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CurtEastPoint

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2. They are not playing 'dead'. When they are constricted by collars and clothing,

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 04:12 PM

Feb 2015

their instinct is to go limp, because that's what mom cat expects when she picks them up to move them: grabbing the scruff makes them go limp.

I don't find it particularly funny. They are not happy and are probably stressed out.

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Cat plays dead to avoid going for a walk.... [View all] Playinghardball Feb 2015 OP

Too funny! Still Blue in PDX Feb 2015 #1

They are not playing 'dead'. When they are constricted by collars and clothing, CurtEastPoint Feb 2015 #2

I have two friends who walk their cats, with a harness, all the time, with no problem... Playinghardball Feb 2015 #4

Yes, it can be done if started early, I believe. CurtEastPoint Feb 2015 #5

Not a happy cat. cwydro Feb 2015 #14

I had friends whose cat did that NV Whino Feb 2015 #3

And all of mine respond to whistle or calling their names. CurtEastPoint Feb 2015 #6

Yeah, I've never leashed a cat. cwydro Feb 2015 #7

So do mine NV Whino Feb 2015 #8

Where's his dirtbox? Demoiselle Feb 2015 #9

MY CAT SALLY goes for a walk all the time trueblue2007 Feb 2015 #11

OH god...I swear a tear ran down my leg... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2015 #10

We Shall Overcome ... Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #12

training humans is hard rurallib Feb 2015 #13

Don't know what to think about this. Hope the kitty is OK. BlueJazz Feb 2015 #15

lol. poor cat Liberal_in_LA Feb 2015 #16

Nothing like getting out in the fresh air and taking your cat for a drag. Laffy Kat Feb 2015 #17