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post #1 of 8
10/9/11 at 2:50pm
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I have 4 cats, all go outside with a fenced yard and 3 cats never leave the yard, but 1 cat does and is gone for hours. I bought her a break away collar and id badge, 2 days later she comes home with no collar! My Father in law, and my neighbor tether their cat and it seems the cats are content. Any opinion? Linda
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post #2 of 8
10/9/11 at 4:14pm
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Originally Posted by lmj1954 View Post
I have 4 cats, all go outside with a fenced yard and 3 cats never leave the yard, but 1 cat does and is gone for hours. I bought her a break away collar and id badge, 2 days later she comes home with no collar! My Father in law, and my neighbor tether their cat and it seems the cats are content. Any opinion? Linda
By tether, do you mean tie/chain the cat up outside like a dog? If so, I would NEVER ever do that! I have seen and heard of too many cats dying via strangulation.
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post #3 of 8
10/9/11 at 4:59pm
If you're out in the yard with them, and just use the tether to keep the cat from dashing off, I think it can work. But tethering unattended is far too dangerous, IMO. Anything could happen.
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post #4 of 8
10/9/11 at 5:57pm
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A pole is mounted in the middle of the yard, the cat has on a collar or harness with room to move around. I plan on this senerio while I am in the back yard with her as I do things in the yard instead of taking her outside priveleges away she has been use to.
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post #5 of 8
10/9/11 at 6:20pm
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A pole is mounted in the middle of the yard, the cat has on a collar or harness with room to move around. I plan on this senerio while I am in the back yard with her as I do things in the yard instead of taking her outside priveleges away she has been use to.
Just please closely supervise her, when doing what you described above . I have heard horror stories of cats getting injured and killed even with a harness, tie out, and owner present.

I am not normally an alarmist, in my humble opinion. But in this case I am. I admittedly jumped the gun. As well as misunderstanding your intentions.

I could see your idea working, just please monitor her closely.
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post #6 of 8
10/10/11 at 12:59am
Just wondering if you tried training your cat to come when called? Or at least make a particular sound which he responds to?
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post #7 of 8
10/10/11 at 6:41pm
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Lulu will come if I called for her, or shake a bowl of kibbles or say "Hungry, want to eat?", problem is she is mostly out of earshot because she has taken to wandering down the alley, and I am concrened because she diappears way too long, I am not use to that, my other 3 cats plain don`t leave the yard! So that is when I decided a good harness and her being tethered only while I am right outside would be a solution to her getting fresh air and being safe which would make me feel much more comfortable...we do not live on a busy street, but I know at the very end of the long alley is a very busy street, and also many big neighbor dogs in back yards as well. Linda H.
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post #8 of 8
10/11/11 at 5:03pm
If you're out there it should be fine but only if you're watching... I sometimes take one of the cats outside on a harness when I am working in the garden but I hold onto the leash. I've had cats get out of a harness before (luckily it happened while inside the house) so I would be careful not to leave her unattended.
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