Solan ventures outside

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Solan på tur by Mostraum
Solan på tur, a photo by Mostraum on Flickr.

There’s no way he’ll be allowed outside on his own as long as he hasn’t learned that he has a name, and what it is.
We think he enjoyed himself. The paw washing afterwards was not as much fun.

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Solan ventures outside — 4 Comments

  1. I trained mine to come when I called by giving him his favorite treat – a sardine – whenever he came. We did this for an hour. I’d call. He’d come and get a piece. Then I’d move off as he was chewing and when I judged he should nearly be finished, I’d call again. Rinse, repeat. Now he flies to me in expectation of a treat whenever I call but, sadly, treats are not always offered.

  2. I am astounded at how much Solan looks similar to my beloved ragdoll, Jack.
    Jack is now 12 years old, though. When I got Jack as a very young lad from the cattery [I loved him at first sight] I had to sign papers legally binding me to NOT let him outside. And I have complied. He has never ever been out in the open air. I used to let him out on my balcony until one day I looked over and he was casually walking along the one-inch wide railing [I am on the 14th floor of a building]….. I nearly had a heart attack. He wasn’t even watching where his paws were going, he was looking sideways at me as he walked. I gently walked over to him and nabbed him off of there and hugged him for about an hour until my cardiac problems were resolved. I still do not know how he jumped up to such a height without jumping right over to his death. Needless to say, he has never been allowed out there again, the little adventurer.
    Solan is so beautiful.

    • Solan did exactly the same thing, just that he managed to fall down. We’re not 14 stories up, but 2 stories down to a steep lawn was enough for him to break his left femur. Story here: http://bloggbib.net/Tanz/?p=2022
      Luckily he healed well.
      We now have and extra glass fence running inside the balcony railings, so he can still be out there without being able to get up on the railings and fall off again. That was a costly experience, but he loves being out there and we don’t have the heart to deny him.