He wants to go outside, but after 14 years in Brooklyn, he very well knows that he cannot. I relate to his sense of adventure, but I love him too much to simply let him run off into the wild.
He wants to go outside, but after 14 years in Brooklyn, he very well knows that he cannot. I relate to his sense of adventure, but I love him too much to simply let him run off into the wild.
Not all cats take to the leash. I got a harness for Ozzy when he was about 9 months old because he was always trying to sneak out the back door when we would open it to go outside. But the second I put the harness on him, he would always go into “freeze” mode and lay on his belly, despite many attempts at training. So instead, I built him a catio accessible via a pet door. He spends a lot of time out there watching the birds and squirrels and sniffing the air. He still tries to sneak out the door, but I feel less bad about not letting him out.