My neighbor walks his cat with a leash.

[Kire]

Is this normal?

[Left Is Write]

1. The cat puts up with that?

[RevCheesehead]

2. Look closer

I'm sure the cat is walking your neighbor.

[DS1]

3. That's really kind of weird

I drive my cat to matcom's house, and throw him half-dead songbirds for breakfast - and hold a microphone to the carcass so the sound of crunching runs through my thousand amp car stereo system.

[AussieDave]

4. My brother does that with one of his cats

it looks strange but if the cat doesn't object, who are we to question it ??

[Pithlet]

5. I think if you start young

it's possible to leash train some cats. I've never attempted it, though.

[survivor999]

6. That is strange.

Never seen that before.

[Kire]

7. well, that was it

that was my 7000th post

I thought I was watching it carefully.

[Wcross]

8. Normal? No way!

I can't get my farm dogs to take a leash- this dude has a cat on a rope? Abnormal cat to be sure. Dude never saw the cat/human contract I guess.

[SoCalDem]

9. There are abnormal cats around..

Marvin drapes himself over my shoulder and I can walk all over the house with him just dangling there like a dead cat.. He can't be comfortable, but when he's in the same room as I am, he's draped over my left shoulder..He would walk on a leash if i asked him to :)

[barb162]

12. One of my cats likes to be on my shoulder too; I think it has to do

with being high up when you're walking around and a new view of the place

[Arugula Latte]

15. I've got a shoulder kitty too.

It HAS to be the left shoulder, according to his standards.

[Arugula Latte]

17. self-delete

[Arugula Latte]

18. It's not abnormal. Many do it.

It allows the kitty to go outside and get some exercise and fresh air, but in a supervised way. The human can make sure a dog or car doesn't get said kitty.

My friends walk their cats on leashes.

I tried to leash break my two a long time ago when they were kittens. One freaked out and slipped the harness so I gave up.

[barb162]

19. ooooh, those are the real bad pussycats, aren't they.

My tortie likes shoulder rides and if Idon't do it just right for her taste, she gives me a very quiet long meow until I get it right. When I get it right she purrs.

[Arugula Latte]

22. Yep, they know how to train us, don't they?

They are much more successful in training us than we are in training them. LOL!

[Wcross]

14. Marvin is a strange cat.

I have two cats. They are twin brothers and it is hard to really tell one from the other. Their names are Chairman Meow and Flea Taxi.
Flea and the Chairman would never ride around on my shoulder. They do like to mess with their six dog roomie's though!

[SoCalDem]

24. Those two are identical !!

Even though I have none now, Stripey cats have always been my favorites:) Cute boys!

[Kingshakabobo]

35. Would that be Chairman Meow? I knew this board was full of commies..

:)

[barb162]

10. No but a neighbor of mine does it. Her cat loves it

I have tried it with my cats and it doesn't work. I think if you start them as kittens doing it it may work for some of them. But my adults, you put a harness on them and they think you're trying to kill them.

[Iris]

11. Is letting your cat out alone to catch baby squirrels and deposit them on

your neighbors deck normal?

Well, yeah, I guess it is - or at least natural!

But if you have neighbors, it might be best to train your cat on a leash.

[hyphenate]

13. Sure--

lots of them tolerate a lead. I keep thinking that Oliver might like it since he wants to go out so desperately.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

16. my sister does also...and the cat is fine with it......you see....

she lives on a busy road and when the cat wants to go out, the cat fetches the harness and brings it to my sister. it is a riot and people stare but the cat loves it and does not get run over and turn into road-pizza

[barb162]

20. good. That's a smart kitty

[LisaL]

21. Yes, it's normal.

[dajoki]

23. my wife walks our cat with a leash also

:hi:

[LynneSin]

25. Abbott loves his leash but doesn't really walk much with it

He just likes the idea of going outside

[kick-ass-bob]

26. Some people can get cats used to walking on a leash.

I, however, am not one of those people.

[Az]

27. Its been known to happen

[zanne]

28. I bet the other cats are laughing at him. n/t

[Az]

29. Yes they are... here is one of them

[zanne]

30. I love that!

Thanks!

[Mizmoon]

31. My indoor kitty wants out real bad

but we live on a busy street. So I bring her out using the harness. Most of the time she just hunkers in one spot in awe of the universe and there is little actual walking involved.

[texas1928]

32. Our youngest one walked on a leash when she was little.

She went everywhere with me, on that leash.

She won't now but it is because for some reason she despises a collar. We used a harness type thing on her when she used to walk on a leash.

[Bridget Burke]

33. A neighbor bought a pure-bred cat.....

The seller made her promise he would be an inside cat; they do live longer that way. She's leash-trained him (the cat, not the seller) so they can both get exercise.

I think you need to start training them early.

Then there's this option:

[barb162]

40. That photo has a very spoiled kitty in it.

[China_cat]

34. Maybe not normal but it happens

A friend of mine had a huge persian who wore a harness and was tied out in the yard to a doghouse because he'd shredded the inside of the house when they tried to keep him in and killed a couple dogs when he was allowed to roam. He was quite content to be tethered there with enough chain (yes...chain) to allow him to lay on top of the doghouse in the sun, be petted and brushed. He was your 'normal' housecat as long as he wore the harness and was tied. Let him loose and he might as well have been a really mean feral.

[GreenPartyVoter]

36. Both my dad and our neoghbor put their cats in harnesses to go outside

[Butterflies]

37. Yup. One of my cats does it too.

I started him when he was a kitten, and he's a Maine Coon Cat - I was told they tolerate the leash better than most cats. He leads me around mostly.

[Xithras]

38. My cats would climb the leash and tear my hand off if I tried that.

Still, I've met people who've done it. It apparently requires that you start while they're young and be VERY patient about it. Cat's aren't stupid animals, they're just very independent.

One old guy not only had his cats (3 of them!) leash trained, but they NEVER climbed his curtains or clawed his furniture either. He's managed to break just about every bad habit that cat's have.

Interestingly, one of my cats came from a litter from his. That cat, born and raised in that house, is the only cat I have that's never clawed my furniture or curtains either...and I didn't teach it a single thing. It apparently learned from its parents.

[atomic-fly]

39. I've seen that in CentralPark.

I whistle for my cats.