Cat walker

GREAT link! I set it as my desktop. My son will love it. We have a cat that follows my son everywhere. A few minutes after he leaves the house for anywhere, I can count on the door opening and hearing "Mom, watch Sketchy for a minute, OK?" We're not comfortable letting the cat walk around with us because of dogs in the neighborhood and a fairly busy street a few blocks away. You just never know when some sound or smell will set off the "cat" in a cat. Sure wish we had a path to travel like the one in your linked photo!

We had a black cat named when I was a teen. He had adopted us when we were camping one summer. He was a stray and a survivor. I don't think it ever occurred to him that he was a cat and not one of us humans. He would never walk as far as the busy roads, he would turn back, as if he was just seeing a friend off. One day he followed us to an aunts place, came inside and slept and then headed back out the door after us. We got about three quarters of the way home and he sat down and mewed, we carried him the rest of the way. I sure miss that old cat.

3 of mine are leash trained-i started doing that to keep them in grabbing range due to coyotes in the area. but they don't seem to mind.they get excited when i jangle the leash,which means out :)

I tried to take my cat for a walk. He is so afraid of the outside As soon as I step out the door with my cat, he goes crazy and starts flipping out. He loves looking outside and loves when the window is open but wants no part of outside. Even if I hold him. He holds on so tight and shakes. I have only tried it a couple of times. I don't think I will try it again.

I haven't taken a cat for a walk but I have put my rabbit on a leash and harness and taken it for a walk in the back yard. She really seemed to enjoy it and didn't want to go back in.

I've thought about it, but when I think of what would happen if I came across a stray dog, it's not pleasant. I would be afraid for my cat's well being and wouldn't want to put her in a comprimising situation. As different an experience as it would likely be, I would not risk it.

I've never taken my cat for a walk outside. He gets enough excercise running around here, high on catnip and playing with the toys I give him that he doesn't need to go outside. Besides I live right downtown, and if I took him outside it might scare him. He's not used to all of the noise and the people.

That's one I've never tried! We live in the country. One of our cats is an indoor/outdoor cat and she pretty much stays right in our yard. The other one never goes outside... she's a big baby! lol!

I had a cat I used to walk. Most of the time I had to carry her, though. She was the cutest persian cat. I had a red rhinstone studded collar for her with a lease to match. I also took her with me in my car.

I used to have a great cat. Well with few mischiefs :). He "did he thing" on a toilet not in a sandbox :) and loved to walk even in a leash. Also he fell outa 9th floor twice.....no serious injuries. But it's so sad that he get sick so he had to die :( Anyway my cousin has a cat but he just won't walk in a leash. We've tried several times but he just won't get used to it. All he does when in a leash is lie on the ground and won't move.

really?! how do you walk your cat? i get my cat outside but im still holding her... do you have your cat with collar and chains?

I have three cats that I take for walks, but I keep them in the safety of the playground behind my apartment building. It has a fence around it so I don't have to worry about contact with other animals. I use harnesses as they are safer for the cats and they love getting outside. Sometimes they will drag their leashes to me to let me know they want to go out. Our neighbors helped us walk the cats once and had so much fun that they bought harnesses and leashes for their own cats and started doing the same thing.

i can't take my cat for a walk because she is a craven one

I regularly take our big tom cat on walks in the local woods. He loves it. He runs around like crazy and runs up tree trunks. I pick him up to cross the roads to get there.

Looks really good to take the cats out for a walk in a place like that. I used to take a walk with my cat several years ago and he followed me all the way. But we went out when there was no more traffic in the streets where we walked, rather late at night. I live in a small place and it is very quiet in most streets at night.

Cool story! Its hard to believe that they follow her around but they have been doing it since they were 4 months old I guess they are just trained to follow her. Although I don't think cats can be trained.

my son says he wants to get leash this summer and walk the cats. I don't think that I would want to do that myself though. I would imagine they would resist but I am told they can be trained.

When our cats were still young maybe like 1 or 2 yrs old we used to take them on walks. It was not bad and lots of fun for them and us. They didnt like it though not too much. Now a days they have better leashes and such for them. I recall one time we were at the park and it was their birthday. We were letting my cat play on the playground and she ended up going off the side and hanging herself and if I had not been watching she would have choked to deaht. After that we rarely took them out on leashes, havent in years now, and we'd watch them better if we did. My cat is way old though and dont think I'd do that to her anymore.

Thanks for the link. Great pictures and stories, both the walking and the riding cats!

My cat used to love to go for a walk with me. We camped in a place in North Carolina that had a lot of dogs around. I think he knew that if I was with him the dogs wouldn't bother us. He would come and rub my ankles and "ask" for a walk.