Hi,
Our Angel sneaks outside allot again now that it is nice out. She used to stay in our yard but now she is going farther from home. We live in town right on a busy street and I am real worried that one night she will not show up. The other night I went out and called her and I see her running back home down the sidewalk from the old school next to us.
I bought a hot pink collar for her last year with a tiny rattle on it, I thought it would make her more visible and let people know she is someone's pet, but on the other hand I am worried about her getting stuck someplace because of the collar catching on a fence or something like that. The collar is a buckle type with a part that can stretch but it don't have a pressure release like some collars do I have seen. I have a snap together one here also but it is dark blue so it won't stand out at night.
It scares me to think about finding her run over in the road or get attacked by a dog or something, she is real smart and careful when she goes out, she seems to have the "street smarts" of a cat that has lived outside, but like I said I am always afraid one night she will not come running when I call her and will never see her again.
I don't know what to do, should I put the pink collar on her or not? She won't like the collar at first I am sure. My other option is using Tuffy's harness and letting her outside tied up so she can be outside but not run off. The kids had a harness on her when she was younger and took her outside on a leash so she has worn a harness before.
Tom
Our Angel sneaks outside allot again now that it is nice out. She used to stay in our yard but now she is going farther from home. We live in town right on a busy street and I am real worried that one night she will not show up. The other night I went out and called her and I see her running back home down the sidewalk from the old school next to us.
I bought a hot pink collar for her last year with a tiny rattle on it, I thought it would make her more visible and let people know she is someone's pet, but on the other hand I am worried about her getting stuck someplace because of the collar catching on a fence or something like that. The collar is a buckle type with a part that can stretch but it don't have a pressure release like some collars do I have seen. I have a snap together one here also but it is dark blue so it won't stand out at night.
It scares me to think about finding her run over in the road or get attacked by a dog or something, she is real smart and careful when she goes out, she seems to have the "street smarts" of a cat that has lived outside, but like I said I am always afraid one night she will not come running when I call her and will never see her again.
I don't know what to do, should I put the pink collar on her or not? She won't like the collar at first I am sure. My other option is using Tuffy's harness and letting her outside tied up so she can be outside but not run off. The kids had a harness on her when she was younger and took her outside on a leash so she has worn a harness before.
Tom