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July 20, 2007

Catblogging - The Interloper Outdoors

by Ferdinand T Cat

Talla in the grass on a leash
Most dogs will readily accept a collar and a leash, but cats are different. Although we are superior life forms by almost any measure, the neck of a cat is designed for springiness during a pounce, not for wearing a leash. So, a cat leash is always connected to a harness around the waist. This means you can't really lead the cat, you have to follow it. Obviously, we do not see that as a problem.

A bigger problem has to do with the general design of a cat. Dogs have been bred for centuries to perform tasks that help humans in one way or another, but cats were perfectly designed for one thing: killing vermin. This means that if we see a target, we must be able to kill it without worrying about what happens along the way. The last thing you want while being walked by a cat is for your arm to get pulled out of its socket because a mouse moves into the kill zone. As a result, even if you can convince a cat to wear a harness in the first place, only a completely insane cat with a dangerous hidden agenda would even think of going for a walk on a leash.

So anyway, this is a picture of the Interloper going for a walk on a leash.


Respectfully submitted,

Ferdinand T. Cat


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Awww...


Posted by: Michael at July 21, 2007 2:38 PM

The Interloper is adorable, as always. (So are you, Ferdy.)

My cat MacTavis used to travel all over the West with me to art shows I was in. But when I tried him on a leash, he "died". A platoon of mice wouldn't have elicited a whisker quiver from him. I couldn't walk a dead cat, so Mac won that battle. (I can't call it a battle of wits, because he was clearly smarter than I was about it.)

Mac would share Ferdy's opinion of the Interloper, too. Obviously, brilliant cats think alike.


Posted by: Minta Marie Morze at July 21, 2007 9:27 PM

Oh No Leash or Harness here. Ten Kitty Cats... Hahahaha... we rule our yard, but the human does worry.

Purrs for a Great Week Ferdy


Posted by: Bad Kitty Cats & Megan at July 22, 2007 2:07 AM

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