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So I purchased a lead and harness for my cat months and months ago. I put it on him occasionally, he always hated it lol. And I left it in the house so he could get familiar with it and realize it’s not anything to be scared of. I’ve been doing research about the best way to train a cat BUT last night my cat got out of the apartment. He’s been more and more curious about outside lately. When I put him back inside he started crying to go back out so I clipped the harness and leash on and let him explore the breezeway outside my door. For about 20 minutes we walked in the outside hallway and he smelled everything and led me to where he wanted to go so I let him. I tried giving him treats while out there but he didn’t want them.
Eventually we made our way down stairs onto the second floor. All was going ok until a person with a dog came outside. My cat got super scared and was running in circles and then once the dog was out of sight started walking very fast to where the dog had been. He seemed freaked out and stressed so I carried him back inside, played for five minutes and then fed him his meal and his calming supplement..
will it get easier with time if I do this everyday with him or do you think being scared of the dogtraumatized Him?All he wants to do is go outside. Until we move into our other unit with a patio in October this is the bestand safest way to let him out. Did I mess up! What can I do to fix it?
So I purchased a lead and harness for my cat months and months ago. I put it on him occasionally, he always hated it lol. And I left it in the house so he could get familiar with it and realize it’s not anything to be scared of. I’ve been doing research about the best way to train a cat BUT last night my cat got out of the apartment. He’s been more and more curious about outside lately. When I put him back inside he started crying to go back out so I clipped the harness and leash on and let him explore the breezeway outside my door. For about 20 minutes we walked in the outside hallway and he smelled everything and led me to where he wanted to go so I let him. I tried giving him treats while out there but he didn’t want them.
Eventually we made our way down stairs onto the second floor. All was going ok until a person with a dog came outside. My cat got super scared and was running in circles and then once the dog was out of sight started walking very fast to where the dog had been. He seemed freaked out and stressed so I carried him back inside, played for five minutes and then fed him his meal and his calming supplement..
will it get easier with time if I do this everyday with him or do you think being scared of the dogtraumatized Him?All he wants to do is go outside. Until we move into our other unit with a patio in October this is the bestand safest way to let him out. Did I mess up! What can I do to fix it?