Have you ever trained a cat to walk?

@zeloguy (4911)
United States
January 19, 2007 12:27pm CST
You an walk a cat, but I cannot get my cat to walk with me... why? Have you been able to train your cat to walk?
5 responses
• United States
23 Jan 07
Hi there again...both my cats are leash trained to go on outdoor excursions since we live in a busy city near a major highway. All cats can be trained to walk on leash it comes down to slowly densitizing a cat to get used to wearing a harness and then a leash, etc. Here's a website that shows how to leash train a cat: http://www.peoriahs.org/catleash.html
@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
29 Jan 07
Good plug for your site and good information. Thanks.
• United States
2 Feb 07
Hiyas again...just a note: the website I offered is not mine just one of many on the Internet who offer ways to help train cats to walk on leash.
@pillze (118)
• Romania
19 Jan 07
well,to be honest i never tried to train my cat to walk with me...but why do you want your cat to walk with you? Do you want to take her to a walk,just like people do with dogs? anyway,it's an interesting idea....let me know if you succed in training your cat :)
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@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
29 Jan 07
It is more about it wanting to go outside and play in the grass and me not wanting a knock on the door from the neighbors house or the golf course I live on or some stranger knocking on the door saying 'sorry I just ran over your cat'. Trying to have the best of both worlds for 'Buddy'.
• United States
28 Jan 07
You need to do it on a harness and when they are young. That is how my friend did it with her Siamese. But, you must be very careful that your cat never runs outside, once she is used to it. They don't always come, like a dog will.
@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
29 Jan 07
We have tried the harness and he pretends like it is nothing (he will wear it just fine) but when left alone he can get out of it in 2 seconds flat... (spying on him found that out). His territory has not spread too far past our yard and as long as that is the case (I try to leave the grass high so he can play in it) I am not going to be concerned.
@kepocie (23)
• Malaysia
30 Jan 07
i failed to train my cat to walk together with me..but it enough for me when each time i call her name or using the word 'come, don't, run,sit' she give a good action toward this words..
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
31 Jan 07
Yes, I use a harness, and it takes a couple of days. Never pull on the harness but entice the cat to walk by holding something in front of it to go for. (like dangling a carrot in front of a horse).