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How I Trained My Cats
I live in a city and after the crushing experience of losing a well-loved cat that was run over, I decided to do something effective in order to ensure the safety of my fuzzy friends. I trained my three cats to wear a harness and go outside on a tether. As you may know, cats are quite wily, can wriggle into and out of the most incredible spaces. So, of course, a cat can slither out of a tether without any problem. Getting my oldest cat - Mr. Max A. Million - used to the harness was a feat in itself. The very first day he went along with it okay. He let me put the harness on him, hook up the tether and was able to go through an open window to the patio or be inside as he pleased. I thought there was no problem. The very next morning, Max was sleeping cozily on the couch without the harness on! Rascal cat!! In order to get Max used to the harness and tether, I just persisted. He got used to the new set-up within a week. Since teaching Max, we have had two new furry friend additions to our household: Opie Taylor and Shielynn. Opie was very easy to teach as he "had to" do everything that Max did. When Opie wanted to go outside with Max, he got his own harness and tether. He didn't balk at all, he was so happy to follow along and go to the exciting new world of the outside patio. Shielynn, our tiny female cat, is a little petite princess and thought that she shouldn't have to have such contraptions - it was below her dignity. However, after one week and seeing that she could join the other two cats outside to chase bugs, catch lizards and spy on birds, she was convinced. I'm really happy that I can be effective in taking good care of my little loved ones while at the same time letting my furry friends go outside and do "cat" things without harm. |
  
Mr. Max A. Million
Opie Taylor
Shielynn
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I'm impressed you were able to get them used to the harnesses at all. My cat got out of every collar I got him into, so I bought him a harness. He couldn't get out of that one. So once he was in it, he refused to stand up on his own four feet and slithered around on his belly for days giving me resentful looks. I eventually relented and gave up on it. He's strictly an indoor cat. On the up side, the few times he's ever been Outside he's gotten brief tastes of Weather and dived right back in to shiver in my lap. Outside is full of snow, or rain, at any rate very often water drips right out of the sky and no one turns off the tap, a cat can't manage to stay dry in it! He's much more for lounging on a heated waterbed and lap napping.
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Thanks - it was getting the first one used to the set up that did it. Still, for all three cats, it's only about an hour a day that they stay outside, then it's inside to their cozy home and favorite places to snuggle.
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