[zeehag]

i have a 20 pound maine coon mix who is a leash walker---he wears a harness and leash while sailing and is a very goood kat---he has excellent balance and my caprails are not varnished so he isnt always in danger of falling into the seas...he has a braided line looped into the water in case he falls--but he hasnt done the falling in thing since a baby---at which time he was on leash and brought himself up onto the boat using his leash---jacklines for cats are easier than are jackets---when a cat is tired of swimming the cat will lower his head-this is how cats drown--life jackets do not address this ---therefore,pet lifejackets, as we know them now are not good for kats....leashes are better--make the figure 8 harness cross UNDER the cats chest--they tolerate nothing on their backs---have the leash connect the harness UNDER the cat, then cat will use leash and not be as hyper to escape---this is not my first cat i have had on board--i have not lost one yet..