when we put a harness on TC, we got instant flat cat.

I can totally see Bubba doing that

Lee, you should be prepared; when we put a harness on TC, we got instant flat cat. He would belly-crawl around the floor and *would not* stand up and walk while the harness was on. Put the leash on him and he became immovable, unless we wanted to drag him like dead weight. We never got as far as outside because he was so miserable in the harness and leash, and he hated outside.

Hah. That's what happened when I tried to use a leash to retrieve our 20-lb bruiser from the people seven or eight blocks away who had found our "lost" cat. I ended up schlepping him over my shoulder for about a block until we were out of sight and then letting him go his merry way before it ended in hernias and bloodshed.

I tried taking Leo the Cat outside on a harness. I discovered that he can turn to liquid and slip out of a harness faster than I can yell "No!" and grab him. He will not wear a collar; he has neck issues. So after a couple delightful forays into the great outdoors, he slipped his harness and ran into the street, I nearly had a heart attack, ran and grabbed him, and he's never been allowed outside again. That's not to say he doesn't GO outside. As careful as I can be, he will still sometimes slip between my legs as I open the door and run for it. Mostly he just stops to eat grass, sometimes he ducks under the pine trees where I have trouble getting him.

Frankly, I regret ever introducing him to the outdoors. He'd been content to be an inside cat until he learned about Outside, and now he wants out and can't go.

Timelies all!

Started my new job today. Sounds like they'll keep me busy, which is a good thing.

Also, I have a loaner/rental car.It's a Yaris. Woo hoo.

Yay new job, Sheryl.

ita, thanks--the sudafed seems to have taken a bit of effect. Which I dislike, because that means I'm sick or something, and that I need to go buy more (which is such a process--damn you, meth addicts!).

I have to admit, I laughed my ass off at Pancake!Cat when my roommate tried to take hers outside on the leash. He disliked the harness and hid under her bed for quite a while when it first went on, but luckily he's more a fan of limpness and meowing, rather than fighting.

Thanks for the links, ita ! Did I mention we're over 2800 followers??

Hey, Minnesota passed marriage equality! Yay Minnesota!

I discovered that he can turn to liquid and slip out of a harness faster than I can yell "No!" and grab him.

That was Dread Beastie's trick, too. We've thought about trying to harness-train Vlad and Erzabet, but they're too big and rambunctious. I have a horrifying vision of Vlad really liking Outside and knocking out window screens so he can get Out.

(Seriously, Vlad is HUGE. Just turned two, is bigger than Tzepesh ever was, and is almost the same size Beastie was. We grow giant cats, apparently.)

Leo is not a small cat. He did once shove a screen out of an open window and escape. I didn't know it for hours. He discovered skunk juice on that excursion. Now windows don't stay open more than a cat's head width unless I'm in the room! He hasn't tried that trick again though. Guess the skunk learnt him a lesson.

eta a Lesson, dammit, Samsung keyboard.

congratulations, Sheryl!

So, this happened tonight at dinner: [link] Sprog. We are in so much trouble.