out of. Luna loves to go on walks. She tries to run out the door all the time, so I keep a collar on her and she is microchipped. I have to pick her up and carry her back in the house because she would stay outside all day.

basscat said:

Gibs goes outside (enclosure) during the day while we are working. It was ZERO yesterday morning, and after much mental deliberation, I made my decision. He's a "bobcat", put him outside and off to work I went.
Got home and he was SCREAMING! Sounded like his "I miss you, come play with me" crying, except way louder and stranger sounding? He dove into his carrier, turned around, flopped down, and I can only imagine he was saying "Hurry Dad! I'm Ready!"
I felt bad, but, he was his normal bouncy self as soon as he got inside. No worse for wear....
I've used the "bobcat" excuse/justification in error several times now. (mostly with food).
Guess I need to learn...Gibs isn't just "A bobcat".
He's a "big, pampered, spoiled rotten bobcat"....

And he got to stay in the house today.

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basscat - Oh my gosh! Gibs is a spoiled Bobcat??? When did this happen? HOW did this happen? I'm absolutely shocked!
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MeganLLB said:

I have three different harnesses. The first one she is in her Halloween costume in a mesh harness. That is the one she currently uses. I also have a jacket-type harness that she sometimes wears, and the last harness she grew out of. Luna loves to go on walks. She tries to run out the door all the time, so I keep a collar on her and she is microchipped. I have to pick her up and carry her back in the house because she would stay outside all day.

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MeganLLB - Luna really is a beautiful girl, and she reminds me so much of my little Oz, it's uncanny.
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1CatOverTheLine said:

MeganLLB - Luna really is a beautiful girl, and she reminds me so much of my little Oz, it's uncanny.
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Thanks! I think she's beautiful too

basscat said:

Gibs goes outside (enclosure) during the day while we are working. It was ZERO yesterday morning, and after much mental deliberation, I made my decision. He's a "bobcat", put him outside and off to work I went.
Got home and he was SCREAMING! Sounded like his "I miss you, come play with me" crying, except way louder and stranger sounding? He dove into his carrier, turned around, flopped down, and I can only imagine he was saying "Hurry Dad! I'm Ready!"
I felt bad, but, he was his normal bouncy self as soon as he got inside. No worse for wear....
I've used the "bobcat" excuse/justification in error several times now. (mostly with food).
Guess I need to learn...Gibs isn't just "A bobcat".
He's a "big, pampered, spoiled rotten bobcat"....

And he got to stay in the house today.

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basscat - Missy prefers to watch Gibs' indoor pictures

mama africa said:

basscat - Missy prefers to watch Gibs' indoor pictures

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Hi mama africa !!!!