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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2006Harness Training
On my birthday i was at the mall and there was a SPCA store. I stopped and bought a really cute shirt which reads "Smitten with my Kitten"......and a tiny harness The harness is for Mischief, who every nice cries to be let out. The aim of the harness is to attempt to train her so she can go outside for supervised visits Sunday night i put it on her, much to her chagrin. "Hey hey HEY!!!! GET THIS THING OFF ME!!!!" She just sat on her tummy and REFUSED to move. But she still let me scritch her and she meowed all the way. Then I took it off. The next night she began crying to go out. so I put the harness on "NOT AGAIN!! I HATE THIS THING!!!" and she expressed her anal glands. I took her outside and set her down on the cement and again she plopped down and refused to move, but did do an elevator butt when i scritched her. Then she just sat there and meowed. Then this afternoon when she was crying i put the harness on a again and yet again she flopped down and didn't move. But then I got a phone call and when i came back she was gone and i had forgotten about her. oops A few minutes later i see a gray streak tearing though the living room and into the kitchen. I found her under the kitchen table, complaining and asking Meowmie to taking this STINKING THING OFF!!!! So now it's off and she happily napping. At least for a few hours when she'll start crying to go out again Before I bought the harness she would go out for supervised visits but now the rule is if she wants to go out she must be wearing the harness. And for the moment i'm happy with that cause she just flops on the cool concrete and sits there and meows while i pet her. Hopefully in time she will get used to it. Wish me luck Kristi Kristi you have to keep at it, it does take a bit of time, we trained our little boy Soumra, put the harness on him WITHOUT the lead (while inside of course) left it on for an hour or so, did this every day for a couple of weeks, then it was time to go outside, like Mischief he would just roll over like he had no legs, but we kept at it, now when he hears the little bell ringing on the harness he stands by the door waiting to go out. We also *tried* to train our two little girl's, Kaleen and Susie, they were not so easy but will tolerate the harness. We often take all three outside (on separate harness's) they have longer leads on them, we anchor the leads into the ground and let them wander in the garden, we sit and watch, they always sleep well that night! Good luck Lois  Signaturehttp://zeotropeburmese.kiwiwebhost.net.nz Burmese are like potato chips, you can't just have one! > On my birthday i was at the mall and there was a SPCA store. I stopped > and bought a really cute shirt which reads "Smitten with my [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Kristi >Kristi you have to keep at it, it does take a bit of time, we trained our >little boy Soumra, put the harness on him WITHOUT the lead (while inside of [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >into the ground and let them wander in the garden, we sit and watch, they >always sleep well that night! That's pretty much how things went here, although I use a collar instead of a harness. At first everyone just collapses and acts as if they've lost the use of their legs. But, after a week or two they come running when the hear me take the collars off the hook by the door and wait somewhat patiently to get hooked up for a trip OUT. Spotty is just now figuring out she can actually walk while wearing a collar and lead. Note: the collar is really a compromise, as I realise it's not as secure as a harness. I keep the collars pretty loose and they can slip out of it if they try. Lucky for me, if something scares them when they OUT they all run back into the apartment, which they consider a safe zone, through the open door. Typing that, I realise that I sometimes take Sammy out away from the apartment, but when I do I bring along her carrier which she considers safe. As I remember when Pam and family were out here visiting with Sherry R, her husband and me, Sammy most of the time safely inside her carrier away from the strangers. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > Note: the collar is really a compromise, as I realise it's not as > secure as a harness. I keep the collars pretty loose and they can slip [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > me, Sammy most of the time safely inside her carrier away from the > strangers. She did stay inside her carrier most of the time. She is such a sweet little girl, gang. I was reminded of a sweet version of my Tanada girl. Steve, I didn't get to meet Littlebit and Spotty, but I bet they are sweet little ladies too. I got a kick out of Sammy. She had her pa firmly wrapped around her little paw. Pam S. smiling > On my birthday i was at the mall and there was a SPCA store. I > stopped and bought a really cute shirt which reads "Smitten with my [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > She just sat on her tummy and REFUSED to move. (snippage) I tried a harness with Persia and she, too, hunkered down and refused to move. She yowled and growled and said no way was she going to be harness trained. After that I gave up and got her the Kitty Walk. She gets to go outside that way without me dragging her. LOL Jill When I was a kid, our family had a couple cats. The goal was to be able to let them out in the yard, with a harness rig. But the one cat seemed quite good at slipping out of the harness. Then, he'd go racing for the far corner of the yard with one of us kids racing right after him. SignatureChristopher A. Young You can't shout down a troll. You have to starve them. . On my birthday i was at the mall and there was a SPCA store. I stopped and bought a really cute shirt which reads "Smitten with my Kitten"......and a tiny harness The harness is for Mischief, who every nice cries to be let out. The aim of the harness is to attempt to train her so she can go outside for supervised visits Sunday night i put it on her, much to her chagrin. "Hey hey HEY!!!! GET THIS THING OFF ME!!!!" She just sat on her tummy and REFUSED to move. But she still let me scritch her and she meowed all the way. Then I took it off. The next night she began crying to go out. so I put the harness on "NOT AGAIN!! I HATE THIS THING!!!" and she expressed her anal glands. I took