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That's an "H" harness. I tried one on Snickers, and it didn't fit, plus he didn't like it. I also tried a figure 8 harness, and had the same problem. You can buy them for quite a bit less from eBay.
I just ordered the harness and leash in a medium size for my little boy kitten who is 6 months old today. He will have to grow into it. I will let you know. Shipping time is 3 to 6 business days. Liam has so much energy - cannot wait to try it.
Yeah. She freaked the heck out. We were trying to do it very slowly. It was an H harness, and we put it on in the apartment and let her run around to get her use to it. She slinked around as if she had a 10 pound weight on her shoulders. Then we took her out to the hallway in our apartment. More of the slink walking. We eventually took her outside and stood in one spot. Unfortunately, at that moment someone's tire on the road popped or something, but she heard that gunshot sound and she tried to make a break. She did the spiral, twirly thing, fortunately my husband was holding the leash. He grabbed her and held her to his chest, which calms her down. Of course, we took her inside.
Since then we have tried walking her just to the laundry room and back with the leash. She acts like we are murdering her slowly, so we finally gave up. She's just not a leash kitty, lol
could you tell me the brand name of the one you use?
The bungee harness seems like it would be secure, but in all the consumer comments there was one which said it was easy for their cat to slip out.
that scares me. I have recently moved, and would not want kitty to be loose on the outside.
thanks.
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Originally Posted by Pikantari
We take one of our cats out on a harness but it is more like a vest on him. I have not used the one you posted.
The whole idea is that they've got a velcro that fastens more snugly and securely and it's harder for cats to wriggle or "back out" to escape them. I have noticed that when Jackson Galaxy visits a home with a terror of a Bengal or similar, and recommends leash walks, he usually has the cat get into a jacket style harness like these. I trust his expertise on the matter, if I trust anyone's.
I have considered getting one of these myself, but my cat really has little interest in being outside so I haven't bothered.
I use the "Come With Me Kitty" Harness with Tiger. I would recommend spending your money on the Kitty Holster instead. Although "The Come With Me Kitty" harness works well enough, Tiger has slipped out of it, probably by backing out of it. I'm not sure because I looked away for (seriously, only 5 seconds) and I felt the leash go slack and Tiger was jumping over a fence into the neighbors yard.
Inside I was FREAKING, but I talked to him calmly and didn't head straight toward him, as I climbed the fence to pick him up. Thankfully he wasn't difficult to catch.
I can't figure out how to post my videos of Tiger walking in his harness.
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The whole idea is that they've got a velcro that fastens more snugly and securely and it's harder for cats to wriggle or "back out" to escape them. I have noticed that when Jackson Galaxy visits a home with a terror of a Bengal or similar, and recommends leash walks, he usually has the cat get into a jacket style harness like these. I trust his expertise on the matter, if I trust anyone's.
I have considered getting one of these myself, but my cat really has little interest in being outside so I haven't bothered.
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