I got a leash for Ruthie because I thought she'd enjoy being able to go outside once in a while. She's constantly in the windows "hunting" birds and squirrels, I figured she'd want to actually go and run in the grass and see things up close. Yeah, I thought wrong. Just getting the harness on her is a hassle, and by that point she's so mad at me she doesn't want to move. She just lays on the floor, as if I've put some kind of torture device on her. So I take her outside and instead of running around checking things out, she's a big scardy cat! Anything that moves causes her to run under the car or into the bushes. I haven't tried bringing her out in a long time, because it just doesn't seem worth it.