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Cat Forum / General Topics / July 2005The only drawback of cats as pets
You can't take them with you on walks! Or can you? > You can't take them with you on walks! > Or can you? I have a neighbor that takes his big retrievers out for an evening walk after supper and I have seen on of their cats follow right along with the dogs and take a tour of the neighborhood. Leanne Per 223rem: >You can't take them with you on walks! >Or can you? My experience is "no". It seems like each cat has it's little "known zone" that is zero upon arrival in a new home, and very gradually expands as the cat comes to know an ever-increasing circle of space. Outside of that zone, they become extremely uneasy - frightened, even. Before I had any practical experience, I allowed my grandaughter go cajole me into letting her take her cat to the local park. This thing was utterly terrified the whole time. I finally caught on and we cut it short. Never again. YMMV  SignaturePeteCresswell My mother is cat sitting for some friends who are visiting family out of state. Tom, (yes I know it is so original), who gets excited when mom picks up the leash and he knows he is going to get to go outside for a walk. So I think you can take them on walks. > Per 223rem: > >You can't take them with you on walks! [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > YMMV >You can't take them with you on walks! >Or can you? Mine - some of them anyway - go for walks with me, but we stay on my property. However, that doesn't mean that all the cats with me me already know the entire property - they trust me and may put up loud objections, but they generally prefer to be with me that alone at home. A few years ago I photographed one of the walks: <http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/cats/020330/index.html>. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. > You can't take them with you on walks! > Or can you? I have to go for a walk with my cats daily. They will call me out to do so. They love to go down to the lake after they've been fed then back past the house and to the end of the road. This is in the morning as well as in the evening. SignatureStone Some pic's http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/stoneman72/my_photos >"223rem" <223rem@sbcglobal.com> wrote in message >> You can't take them with you on walks! >> Or can you? >I have to go for a walk with my cats daily. They will call me out to do so. >They love to go down to the lake after they've been fed then back past the >house and to the end of the road. This is in the morning as well as in the >evening. Nanki Poo likes the occasional walk. Quango RB used to insist on them. SignatureDavid Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm Liverpool, England, UK <cat2@blakjak.com> Emails welcome Nanki Poo: SI O+W B 12 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P+ B+ PA+ PL SC Minke: SI W+Cp B 3 Y L W+ C++ I T A- E H++ V++ F- Q- P B PA+ PL+ SC- > >"223rem" <223rem@sbcglobal.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > -- > David Stevenson Hello, David. Have not seen you post for a while. Hope Nanki Poo is doing well. Sherry wrote >> >"223rem" <223rem@sbcglobal.com> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> Nanki Poo likes the occasional walk. Quango RB used to insist on >> them. >Hello, David. Have not seen you post for a while. Hope Nanki Poo is >doing well. I am always here, but post rarely. Nanki Poo has a slight recurrent breathing problem which requires an injection every two months or so. However, his main problem in life is a small furry thing called Minke who treats him as a pillow. SignatureDavid Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm Liverpool, England, UK <cat2@blakjak.com> Emails welcome Nanki Poo: SI O+W B 12 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P+ B+ PA+ PL SC Minke: SI W+Cp B 3 Y L W+ C++ I T A- E H++ V++ F- Q- P B PA+ PL+ SC- > You can't take them with you on walks! > Or can you? If I lived in a (semi-)rural area, sure, if away from roadways. All the cats I've tried putting a leash on go ballistic, though. pat Per rpl: >If I lived in a (semi-)rural area, sure, if away from roadways. > >All the cats I've tried putting a leash on go ballistic, though. My guess about the posts in which the cats take walks with the owner is that the walk is within the cat's "known zone". My daughter raises horses and has quite a few acres. Their half-dozen or so cats range far and wide. We live in suburbia. So far our cat's territory doesn't seem to extend much beyond the neighbor's yard. OTOH, the neighbor's cat got injured by a car (picked up off the road by a motorist...) at least a half mile away - and it was crossing the road from the far side...so it's "known zone" must be quite extensive. SignaturePeteCresswell I live in an apartment, and when I first got my kitten I bought a leash for her to take her outside. But every time I took her outside, all she wanted to do was eat the grass and climb under the shrubs; she had no interest in walking with me and I gave up after seven or eight tries. Please forgive, but I never understood using a leash on a cat. That and clothes for dogs.... Me. "Dogs have owners....Cats have STAFF." > I live in an apartment, and when I first got my kitten I bought a leash > for her to take her outside. But every time I took her outside, all > she wanted to do was eat the grass and climb under the shrubs; she had > no interest in walking with me and I gave up after seven or eight tries. >Please forgive, but I never understood using a leash on a cat. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >"Dogs have owners....Cats have STAFF." Lol, so true. > You can't take them with you on walks! > Or can you? I do! The ones that want to go anyway :) I live in an apartment so I taught them young to walk on a leash and a harness - except Ivy who is so fascinated with the dog that she just follows her wherever she goes! Dee Stormy h0p Sky >^..^< My Soul and my Inspiration January 1, 1993 - June 10, 2005 Rise up slowly, Angel - It's hard to let you go... I can't even get my cat, Bailey, to go down the hall without a fight. I don't know how I'm gonna get him moved into my new apartment down the hall > I can't even get my cat, Bailey, to go down the hall without a fight. I > don't know how I'm gonna get him moved into my new apartment down the > hall LOL! *My* Bailey would look at me as if to say, "Ya wanna go down the hall? OK, let's go!" The only thing he doesn't like is a late dinner. :-) SignatureWayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬ ____________________________________________ Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day. Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974 |
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