A Michael Broad Blog
You’ll see a lot of speculation on why adult cats can flop over when they are first placed in a harness. The Catster website claims that it is a reaction to being ‘grabbed by a predator’. I disagree. It does not make sense as cats, if possible, very strongly defend themselves with their formidable …
You might have been thinking about leash training your cat. You might have been thinking about it for a long time but have been put off by the difficulties. And there are some difficulties. The biggest difficulty is that it requires a lot of patience. However, the need to leash train your cat is …
In these charming videos and photographs of a couple of celebrity travelling tabby cats in Japan, we see them walking on a leash very effectively. I have noticed that the harness for the lead does not hug or press against the body. The harness goes around the neck and under the front leg armpits. …
Cat harnesses are meant to allow cat guardians to walk with their cats but often they immobilise them. In this article I set out my reason why a harness immobilised the cat in the video and how I think the problem can be fixed. Some cats are affected more than others and some might …
This article is about the potential benefit of getting your cat to accept a harness and lead. Cat owners are never going to walk around the neighbourhood with their domestic cat on a lead as if they were dogs. If you have taken your cat out on a lead and harness you’ll understand why; …
There may be a bit of a trend developing amongst cat owners (cat guardians) regarding walking your cat on a leash. The Times newspaper says that the champion of a growing American movement with the hashtag #catwalking has called on cat owners to treat their pets more like dogs. This person, the champion of …
Here’s your chance to let your mind rest and wander to a far off place where there is a fine looking Siamese cat on a boat, on a lake with majestic mountains as a backdrop. This is probably best watched having drunk a glass of wine 🙂 . The clear blue water is glacial. …
What do you consider to be the most important information on your cat’s ID tag? How is the information laid out? What do you leave off? Some cats do not accept a tag on a collar and therefore you can put the tag on a harness. Sandy (a regular visitor to this site) writes …
