Kitten walks on leash like a dog; takes day trip to Princes Islands

Casper is a 9-week old rescued Turkish street cat, and is shown here in the Premier CWMK harness. Casper demonstrates the harness on a trip to Buyukada, an island off the coast of Istanbul.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• CWMK
• Premier
• cat
• kitten
• walking
• on
• leash
• harness
• Istanbul
• Turkey

[k9shrink]

That's Allison Krauss and Union Station, "Rain Please Go Away" from the album "Lonely Runs Both Ways." I'm not normally a country fan, but somebody gave me the CD and I love that particular song.  A nice jaunty tune for a kitty walk. :-)

[k9shrink]

I don't think starting as a kitten helped. He walked great from about 7-10 weeks (as shown here). After that, he balked, freaked out, panicked, tried to hide under bushes, and reacted to every sound. I spent about a year trying to lure with food (too stressed to eat outdoors), and finally just GENTLY "dragging" him around the block once a day in hopes he'd get used to it. He finally did, and since about 18 mos., I can take him on known, local walks and he walks as in the video.

[k9shrink]

Great! I have some recommendations, which I'll put in the next comment.

[woohooinwonderland]

Love the music! Who's the artist, and what's the name of the song??

[chichirinuriko20]

That looks cool. I wish Misa was a kitten. They seem to be a lot easier on the harness than adult cats. My cat is starting to get use to her, but she is having a big problem of outside.

[thrice3muses]

great video!! i'm going to train my kitten with a harness too!