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What is all this Leash Stuff?
Leonard Dieguez
http://savannahcatblog.blogspot.com
Training Your Cat to Walk on a Leash
Your new Savannah Kitten is interested in what is the “great outdoors”,
what should you do? Under no circumstances should you ever let you kitty
wonder outside unsupervised. I would even go a step further that he
should not go outside without a leash and harness.
Savannahs can easily be trained to walk on a leash. What are your
expectations of the cat on a leash? More than anything it takes time and
patience. If the cat is more persistent than you are then the cat wins.
A cat on a leash is more like the cat walking you, and if the cat does
not want to walk you don’t walk, especially at first.
Training your cat to walk is really something you can do and develop that relationship between you and your cat. Sometimes it is about the cats trust in you.
Start buy having your cat wear the walking jacket to get used to it.
With a leash attached then go to the back/front yard let them lead or go
where they want. They will probably just sniff around some flowers or
munch on grass. Try not to constantly pull on the leash. This needs to
be a pleasurable experience. If your cat does not like the time on the
leash then the cat will probably not want to be on it. If this is the
case then what you have is a cat that wants to be outside without a
leash.
Cats in general do not want to be out in the open if they are in new places. Many times they want to be near or in shrubs bushes or weeds. Getting them to walk on the side walks sometimes is hard because of this. If you have a very confident cat then it is not so much a problem. After the cat is trained and is used to the "sidewalk" they will normally walk on it without complaining.
You can see this in some of my videos on at: www.youtube.com/lifeatthesharpend
Leonard Dieguez (lifeatthesharpend)