If I don't cut my finer nails, someone is going to get hurt

There has been a lot of controversy over if I can train my cat to walk on a leash, OR
More like if it is right to walk my cat on a leash.

For the Internet world who does not know me well, I have a cat named "The Boo"


I think he is just about the best cat in the world, but some have compared him to other more unfavorable characters...


Months ago I moved into a new apartment, which I enjoy but is the smallest place that The Boo has ever lived. Since moving this apartment he has become very attention starved and a bit rambunctious. So my solution has been to try and ween him into walking with me outside. So I purchased a cat harness and the great experiment has begun.

We started with just wearing the harness in the house, no leash, no restrictions, just a little harness. He is rewarded with treats to not bite my face.

Phase two so far has been difficult yet successful. We have made it to the porch and our goal is to "sit pretty". The first day he freaked out for about an hour and embarrassed me in front of my neighbors. Eventually calming down, but still tried to bit the Mexican guy that lives next to me.

Day two of phase two was much easier than day one. He only freaked out a quarter of the time as last week and fell asleep.

I am not ready to embark of Phase 3 yet, which is walking to the corner store, but all things come to those who wait.

Here are some helpful facts to cat walking
http://www.hdw-inc.com/leashtraining.htm

let the great experiment begin!

uh oh

So I am getting seriously nervous about how I am going to try and spend the next hour and five minutes looking like I have something to do.

I have managed to kill about 3 hours with internet searching, but the time is nearing no return. I will escape to lunch at two but there is so much time to look busy in between now and then.

The sad thing is I want real work. I would love to wake up and say, man I can't wait to have something to do today. Which I do, after 4. I have plenty to do after 4 pm today. In fact I have so much stuff I can do outside of this job, that it would be great not to have it. However looking nice thin by choice probably is completely different than being thin due to starvation since I cannot afford food.

I wish that more jobs were becoming available. Maybe I should spend this time looking for work.

I guess I will try that.