Take your cat on an excellent adventure

http://www.mnn.com/family/pets/stories/take-your-cat-excellent-adventure

By: Mary Jo DiLonardo
September 10, 2015

Plenty of cats aren't content to lie sleepily on a window ledge while the family heads off hiking. With a little (OK, maybe a lot) of preparation, you can take your feline friend on outdoor excursions with you.

"You see cats climbing, hiking and camping and think that's something you totally do with your dog. But it's something you can do with your cat, too. It's just people look at you a lot more strangely."

So says MNN's Laura Moss, who has written about hiking with cats, as well as probably the most famous adventure kitty, Craig Armstrong's rock-climbing cat Millie.

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Before Moss ever took her cats outside, she taught them some simple commands. Most importantly, she taught them to come when she called their names.

"More people have ideas how to train a dog, but not how to train a cat. But it's not all that different," she says. "I was wary taking them outdoors the first time. I wanted to train them to come in case they got out of the harness or got spooked and got away."

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