Rylie
Diorcats
So I went out and got a cute little harness to try on Nailah. It was a mesh harness in the front with the regular straps on the back. I got home and Nailah greeted me with eager headbutts. How hard could this actually be? I decided I would attempt to film our first harness session with the assistance of my boyfriend. I asked him to hold the camera while I put the harness on Nailah.
It started out relatively smoothly as I looped her left paw through the first opening. I smiled and looked back at the camera, "This might be easier than I anticipated!" I then decided to pass the harness over her head next for a quick and easy buckle around the back afterwards. The moment the harness pressed against her ears, Nailah's pupils dialated and suddenly it was flight or fight! She started frantically scrambling, growling and hissing. Determined, I scruffed her gently and passed the rest of the harness over her head. Suddenly, the growls got louder and the screams more frantic as her teeth and daggers began to come out. "Am I even going to get this harness on?" I thought. I pinned her flailing legs against the ground and attempted to soothe her. She was not having it one bit! My gentle coos were completely overwhelmed by her hideous growling. I then realized that there was no way I was even going to get the harness buckled with one hand, the other still scruffing her.
"Help me!" I exclaimed frustratedly to my still filming boyfriend.
By this time, Nailah's frantic screaming had put my domestic shorthair in a tizzy. She comes looming around the corner and starts HISSING at Nailah. Nailah, still trying to escape, begins hissing back and before I know it I have an all out brawl in my arms!
Defeated, I release Nailah, still halfway in her harness and she begins bucking around the house like a bull with wings, my DSH and I, chasing her around like a matador. Up the walls, into the curtains, into the couch, eventually knocking over a lamp, "Oh my God she's going to die!!!" screams, I finally catch Nailah. It took both my boyfriend and I to get the harness off of her. Nailah looks at us like WE are crazy and walks up to my still pissed DSH and headbutts her. Myrn (DSH) returns the headbutt with a paw to the head, friendly reminder that she is the ALPHA in the house and CLEARLY she is the only one who can cause such a racket.
"Well that went over well," I said as I picked up the lamp and wiped my brow.
My boyfriend picks up the camera and laughs, "Shall we try again tomorrow?"
It started out relatively smoothly as I looped her left paw through the first opening. I smiled and looked back at the camera, "This might be easier than I anticipated!" I then decided to pass the harness over her head next for a quick and easy buckle around the back afterwards. The moment the harness pressed against her ears, Nailah's pupils dialated and suddenly it was flight or fight! She started frantically scrambling, growling and hissing. Determined, I scruffed her gently and passed the rest of the harness over her head. Suddenly, the growls got louder and the screams more frantic as her teeth and daggers began to come out. "Am I even going to get this harness on?" I thought. I pinned her flailing legs against the ground and attempted to soothe her. She was not having it one bit! My gentle coos were completely overwhelmed by her hideous growling. I then realized that there was no way I was even going to get the harness buckled with one hand, the other still scruffing her.
"Help me!" I exclaimed frustratedly to my still filming boyfriend.
By this time, Nailah's frantic screaming had put my domestic shorthair in a tizzy. She comes looming around the corner and starts HISSING at Nailah. Nailah, still trying to escape, begins hissing back and before I know it I have an all out brawl in my arms!
Defeated, I release Nailah, still halfway in her harness and she begins bucking around the house like a bull with wings, my DSH and I, chasing her around like a matador. Up the walls, into the curtains, into the couch, eventually knocking over a lamp, "Oh my God she's going to die!!!" screams, I finally catch Nailah. It took both my boyfriend and I to get the harness off of her. Nailah looks at us like WE are crazy and walks up to my still pissed DSH and headbutts her. Myrn (DSH) returns the headbutt with a paw to the head, friendly reminder that she is the ALPHA in the house and CLEARLY she is the only one who can cause such a racket.
"Well that went over well," I said as I picked up the lamp and wiped my brow.
My boyfriend picks up the camera and laughs, "Shall we try again tomorrow?"
