I got a harness yesterday for our 9 month old kitty which she's fairly comfortable with wearing.
I just took her for her first outing - she sat on our doorstep, and we explored the little garden 1 metre away from our doorstep
The harness kept slipping around to the side - will harnesses always do this or is it just too loose?
I'm also trying to decide whether going outside will be good for her. She's an inside cat, and while she never really tries to get outside when the door's open, she loves watching outside. We live in a townhouse complex, which has lots of little garden areas, and my plan was to let her have harnessed explorations of the gardens on a fairly regular basis.
The only thing is that she's scared of cars. She was in a car accident 6 weeks ago, and when she's inside and sees a car go by, her eyes go wide and she watches it intently (can't blame the poor little thing). A car came by while we were outside (on the little roads in the complex, not an actual street), and she freaked out a bit, and I brought her inside straight away. She immediately rolled over and started purring, so I don't think she was too traumatised by it (I think I was more traumatised than her...). Should I just stick to the doorstep for a while to let her get used to cars coming by, should I carry her to an area where there's no cars, or would it be better for her to just not go outside?
I just took her for her first outing - she sat on our doorstep, and we explored the little garden 1 metre away from our doorstep
The harness kept slipping around to the side - will harnesses always do this or is it just too loose?
I'm also trying to decide whether going outside will be good for her. She's an inside cat, and while she never really tries to get outside when the door's open, she loves watching outside. We live in a townhouse complex, which has lots of little garden areas, and my plan was to let her have harnessed explorations of the gardens on a fairly regular basis.
The only thing is that she's scared of cars. She was in a car accident 6 weeks ago, and when she's inside and sees a car go by, her eyes go wide and she watches it intently (can't blame the poor little thing). A car came by while we were outside (on the little roads in the complex, not an actual street), and she freaked out a bit, and I brought her inside straight away. She immediately rolled over and started purring, so I don't think she was too traumatised by it (I think I was more traumatised than her...). Should I just stick to the doorstep for a while to let her get used to cars coming by, should I carry her to an area where there's no cars, or would it be better for her to just not go outside?