But not if its raining of course.
She has a run set up and now that she has learned how much range she has it is the highlight of her day.
Sunshine makes her eyes glow. ❤️
Me and Yuzu have been going for public walks since she was six months old. She's a rescue and used to be an outdoor cat until she was taken by the humane society.
She absolutely loves the trails, shes a confident and curious cat that needs to inspect every little bit of the forest whenever we go.
But she does have one tiny problem. Whenever people emerge and are walking towards us, she absolutely bolts in the other direction. She has a harness, leash, and cat pack, so this isn't a huge problem, its mostly an inconvenience. When someone shows up, she runs, I grab her and put her in her catpack where shes calm, and then she just hops out once they're gone.
After they leave, its like nothing ever happened. But nonetheless I can tell the situation stresses her out in the moment. Whenever shes in the catpack, and someone asks to pet her, she lets it happen and is very affectionate. She hasn't had a ton of those experiences, but she has been very friendly, and not at all shy when meeting new people. It's more so her seeing someone from a distance approaching that scares her.
Does anyone have experience with this? she's seriously the most confident cat ive ever had. Things i expect her to be afraid of just don't seem to scare her, but this one thing does.
TLDR: My cat is a confident kitty, and isnt scared meeting strangers, but when someone she doesnt know is approaching from far away, she gets terrified.
edit: i forgot to add, her birthday was Sunday and she just turned a year old, she is still somewhat new to being in public and around people. I keep it as consistent as possible.
hey all! brand spankin' new here. i just put down my senior FIV+ cat, Moonpie on Sunday. he was strictly indoors, no outside time under any circumstances due to a multitude of conditions on top of his compromised immune system. well, the cat distribution system came for me literally the next day and dropped off Tiramisu. She came from a pretty rough background, so I want to approach her training with care (and lots of treats and positive reinforcement, of course).
But...how does one train and motivate their kitten into an adventure cat?
I want to clarify something strictly before continuing: She will ONLY be outside when I am riding my single speed bike with her. I live downtown in a mid-sized city, but I could take her to a few different places to train. When I imagine it in my head, she would be riding in a backpack, but I have read a few posts on here suggesting she ride first on shoulders.
I am taking her for a full vet exam in about a week, and once she has been on parasite preventative/been cleared in regards to physical health, I will be buying a harness, leash, and eventually a backpack.
My family, while loving animals, were not very smart with them. They also primarily owned dogs, and Moonpie was my first non-family/adult pet. So any articles, videos, links, WHATEVER YOU GOT that will help me make her ride-ready would be greatly appreciated. step-by-step guides, where to start, product recs, all of it. General cat info is also greatly appreciated!
First pic is Tiramisu, second pic is her predecessor Moonpie who taught me the love of cats.
(Safety check: microchipped, fenced-in yard, no predator birds in my area + tree protection, not a runner, recall trained AND leash trained, always in my eyesight and within 5 feet, fully vaccinated, on flea and tick prevention, pet safe bug spray applied, not allowed to put anything in his mouth, short session, and thoroughly cleaned immediately after)
(Seal point bicolor ragdoll)
Finally got a real camera and wanted to mess around a little with it! Didn’t worry about framing or anything, just wanted to capture him having fun. I want to set up an actual indoor photoshoot with him soon.
Im about to get a 2 month male ragdoll
Would very much like to train him to walk on a leash on the street or the park, car ride, train ride...
Is there a guide or course or someone that can step by step direct me on how to do that?
I dont mean harness and carrier, that i know. But troubleshooting of situations
For example, another cat i have, pees on himself everytime something scare him, and that happen alot when we are outside. He is also trying to run away instead of finding refuge in the carrier.
I need someone that can guide me through this
Spooky dragged her cat grass half across the patio. Now I gotta sweep! She also has a habit of taking a bite of food, scooching back, CHOMPING, and leaving crumbs on the floor. Messy lil booger
I try to stay patient and let him smell my hand while I gently tell him it’s time to leave, but he still gets worked up and few times he has even started attacking and biting my legs.
I’m not sure why he reacts this way, and I’m wondering if anyone else deals with this. What do you do in that situation? It’s honestly stressful when he switches from sweet to aggressive so fast. For context, the park is only a 5 minute walk from my apartment. I usually carry him there in a shoulder cat bag where he can stick his head and front paws out to watch the road, and then I let him out in the park with his harness on.
This is my sweet but sassy calico cat Boudica who was destined for a life of adventure.
First, she worked with me at a wilderness therapy drug rehab center, then we lived regular house-life for a few years with frequent leash walks around the yard.
Now, we’ve been living in a van for over 3 years!
These days, I only put her on a leash when I must (e.g. when it’s required in National Parks). Other than that, she wears a collar with an AirTag and seems to understand where camp is, that the van is home, and that staying with mama = safety.
I can’t believe she’s been my best bud for almost a decade now—longer than most people I know! So I thought I’d share with yall. :)
Hey guys,
I learned a couple weeks ago that my aunts cat just had kittens (last picture) and since im moving into my first real apartment (not a shoebox I mean) right after they’re gonna be weened, it means that I’ll get to adopt of of them 🥹🥹❤️
Since my excitement energy had to go somewhere, I started learning everything I could on (adventure) cats. I would love for my first baby to go sniff grass in the park, chase birds and hopefully go on small hikes in the nearby mountains.
I would like you guys to tell me if the gear I plan to buy is suited for a 4-5 months old kitten.
I live in France so if you have any recommendations from pet stores I’m open to them.
I’m especially worried about the harness (size and mobility wise)
Also for the autoscooper, has any one had it for a long time ? Is it durable despite the low price ?
