Harness Training, is this normal?

You have to take the training very slowly. I got mine used to the harness in the house before I ventured outside. I then took them to my in-laws and let them walk around in the field (they live on a farm). Mine have never tried to climb anything whilst wearing it, you just have to be vigilant. You cant just let them get on with it like you would a dog. You have to second guess what might spook them or what they may want to chase.

Paddington loves stalking the sheep on the farm, especially when there were lambs earlier in the year and he was bigger than them!! I've now got an extendable dog lead for him so he feels he has a little freedom. They love chasing flies and moths and butterflies.

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Originally Posted by missye87

I read somewhere that it's a reflex for cats, when they feel something on their back they automatically creep low, as if crawling through a tunnel. However they do get used to it :)

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I ordered a second "heavy duty" harness and this make some of the cats "creep" when they wear it, if I change back to the lightweight one they are fine.

Buddy will not tolerate a harness, he just curls up in a ball and no matter what you do he won't budge. I tried him on a small dog Halti and he loves it. Not sure whether this is because he sees the dogs using them or that its either more com or perhaps that I am more used to using it with the dogs. The big down side is that they have to be wearing a collar to attach it to and I hate collars on cats. I've relented and got a small dog collar that clips on / off so to Buds its part of the Halti.