Cats · by Chloe Davis · 2026-09-01

is supervised apartment hallway time a terrible idea

Indoor cat, no yard, no balcony, top floor building with a pretty clean enclosed corridor. She bolts to the front door anytime I bring groceries in. I was wondering if 5 minutes of harness hallway sniffing is enriching or just teaching her to door dash harder.

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Luca Bianchi · 5 likes

I'd worry more about someone opening a stairwell door at the wrong second

Chloe Davis · 3 likes

Yeah that exact nightmare is why I haven't tried it yet.

Aria Thompson · 1 likes

Could go either way depending on the cat honestly.

Chloe Davis · 1 likes

If you do it, make it on a cue. harness on = hallway time, random open door = never.

Ayesha Khan · 0 likes

Hallways carry a LOT of neighbor smells, which can be enrichment or stress soup.

Tola Ibrahim · 0 likes

For mine it absolutely increased door obsession, so I stopped.