I was walking Tiger around the neighborhood a couple nights ago. He
loves this - and until a year or so ago we couldn't find a leash he
would endure. He would spit and fight and finally hide any time we
tried to get a collar on him.

So I found a simple string harness, and he has no problem with it!
However, it's not extremely secure, but he's always so placid it's
never been a problem.

Anyway, on our walk he must have spotted a cat or a vole or something,
and leapt away from me. I gently but firmly held the leash, and
"walked it in" so I could get ahold of him. He did one deft flip and I
was standing there holding an empty leash.

He started to run away, but I don't think he realized he was free - or
else he was so stunned he forgot why he was fleeing. That gave me
enough time to grab his huge bushy tail and corral him.

I can't for the life of me figure out how he got out .. and got out so
quickly. But I would have loved to see a slow motion replay of that
split second convulsion that slipped him out.

So he gets a short vacation from walks while I try to decide if I can
get the leash on more securely, or need to upgrade somehow.

Louis on the other hand, is still going out. His favorite activity is
rushing up a tree and hanging from a branch by his front legs. He can
stay up there for minutes at a time. I think maybe instead of Asian
Leopard Cat we got a Gibbon hybrid...

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