her outside and set her down on the cement and again she plopped down and refused to move, but did do an elevator butt when i scritched her. Then she just sat there and meowed. Then this afternoon when she was crying i put the harness on a again and yet again she flopped down and didn't move. But then I got a phone call and when i came back she was gone and i had forgotten about her. oops A few minutes later i see a gray streak tearing though the living room and into the kitchen. I found her under the kitchen table, complaining and asking Meowmie to taking this STINKING THING OFF!!!! So now it's off and she happily napping. At least for a few hours when she'll start crying to go out again Before I bought the harness she would go out for supervised visits but now the rule is if she wants to go out she must be wearing the harness. And for the moment i'm happy with that cause she just flops on the cool concrete and sits there and meows while i pet her. Hopefully in time she will get used to it. Wish me luck Kristi Mischief is now AWOL I put the harness on this afternoon and now she's up and disappeared and pulling a very nice b*stard cat trick. I did spy her way under the bed but now i can't find her again. I've told her that if she comes out I'll take the harness off but first i have to find her She didn't even poke her head out when i carving my steak and she always does that I even popped open a cat of cat food. No Mischief I've checked under both beds and checked the closets too, she must have a new spot that i don't know about. If she'll just show herself i'll take it off. *sigh* Kristi > Mischief is now AWOL > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > *sigh* Way to go Mischief! I can hide real good. And I hate the harness. But I'll bet this really really works. Just make sure no one is looking when you sneak out to eat. Jake > Mischief is now AWOL > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Kristi Soncek can also hide himself so well I cannot find him :( Lots of finding purrs, Polonca and Soncek >> Mischief is now AWOL >> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Lots of finding purrs, > Polonca and Soncek I think hiding is a cat's natural ability, I'm sure most cats could hide in an empty room. ;-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > I think hiding is a cat's natural ability, I'm sure most cats could > hide in an empty room. ;-) I went looking all around the house for Oscar last night; couldn't find her. Finally returned to my point of origin, and she was sitting right in front of me. "Hey, ma, what's up?" Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > > I think hiding is a cat's natural ability, I'm sure most cats could > > hide in an empty room. ;-) > I went looking all around the house for Oscar last night; couldn't > find her. Finally returned to my point of origin, and she was sitting > right in front of me. "Hey, ma, what's up?" And probably snickering into her sleeve when you weren't looking. :) Joyce > > I went looking all around the house for Oscar last night; couldn't > > find her. Finally returned to my point of origin, and she was > > sitting right in front of me. "Hey, ma, what's up?" > > And probably snickering into her sleeve when you weren't looking. :) No doubt. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> I think hiding is a cat's natural ability, I'm sure most cats could >> hide in an empty room. ;-) > > I went looking all around the house for Oscar last night; couldn't > find her. Finally returned to my point of origin, and she was sitting > right in front of me. "Hey, ma, what's up?" I'm so glad she's feeling better. :-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > I think hiding is a cat's natural ability, I'm sure most cats could hide in > an empty room. ;-) > -- I remember when I first adopted Rusty, I put him in a room by himself and closed the door. When I went in to check on him, he was nowhere to be found. The windows were closed so he couldn't have fallen out there. I was frantic until I saw a tail poking out from behind the curtains. Once a cat-sitter looked all over for him for over an hour before finding Rusty in the storage room. Rusty knows how to open a closet door with his paws and went to hide inside. Another trick of his is to hide under a blanket or any couch cover. Winnie > Once a cat-sitter looked all over for him for over an hour before > finding Rusty in the storage room. Rusty knows how to open a closet > door with his paws and went to hide inside. Another trick of his is > to hide under a blanket or any couch cover. Arggh! Friday morning, while Oscar was still confined to the bedroom, I couldn't find her. Anywhere. I mean, I have this bedroom set up so that she can't disappear when I need to find her, and yet she was nowhere to be found. After calling DH and interrogating him about whether he had carelessly let her out on his way to the shower (for some reason DH uses the hall shower rather than the master; I guess so that we don't have to worry about overlapping), he found her -- on the floor alongside the foot of the bed, covered by the sagging portions of the comforter. Later that day, I saw her front legs sticking straight out of the same location. I can only assume she stuck them out so that her dumb hoomins wouldn't disturb her sleep again to find her. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Before I bought the harness she would go out for supervised visits but > now the rule is if she wants to go out she must be wearing the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Kristi Hi Kristy. I'm going to watch your progress. I've been thinking of doing the same w/Rexie. He's been totally indoor all his life (4 yrs). I'm terrified that one day he'll get out and not be able to find his way home. maMA, of course, goes in and out so I don't worry about her, and if her (now, my) little one, Loki, got out, he'd be able to find his way home because he used to live outside. But Rexie doesn't even know what 'out' is. He did get out on the porch one day, but I coaxed him back in with food (what else?!) SignatureTo reply by email, remove 'nick's ShirleyB, Rexie, Loki and maMA's Mom Pictures of His Majesty, Rex: http://tinyurl.com/bvtjv Pictures of Loki: http://tinyurl.com/9exao Pictures of Mama & Kits: http://tinyurl.com/e5edz Pictures of Bruver: http://tinyurl.com/f5jrq Homepage: http://jumi-shirley-butler.com |
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