Walking your cat

I've heard of one breed that seems to take to walking on a leash - pixie-bobs.

Subject: He walks me...

I walk my cat on an almost daily basis. Started about 4 months ago. He has a very strong personality, and pretty much demanded that he be taken out. I'm sure he'd prefer not to be on a leash, but he seems to understand the deal. He doesn't go out if he's not on the leash. I get lots of attention, sometimes not so great, but it makes him a much happier cat.

I WISH we could walk our cat. He's awesome, but freaks the freak out when we bring him outdoors (in a cat carrier) to go to the vet. He HATES the outdoors, and even peed on my gf once in the car from the stress.

i see them around nolita and lower east side. folks walking their cats.

We take our girl cat on a leash a bit. She does not walk all the time, sometimes we sit on a leash. But when we get going we go...until a truck comes or she decides she is done.

I have a pretty large outdoor deck so my guys are used to having the door open and used to the outdoors. In fact, a pretty much nightly ritual is taking them outside (in my arms, no leash) to catch the moths once I turn on the outdoor light - they love to eat bugs! I also put them on a leash and take them out on the deck. They love that but once they get outside of the environs of the apartment and the deck, forget it. Scream, piss, hiss.

I semi walk my cat. he doesn't go along on the leash like a dog would. i usually let him off the leash and let him walk around in front of the house and sometimes in the park. he doesn't go too far and (usually) comes back when i call him.

I have tried several times to walk my two cats. I have harnesses and leashes for both of them. If they see me pick up the harness and leash, they vanish. If I do manage to put the harness and leash on, they do fantastic impressions of a brick on a string. I first tried when they were kittens and persevered for ages, then gave up. They're just not interested in the walk thing. They enjoy chasing each other around the apartment, and like letting the dog chase them too. They get plenty of exercise, just not outdoors.

Karl the Druid wrote: [quote=armchair_warrior]i see them around nolita and lower east side. folks walking their cats.

you are mistaken

those are nyu film students

walking their drunken dutch girlfriends home

I don't get the nyu film reference or the dutch reference. ??

(even as a joke... ) what am i missing?

yeah i realized that. i mostly didn't get the dutch part but maybe the east village has been overtaken by the dutch. ?

thanks -

AHA! I found it!

Check this out: The Worlds Heaviest Harness

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