Haiku the Ragdoll Cat walking with a harness and lead for the first time

Haiku's first walk on a harness and I think he did pretty good! Ok, so he wanted to follow my other cat into the neighbours garden and subsequently ended up being pulled away to the side lol
Haiku is a young Flame Point Ragdoll tom - 1.5 years old. He's an indoor cat and only gets out in the back garden, so this is his best shot at seeing the neighbours lol

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[TenseiCat]

how did you get your cat to walk on the leash? my ragdolls are way too scared when i tried to do this with them

[prettyh8masheen]

@TenseiCat He was hopeless on traditional style cat harnesses, he'd just flop and refuse to move. This one seems to be less restricting and he's fine in it :)

But he's a house cat and when he's outdoors he does get scared when we come across anyone / anything. The only thing he doesnt want to run from is birds! lol.

Unfortunately though, when he gets scared he tends to use anger as his defense, usually on me! ... so I tend to take him out late on, with less people around.

[BlueonGoldZ]

Gorgeous cat and I'm thinking about getting something similar for my cat. Funny how I could tell this was the UK by the color of the pavement (Brit living in the U.S.)

[prettyh8masheen]

@BlueonGoldZ Lol yeah scotland, where potholes are the norm!

[Mar6ijke]

do you never have troubles with him escaping?

[prettyh8masheen]

@Mar6ijke No he has never escaped the harness, it has a neck strap on top of the velcro harness so its pretty secure as long as you fit it right.

[prettyh8masheen]

@MsFluffle I cant recall the exact make, I remember it was ordered in from a german company by my local pet store, around £13. You can find many similar ones online though (namely a large auction site) often under the name of a cat jacket / vest harness.

This is the only harness he's ever been ok with, the rest he just flopped lol. It has velcro closing under his belly and around his neck, with an extra buckled strap around his neck just incase. The lead is stretchy too so limited harsh pulling

[MsFluffle]

What harness was used?

[prettyh8masheen]

@chichirinuriko20

lol he is calm on the lead, until he meets another cat or dog..... or frog.

He's a funny little thing, walks alongside you, responding to your voice commands like a dog.

[chichirinuriko20]

So pretty. :D He seems very calm. :D