Carrier: https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B08GQS4BRQ/ref=sw_img_1?smid=&th=1
Brush: https://amzn.eu/d/07CeO9EG
Automatic cat litter: https://petpivot.com/products/autoscooper-12-lite-automatic-cat-litter-box
Leash: https://amzn.eu/d/05u7IbT2
Harness: https://amzn.eu/d/0j1icfyj
someone’s getting more confident outside!! Just exploring the backyard today since we finally had some nice weather where I am
This is not for the people who have negative opinions on taking your cat outside!
So Otje obviously has been in a car before, when she stayed with my mother in law when we went on vacation, for example. Or when we adopted her. But it has always been in her enclosed carrier. Our vet is around the corner, so no traumatic experiences in the car, for anyone wondering 😅
We also leash trained her from a young age, so we could take her for walks and stuff. Now we reaaally would love to take her on camping trips, so that we have more vacation options where we don’t have to leave her with someone. She loves the outdoors so we figured she would like that.
So we decided to ease her into it and take her for a short car ride with her harness on. She was very curious, but yowled a bit the first 15 minutes (when we started the car, we didn’t start driving yet for the first 30 minutes to get her used to the smell and sounds). We then drove for about 7 minutes to a little grass field where we could get out and take a little walk and she acted like normal: chewed on some grass, meowed at trees and looked at birds and insects. Overall it was a positive experience, with the normal nerves I expected her to have.
Next time we are planning on taking her on a longer ride for a longer walk. I do have some questions/worries that we need to fix before we can even think of taking her out camping:
How do we make the car her “safe space”? If we are gonna be out somewhere in a strange environment, the car should be the place she wants to return to in situations where she’s uncomfortable.
The pee/poo situation. Our cat is obviously litter trained and she has never peed or pooped outside of the house. Do you reckon this happens naturally or do we need to train her in a way? Obviously on a trip we would be taking a travel litter box.
Walking! As I mentioned, she loves being outside. But my cat is not that much of a walker. In some cases she does walk, in others she just hangs around one bush or tree and that’s gonna be it for the day. If she wasn’t on a leash she would probably jump on things and run a bit more, but I don’t think that’s safe. If we are able to take longer walks, she sometimes does actually walk along so it’s very inconsistent. I’m aware not all cats are the same and it’s different than walking a dog, but she’s incredibly smart and I feel like we could be able to teach her. I just don’t know how.
Car ride shenanigans: what do we bring on car rides other than a blanket or sleeping basket, food, treats and water? Any products that could come in handy? And to refer back to the pee/poo situation, how many times should we make sanitary stops?
Meet Silas! He's a 4 months old birman and super curious and brave.
The reason I'm training him to be adventurous, is because my family lives across the country and we'll have to visit for Christmas. I also don't have a car, so transportation will be by train, bycykel and maybe airplane. Also, I love the outdoors and would love to share it with him!
I got him at 3 and a half months old, and we are having great success with going out for small walks in a cat backpack, and we are now beginning to explore in a harness.
I would like to ask all of you experienced adventure cat owners, how you have trained your cats and handled different situations:
For now we have walked by a somewhat calm road and watched cars go by with success.
How did you guys go about your training?
Does anyone have any experience training this?
Usually when he's in the backpack and I'm walking I'm giving him treats from time to time, but it would be difficult when on a bike.
He really enjoys exploring outside in his harness, but even though he always comes to me when I call for him at home, he is too distracted when outside when I call him. What to do? Also if there are other cats or dogs walking around, I'd like to get him in the backpack quickly. Or let him jump on my shoulder (he likes this too), but how do you train this, if he listens when we are inside but not when we are outside?
Did you do anything to prepare for traveling to another place and sleeping in a new apartment/hotel?
Should I train him to use a litterbox when we're out on a trip to prepare for traveling by train? We'll have to travel 6 hours by train to visit family.
Hi! I’m getting a kitten in a couple months. He’ll be just old enough to come home and I hear a lot about how there’s a window to introduce them to new stuff.
At the same time I’ve been doing research land I found OutdoorBengal/Albert and Mia. I was watching the video on introducing the clicker and also the I think second video about training with a finger/pointing.
I guess I’m confused because I’m not sure how/where to start? Introducing new travel stuff in the first few months or just clicker training or can I do both at different times in the day? Would that confuse the poor dear or be enriching? I’m not really sure?
Sorry if it’s obvious I’ve never done anything like this before and also it doesn’t seem to come naturally to me (idk I’m hoping that when he gets here things will start to click)?
Note: the lady I’m getting my new buddy from offers harness exposure beforehand and also carrier exposure (and agreed to do so for me) so he’ll likely already be at least okay with those? If that helps any advice given?
Thanks for any advice!
My girl is just over a year old. She actually purrs when I put the harness on, so no issue there. I live in a small condo complex so we do short walks around the complex. She takes a while to warm up but will usually be happy for 20-30 min. Then she wants to go in, usually because she hears street or people noises.
The issue is that once we get back in she wants to go back out and pitches a fit about it. She yowls, paws at the door, looks at me like I'm a monster, etc. I ignore her but the yowling is pretty annoying.
When I take her out I usually put the harness and leash on and carry her out the door. I'm wondering if I should put her in a carrier and not let her paws touch ground until we're further away. The other thought was to do walks where she stays in the carrier but gets to smell the fresh air. Another option is to put her in a dog crate outside (mini catio). I've tried hooking her leash to something stationary but she doesn't like that and tangles herself up.
What I'd love is for her to be able to sit outside and enjoy being in the yard with me without going full teenage drama queen when we go back in.