Do your cats go for a walk with you?

Question

when I was a kid my cats used to come out walking with us, trips of up to 5 or 6 miles through the countryside. Is this normal??

Answer 1

aawww thats cute lol

why not if dogs can?

i tried taking my rabbit with a rabbit lead =P

they didnt like it tho

xx

Answer 2

More like not all that common. Maybe because you were in a more isolated area and they wanted to explore. Mine is too stubborn and idependent, but he will stick to paths and walk ways. Little cooc.

Answer 3

I once had a cat that followed me 2 miles to school every day, and was outside when school got out!

All my other cats since then?  No way.

Answer 4

Really? You used to take your cats for a walk?.....really??.

Answer 5

My friend`s cat used to go for a walk with him, when he went to cross the road he told the cat to "stay there until I come back from the shop" and the cat stayed and waited !

Answer 6

Aw that's sweet! I thought I was doing well getting mine to walk down a couple of streets with me!

Answer 7

My cats follow me and my two staffies when we walk near the river! my dogs spend the entire walk looking back at them

Answer 8

I had a Siamese and a mixed siamese that would do that. (out in the desert)

Another one would walk to the corner (in the city) ... wait until I went to the store and then back across the street and then walk home with me...

Not unusual ...

just a VERY intelligent cat!

Answer 9

Probably not normal but my mother used to put her cat on a leash and would walk it around the block a time or two once a week.  I think it was her feeling bad about the cat being an indoor only cat but he seemed to enjoy those nice walks and he was a pretty healthy cat.

As long as you both enjoy it, it shouldn't matter what is normal.  But I am jealous....

Answer 10

i have known one cat that follows its owner a long way; i have one cat that follows me a little- but i take her back after a while if she shows no signs of leaving me...since she had kittens she doesnt follow me so far, when she was pregnant she followed me until i turned around and took her home & shut her there!

Answer 11

Well my two girls come with me - sisters Violet and Selene, they follow me and the Stafford Cross over Tadley Common - Trouble is they can be so slow at times and it takes ages getting them round. we experimented one day as we we're trying to find out whether they we're following me (their owner) or the dog - so we split up and the two girls stayed with me. Most people look on facinated when they see me, the dog and two cats walking pass !