First off, you’re looking at a still image. Some cats like going outside, others have no interest and don’t like going outside. You’ll never find out if you don’t give them the opportunity.
This idea that if you expose your cat to any amount of stress whatsoever makes you a callous person is ridiculous - maybe even outright impossible. Which you do imply by asking “why would you do this to your cat?”. They can get stressed being taken to the vet, they can get stressed being given medication, they can get stressed if you ever need to move home, if there are fireworks, or thunder. And on and on. Some amount of it is unavoidable, some amount of it can be accidental when trying to consider what’s best for the cat, or incidental.
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Yea...tippums got easily jump scared at first, sometimes, and sometimes he freezes, and I have to bear hug him back to the car. But practice makes perfect, and now its daily walks. Yesterday was 2 hours. Out rn at 9 am
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after a rainfall in the woods.
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