My Touhey is six months old and has never touched the ground, he has
two locations where he can sit or lay and look out the window at a
pond with geese and ducks and other birds and a field no other houses.

He is a Siberian and they are known for not being very vocal and they
don't meow its more like a chirp but not shrill sounding and she is
vocal when she looks out the windows for the first few minutes.

I am debating getting a harness and taking him for walks but wonder
what the ramifications might be. Is he better off never feeling the
grass beneath his feet or am I keeping something from him that would
be so easy to give him.

I would never let her go thats for certain I am thinking about one of
those retractable leashes like I had for my Golden Retriever.

Please give me your opinions am I being good to my cat or am I taking
something away from him that he would absolutely love. Also what are
the chances that he will constantly be wanting to go outside once
Pandoras box is opened.

I also wish to thank the good folk here who encouraged me to get a cat
I am 54 years old live alone just recently have horrible chronic pain
in my back and ribs from extreme thinning of the bones which I blame
on Vietnam but cannot prove such a thing,  and was uncertain about a
cat because I was a little unsure how much I would like him.

Well let me tell you I don't know the last time I was on the floor
well on purpose anyway and now although I have to figure out a way to
get back up I find myself on the floor playing with Touhey all the
time.......he cracks me up and has me laughing out loud quite often
during the day......my diagnosis is that I will only get worse so I
had a decent amount of depression about that but like I said Touhey
has me laughing out loud with his antics especially when he thinks he
is hiding on me and I pretend that I don't see him......

as I said in an earlier post he comes when I call him he fetches a
ball without fail and often has me on the floor I don't know how to
explain but I got this huge paper bag much larger than a grocery bag
but doesn't have the flat bottom and I throw stuff in there and he
goes crashing into that bag and goes nuts......I'm sure I am not
telling you veterans anything you don't know but this guy is such a
hoot and you guys were instrumental in telling me to take a shot at
getting him.

I was worried and still am if my condition worsens quickly that I may
not be able to take care of him and discussed this at lenght with the
breeder and he has agreed no matter the age he will take Touhey back
and find him a good home. I like that backup but I think before I
would have to do that I will have found a good home around here for
him.

He drives me nuts sometimes having particular trouble with the
cupboards keeping him off of them that is but he knows NO and if I
catch him just as he is coiling to jump up he does that cartoon like
thing where his feet are moving a mile a minute and he isn't moving at
all on the vinyl flooring......lol.........

Thanks again

Brad

Lifes journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved
body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out,
shouting......." HOLY @#$%... WHAT A RIDE!"