Merlin Learns To Walk......

After an inside trial at walking Merlin on a leash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2HrBA6Nmv8

Slowly he learns to walk and explore the outdoors.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Merlin
• venniey
• orange
• cat
• FIV
• positive
• rescue

[murfra]

What a handsome boy! My orange kitty drops and rolls like that too!

[venniey]

@murfra Oh thank you! I thought that Merlin rolled so much because of the feel around his body, but he still does it, in the dirt and in the sun. A feel good sort of movement.

[sxasher2]

Oh my! Merlin, how did you manage to climb that tree with a leash? If your human keeps that up, you may start barking like a doggie! Two paws up and HAPPY NEW YEAR! from your friend Harley Dog :-)

[venniey]

@sxasher2 Thanks for watching. The only thing holding Merlin back is that leash. One needs to be on their toes so he does get somewhere he can't be removed from.

We would let him be an outdoor cat during the day but he has FIV. Same with inside. I don't think he would bite my indoor cats, but he is very muscular and was semi feral once, we think, i have older cats...so he is a harness walked cat for now.

[hanssue]

You cannot watch this and not smile. Well done. Big grin on my face. Thanks for sending it to me - and Jay says thank you and he hopes Merlin learns to love the leash as much as he does. Jay even runs up trees (at least as far as the leash will let him!)

[venniey]

@hanssue My newest video posted Feb 11, has a shot of Merlin leaping into a tree.

He is a large cat like Jay and very strong. Thanks so much for enjoying Merlin and commenting.

Hi Jay, you very handsome boy. I really enjoyed seeing videos of him with his LOOOONG ear tuffs. Very impressive. You must love him so. Lucky.

[venniey]

@celinne700 We don't do Fox in this house. We is liberals, at least I really am!!

Lots of Animal Planet and sports.

[celinne700]

@venniey That sounds like a great idea. I look forward to seeing the two sides of Merlin and observing his reactions, attitudes and leanings. And it's a relief to know he doesn't drool on Anderson Cooper but make sure he isn't fixated on Fox's Bill O'Reilly. I know that Canada's PM Harper loves cats so maybe he might be a good one for Merlin to follow on tv.

[venniey]

@celinne700 LOL Well, he was neutered first thing as soon as I got my hands on him, so any male cat behavior is extinguishing. We control the remote....so far, so he has to hear or see what we put on.

He is really interested in bird action and wants to climb trees in the worse way. We are getting him a TALL cat tree for him to climb in the garage.

He is very food driven. He loves to play with toys and handheld wands etc, so we do that a lot with him. I am considering a Hoss/Merlin video.

[celinne700]

@venniey Lordie no! Has he been watching 'Jersey Shore' and 'The Young and Restless' again while munching on cheese sticks and drinking beer? Does he show more interest in the tv remote controller than he does in birds? Has he lost all interest in girl cat hotties and drools on CNN's Anderson Cooper instead? If you've answered yes, then Hoss might be taking over from Merlin.