Crazy Cat People

OK, so I have talked before about my super gay kitties. well this past week, they have even topped themselves. First off, understand that these are 2 kitties, only about a year old and they are cooped up, all day long in a tiny 700 sq foot apartment. Well we have noticed, that any time we open a window (one of the 2 we have in our dinky apartment) they come running. They love looking outside, and you can almost see the dreaming in their eyes...the two of them, frolicking in the grass towards each other until they embrace and roll around in the dirt together.

Well we felt bad that they never get to go outside, so we decided to buy them harnesses. First off they don't make harnesses for cats, so ours were made for a dog the size of a Dachsund. Then we got home and put them on the kitties. Well Riddle (Black one) did not like that and thought if he rolled around on the ground enough and rammed into the wall a couple times that it would magically break off. That obviously did not happen. Then we opened the door to the great outdoors. They freaked, it was like they had just left the space shuttle and were about to float off into the universe. We had to pick them up and carry them out to the lawn and drop them there. They layed flat on the ground, as if worrying they might fly away and started to hyperventilate. What made this even more fun, was the neighbors. People are walking on our sidewalk all the time, and at least 6 people, stopped to stare at the crazy couple who walked their cats. We got asked if they were cats ( no they are a new breed of dog that was bred to look like a fluffy fat cat) and some people straight up pointed and starred. So we are no officially the stupid cat walking couple.

Here are the kitties investigating the green carpet

Their first actual steps outdoors

Bryan, trying to "walk" the cats

I need to make a point of saying that you don't actually "walk" cats. You drag them. We tried to get them to follow us and they would not have any part of that, we tried to get them to play, ohh heck no. They stared at us as though we had just punished them. And then when Riddle decided to try and walk around, he walked right into the little river in the yard, so needless to say the cats were not happy with us afterwards.

Since the first experience, we have taken the cats out every day, even just for a couple minutes. Last night Lupin decided to climb some stairs and he actually moved from his own free will. We are making progress. We may not be going on runs with our cats anytime soon, but at least we are getting them outside.