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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Harmon" data-source="post: 3004703" data-attributes="member: 24357">Okay, I hear you Vraille.   :\   The wife suggested something when I told her of your plight- chicken wire in the garden, cut it in half, then cut half circles in the edges, bury about a quarter or half an inch and let the cats try to dig through that.  She said that they would not, though they might try for a time.Jester, realize that in door cats live longer, I really do, I have had more then a few that have passed before their time.  I love my cats as much as I love my daughter- why?  My wife and I were pretty certain that we could not have children so our cats became our children.  I do not want my cats to ever have wondered "whats beyond that fence?"  While one will (she is not physically able to jump a fence) not know, she seems content to go into the backyard and sun herself.  The other one (Myth) I have seen as much as a mile from our home, it scares the hell out of me to know that he is out there, and I can't tell him to cross the street when no cars are coming, to look both ways, etc.  but that is how he and I want it.  I want him to see the world that he can see and explore, and he wants to explore it. I get that you will more then likely not agree, I know at least one person that would agree with you and say "see- listen to this guy, he has a good argument," but I can't watch someone that I love wonder, and want and not give or help them to see the wonders they are missing.  And I know one day one or both of them will not return and I will be completely heart broken but I will know that I did not raise a cat that wondered but a cat that found the wonder.Peace all. V- hope you find the way to handle this- you seem to have it in hand and have a good heart, so take care.</blockquote>

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