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Hi,
I'm currently leash training my cat in my apartment and making some progress. She's 7 months old and I adopted her two months ago. At first she was definitely more of a scaredy cat and now she's fairly comfortable in my apartment and is getting more confident every day.
Getting the harness and leash on her is very easy for me. However, holding on to the leash is what I'm having problems with. My cat loves to run to the other side of the room, sometimes to hide and observe, but obviously with a leash she's restrained. When I'm holding the leash and she wants to run away I usually let go because I don't want to scare her, because I once didn't let go and she freaked out and tried to break away.
I don't know what to do because she doesn't mind the harness and leash as long as no one is holding on and when I do try she gets scared of being restrained. I give her lots of treats when she has the leash trailing behind her and when I'm holding on but I don't want her to freak out again when she's trying to run away but can't because of the leash.
Did anyone have similar experiences of their cat being afraid of being restrained on a leash? I'm thinking I should be more patient and give her time to adjust to the feeling.
Thank you for your help!
I'm currently leash training my cat in my apartment and making some progress. She's 7 months old and I adopted her two months ago. At first she was definitely more of a scaredy cat and now she's fairly comfortable in my apartment and is getting more confident every day.
Getting the harness and leash on her is very easy for me. However, holding on to the leash is what I'm having problems with. My cat loves to run to the other side of the room, sometimes to hide and observe, but obviously with a leash she's restrained. When I'm holding the leash and she wants to run away I usually let go because I don't want to scare her, because I once didn't let go and she freaked out and tried to break away.
I don't know what to do because she doesn't mind the harness and leash as long as no one is holding on and when I do try she gets scared of being restrained. I give her lots of treats when she has the leash trailing behind her and when I'm holding on but I don't want her to freak out again when she's trying to run away but can't because of the leash.
Did anyone have similar experiences of their cat being afraid of being restrained on a leash? I'm thinking I should be more patient and give her time to adjust to the feeling.
Thank you for your help!