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Harness training (thelemmy.club)

submitted 2 days ago by YawningNostalgia@thelemmy.club to c/cats@sh.itjust.works

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I have done my due diligence on harness training, but I was specifically wondering if anyone uses a second harness? My cat is very strong and flexible so I was scared he might slip out of his harness, which is this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQNFNDSD

He tolerates it well but I'm worried that it's too easy to get out of.

I was wondering if a second harness that was more strappy could act as a failsafe and if anyone here has done that.

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[–] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've used a harness to take my cat outside. I have not found a harness that can keep him locked in. He'll slip it if he wants to. So we only go out in the yard and if he slips the harness, we go back inside. Honestly, I think you'd need something that also hooks the back legs in order to keep a determined cat from getting out.

[–] YawningNostalgia@thelemmy.club 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is there a back leg harness that you know of?

I know my cat loves me and being home but all animals are unpredictable and I do fear he might wiggle out of it and if he does he'll be gone for days and I'll be distraught the entire time. I'm uncomfortable with the possibility of him wiggling out because he used to free roam and he was attacked by another animal. He would go outside for 1 or 2 hours but always come back regularly and when he was gone for a long time I was so scared.

It's selfish but I don't think I would be able to live with myself if he broke out of the harness and was gone again. I already thought he was dead because my neighbors found his collar along with clumps of fur, and I grieved him, and hated myself, and then he waltzed back in 2 pounds down with a limp and several abscesses. I can't take the chance of that happening again.

[–] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I've never seen one unfortunately. I don't know if it exists, it's something that I've thought about seeing my cat escaping from regular harnesses no matter how secure it seems. The issue being that cats are flexible and if you allow them to pull backwards on a harness for even a second, they are slipping it.