What Would You Do If Your Cat Won't Jog With You?

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Police in Lafayette ticketed a 19-year-old man Wednesday on suspicion of tethering his cat to a rock after the pet refused to go jogging with him.

Lafayette police Sgt. Fred Palmer said the man, Seth Franco, of Lafayette, brought his cat on a leash to the path around Waneka Lake Park near Baseline Road and U.S. 287.

"Apparently, the individual was trying to jog with the animal on a leash and the animal was either unwilling or unable to keep up," Palmer said.

According to Palmer, Franco secured the cat's leash to a rock while he finished his run. A passerby saw the cat and called police. According to police radio traffic, the cat was being attacked by a flock of birds while it was tied to the rock.

Lafayette animal control officers responded and found Franco retrieving his cat. Franco was ticketed on suspicion of "domestic animal cruel treatment," a municipal offense.

"Our ordinance prohibits that kind of tethering," Palmer said.

The cat was not injured, so it was released to its owner, Palmer said.
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Messages sent to a Facebook account for a Seth Franco in the Boulder area were not returned. The social media site contains numerous images of a rescued cat, Stella, including some with the cat on a leash outside.

http://www.dailycamera.com/lafayette...und-lake-owner

Not sure if that's the same Seth Franco, but he does seem to like his cat.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003114935430


Why would anyone take a cat jogging?

[sheevaa]

It's a cat....cats don't jog, lol. Jogging buddy would be a dog, silly human.

[sugarfree irony]

Protection from mice ? He needs to buy this .
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[blacksheep]

My dear old ragdoll Hoover used to love his harness and leash. He was 11kg when I adopted him, I got him down to a fit 7kg, mainly through good diet and an active lifestyle chasing my other cat Alfred and running away from the kids. His harness was used for car trips. I took him to the kids school a few times, he was famous as the enormous snow tiger on a leash :) Some times I took him to a friends house, or to the kids playground/park. The trick was not to lead the cat, but train and allow the cat to lead YOU. If the slightest pressure was applied, he wouldstop, gently crouch low and patiently look at the lead, which allowed me to pick him up for whatever reason (wild kids/other pets/the fact he was trying to lead me to the top of the pantry cupboard..)

That delightful story notwithstanding, jogging LMAO

His fb has a pic of the cat on a pillar, in the harness crouch-reflex. But seriously. He's an idiot.

[LeaveMeBe]

I would only take my cat jogging with me if I really did not want to exercise.

[Shadow]

Cat's are very contrary, duh.. They aren't going to do what you want, they'll do what THEY want.. It's up to you to 'keep up with them'..
Dogs on the other hand, are only too happy to go for a run..Even our lil' squirt of a chug would willingly go out for a run because it means exercise. She loves to run and play.

~shadow

PS: I'm glad kitty is ok... want to smack the owner in the head though.

[Zazen]

If I wanted to jog with my cat, I'd tie a brick to a rope and drag it behind me. And I'd leave my cat at home because you know, cats don't jog.

[Tundratot]

I've had one cat in my life that liked to go out on a leash for a walk. Plenty of the others also liked to walk, but they hated leashes and would immediately crouch down and refuse to move. "Going for a drag" is how we referred to it. Even when cats enjoy the outing, they are mostly slow about, preferring to meander, smell things, and stay within a comfortable distance of their homes.