Inspire Creativity

Hit the ball, drag the Cat

Posted by kevin Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:29:26 GMT

I did it! My wife said it couldn’t be done, but I take our cat (Bailey) on walks. He has a harness I got him used to over a long time, and a leash.

OK, so it’s more that he walks me. But still, we’re outside!

It only occurred to me after the two week training process that I could have just picked him up and walked around outside and it would have been much easier. Oh well.

It goes like this: I pick him up, and carry him outside. Sometimes when I open the door, he runs down to the outer door. Sometimes he’s less excited. We walk down the steps to our house, and I set him down. He starts crawling, sniffs a bit, then stops. I wait 5 minutes, then pick him up, walk down the street again and repeat. Sometimes he tries to throw himself into a bush or under a house. But then he gets frozen again.

Animals are weird. If only they could talk, we could understand them as well as we understand people. Hmm, maybe that wouldn’t be such a big help :)