escaped the house one day and was outside for an hour before we noticed he wasn't around. after that he meowed relentlessly to go outside. He has no issue being on a leash and his walkies is to go down a nearby lane, sniff around and leap onto trees trunks but only goes up about 6' then comes down.

If Ashley is anxious about the harness, keep it your pocket or in your bed to get your scent.

He is playing with it right now...that and the instructions for how to put it on that I'm trying to read...I think he's so interested in outside is because the three old ladies...Scarlet, Melanie and India...will not play with him at all and he needs some diversion.

on him and leave it on him for a few days. When he starts ignoring it add the leash without holding on to the leash for a few hours a day, but only while you are there to keep an eye on him. When he gets used to that hold the leash while he walks without stopping him against his will. After each session give him something he loves whether it be a food treat, catnip or one on one time getting petted. With patience you can get any cat to walk on a leash. My sister trains all her rescue kitties to walk on a leash. Helps them get forever home faster. Seems it is hard to pass up a kitty on a leash.

I think it's getting too late tonight to keep trying...I'll try gettting that on in the morning and then let him run around here with it on for a bit...lol about the resuce kitties..I can see it...cats on leashes are definitely unusual and one's automatic response is, What a great cat.

She would never accept a harness as it was too much body grabbing. The small, light collar - she could accept.

likely I installed it incorrectly, but my kitty escaped immediately
and ran off, terrified... luckily some kindly travellers helped me
find him again.

Here's one who knows how to sign for food. And the other video is of Jessie a Jack Russell Terrier that every house should have.

http://animalvideos.yahoo.com/video-detail?vid=28470581&cid=24037714

http://www.wimp.com/usefultricks/ Warning! Very cute video ahead.

I was hoping "Ashley" was a republican.

So you can't find a guy to put in the harness so you're gonna torture your poor kitty. I see.

I saw "leash" and "harness" and got all twitterpated.

That makes it far less interesting ~grin~

(Hey, HillWilliam, can you hand me mine while you fish yours out? And don't let him see you. You know how he gets when he's right.)

It would be a step UP!

Not inaccurate, but harsh.

We just went on our first walk..it was just around my building, in the garden, on the grass...lots of playing and biting with the leash, but he would walk and learned that if he runs he doesn't get far...would have stayed out longer but it's cold and windy this evening...I'm leaving the harness on him until it's time for bed...he had it on most of yesterday and got used to it.