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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Wed Feb 18, 2015, 04:24 PM Feb 2015

Cat plays dead to avoid going for a walk....

This is possibly the funniest cat video EVER!!!

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Cat plays dead to avoid going for a walk.... (Original Post) 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

Still Blue in PDX

(1,999 posts)

1. Too funny!

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 04:50 PM

Feb 2015

CurtEastPoint

(18,622 posts)

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

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 05:12 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.

Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)

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

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 08:25 PM

Feb 2015

CurtEastPoint

(18,622 posts)

5. Yes, it can be done if started early, I believe.

Reply to Playinghardball (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 08:31 PM

Feb 2015

I guess I'm just sensitive about people laughing at animals (cats, especially) who are not happy.

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

14. Not a happy cat.

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 19, 2015, 10:14 PM

Feb 2015

You can tell by the tail.

I've had cats all my life.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

3. I had friends whose cat did that

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 08:08 PM

Feb 2015

They tried to train him to a harness as a kitten and got a small harness. Put it on and flop. They thought, "OMG, the harness too small. It's hurting him." They got a bigger harness. Flop! They got yet a bigger harness. Flop! Then the cat wiggled out of it. They gave up on the harness and trained him to come to a whistle.

CurtEastPoint

(18,622 posts)

6. And all of mine respond to whistle or calling their names.

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 08:31 PM

Feb 2015

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

7. Yeah, I've never leashed a cat.

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #6)

Wed Feb 18, 2015, 08:58 PM

Feb 2015

Had three who used to follow me and the dogs on a walk.

But never would I take a cat on a leash. I've had cats all my life. They walk where and when they want.

I agree the video bothered me a bit too. Cat did not look happy.