Supreme Cat Show

[Reynard]

For all of you Cycle Chat cat fans, it's the Supreme Cat Show on Saturday (19th October) - the cat version of Crufts. Venue is NAEC Stoneleigh. All details about the show can be seen here:

https://www.gccfcats.org/shows-activities/the-supreme/

 

[Drago]

Last night I saw a woman walking a cat in a lead. It was trotting along quite merrily.

 

[Reynard]

Last night I saw a woman walking a cat in a lead. It was trotting along quite merrily.

They can do if happy / trained to do so.

All of my cats have been harness trained save for one, who was feral. When I was a postgrad student, my then cat was indoor only on account of living on a busy road. But he and I used to, weather permitting, take a daily constitutional to the local park. And he would trot quite happily on his lead and harness, and knew that when we needed to cross the road, he would sit and wait at the kerb till it was safe for us to cross.

On the flip side, some cats don't take to a lead and harness at all, and if they don't want to cooperate, then that's how it is. It's all down to the individual cat.

 

[T4tomo]

I imagine if I'd put my cats on a lead they would have thought it was a hilarious game and attacked and chased the lead.

I guess the need to be trained early. They do look quite cute when walking on a lead, I guess its a novelty factor.

 

[Reynard]

I guess the need to be trained early.

Not necessarily. Other than Madam Poppy, all my other cats were acquired as young adults (18 months / 2 years). It's down to aptitude, a trusting relationship and plenty of treats.

 

[Alex321]

Last night I saw a woman walking a cat in a lead. It was trotting along quite merrily.

My mother had a Siamese cat that she used to walk on a lead. She would also take it camping/caravanning with her.