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[quote=Anonymous]I always assume people with outdoor cats don't love their cats like I do, but I'm a crazy cat lady, so I guess it isn't fair to compare.

My girl NEVER goes outside alone because I don't want her to be hit by a car or attacked by a dog.  I pay a teenage girl to walk her on her harness and leash a few times a week, though, because my cat enjoys the sun and wind, and playing in snow (this seems to be less outrageous in Europe where we live, but I would not hesitate to have my cat walked in the US either).  What I don't understand is why people seem to think that the choice is either a. keep the cat indoors all the time, never to feel the sunshine or wind, or b. let the cat roam freely, exposed to cars, dogs, poisons, and other dangers.  My cat doesn't trot along behind her walker on a leash, but she DOES trot along happily as the person follows her, and she comes running when she sees me pick up her harness and carrier to give to the walker.  Why can't people just take their cat outside on a leash, like they do with dogs?

By the way, a cat on a long leash is happy to walk around a yard or park while you follow it for twenty minutes or so, and then lounge on the grass while you read a book.  They aren't exactly active for long periods of time.  It's super easy.[/quote]

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