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Most cats do not like nor readily take to being leash trained but, fear not! It can be done.
Most cats can be leash trained with patience. I have trained both my kitties successfully Make sure you get a harness specially made for cats, collars or dog harnesses are just too easy for kitty to escape.
Step One: Place the harness somewhere where kitty spends a lot of time. By his bed is a good spot. Let him sniff and explore the harness and leash. Don't interfere with this, or praise him for playing with it, just let him be.
Leave the harness there until he is used to it and ignores it. This can take up to several days.
Step Two: Place the harness on kitty just before a meal or treat. Kitty is likely to disapprove of the harness and either refuse to move, or squirm like a crazy kitty. If the harness is the right fit (you should be able to slip two fingers between the kitty and the harness comfortably) just wait for kitty to calm down and get used to the harness. Try distracting kitty with a toy.
Once kitty is comfortable running about the house with his harness on, it's time to move to the next step.
Step Three: Now, it's time to clip the leash to the harness and let kitty drag it about the house on his own. Watch and make sure that the lead doesn't tangle in anything The idea is to let the leash passively drag behind kitty. This can be difficult if you're trying to train two kitties at once, since kitty A will play with kitty B's lead and defeat the idea, and you may skip this step in that case.
Once kitty is unperturbed by the dangling leash, proceed to next step.
Step Four: Now pick up the loop of the leash and follow kitty about the house. This is a great opportunity to teach kitty the word "stay". Walk around after kitty and then stop while saying "stay" or whatever stop command you choose. Say the command calmly and simply stop moving. Kitty may freak out a little on his end of the leash, but if you wait for him to calm and talk reassuringly he'll learn that he's not going anywhere with out you. Don't give in on this one, if he learns that he can convince you to move, he won't accept your authority on this, and it's very important for his safety outdoors to have him stop when necessary.
Once kitty is comfortable stopping at your command, proceed to next step.
Step Five: Now's the time to start dictating kitty's route. In step four, you were simply following kitty wherever he wanted to go. Now you need to start coaxing him to go where you want him to. Start walking in the direction you want to go and give the leash a short, soft tug and say come. If kitty doesn't come, keep coaxing him gently until he does (this is where patience comes into play). When kitty comes to you, give him a favorite treat.
Keep doing this until kitty comes immediately to your side. Then gradually reduce the treat frequency until you only dole out occasional treats (keep praising up though!). Now it's time for step 6.
Step Six: It's FINALLY time to go outside with kitty. At this point, you should have kitty following you about the house on a leash pretty consistently, so it's time to bring leash walking to the great outdoors. Start somewhere quiet like your yard. If like me, you don't have one, try a quiet park where there aren't many dogs (the last thing you need after all this hard work is to have a dog scare your cat into hating walks!)
Once kitty's comfortable in a quite place, you can start venturing out to other more exciting routes.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 15y agoI suggest first that you hold the leash and associate it with a treat, what makes him/her happy, then begin to put the leash on and continue to give treats, eventually it will know the leash is a good object and will hopefully behave. good luck!
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∙ 14y agoWith a LOT of patience. You may want to get the cat used to the leash just being near her first, not seeing it as a threat. Then if you have a room that is safe to do so, let the cat wear the leash inside for a short time each day. That is only if there is nothing that the cat will pull down on itself or that can otherwise harm the cat if you do so. Stay with the cat and talk to it reassuringly when leash training. Eventually try picking up the other end of the leash and progress to walking with the cat. Don't be in a hurry or the cat will sense your tenseness and will become tense itself.
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∙ 12y agoyou don't.
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