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arfie
arfie

with the many, many sibs-in-healing who use cats as emotional support, i've championed the cause of training cats to travel with you as you roust about you business more than once. the convo typically ends with the snub of, "yup, your a dog person." i truly think of myself as a "critter person," but ? ? ? i can take a hint. time to change the subject.


i ran into this fellow and his curious shopping companion at walmart yesterday. it was one of the bestest convos of my life. he agrees with me, so how could the convo be bad? my personal favorite definition of genius is, "he agrees with me." he tells me this lovely young lady is his star pupil, but he has several other cats in training.


anybody else impressed? inspired? 


shame on me that i didn't get their names. . .


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lilmissy7
lilmissy7
That’s awesome
I love it :)
lilmissy7
lilmissy7
When I first rescued Baby I bought him a little harness like this kitty has here & then though “is that weird, am I just used to having dogs in past & cats don’t use em?” But I saved it & still have it in my closet, so it cool seeing these guys using one, maybe me & Baby will do it one day.

This was an inspiring & cool post, gracias for sharing it
Big hug <3
arfie
arfie
this is only the second leash trained cat i've met and both were exceptional cats. the first was a neighbor who walked with his cat daily and often stopped to visit me in my garden. i always welcomed the visit.
HandwashGirl
HandwashGirl
I also take my cat outside on a leash :D
arfie
arfie
yay! ! ! a third cat trainer heard from! ! !
the avant garde?
Jenniferswe
Jenniferswe
I tried to harness train my cat but he wasn't having it. Cat training is a good idea, though.

The cat in the pic looks like a Russian Blue I used to have.
arfie
arfie
when i first noticed this dynamic duo in the cat food aisle, the cat was perched on her person's shoulder, looking like she was reading the labels with him.

i don't know cats well, but almost all of my animals will reject the unfamiliar, at first. resistance to change is a common ?universal? theme in nature. when my dogs and donkeys object to their newest gear because it is unfamiliar, i get them used to it a little at a time.
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