Thread: First time owner

I let my Maine Coon outside without a run. We have a large garden with other gardens all round it. It's a cul-de-sac on that side of the house. The door is always left open while she is out - so I suppose she's always supervised, although we're not always actively watching. We've noticed that, so far, she really only goes in our garden and the ajoining ones. She'a been going out for about 8 months now, since she was spayed. We don't let her out the other side of the house as there is a (quiet) road nearby. The road side of the house is not easy to access straight from the garden side and, so far, she's shown no interest in going round there. All ok so far. I was worried about her when first let her out, and continue to watch her. She has integrated well with the local cats (all moggies) and likes to play with them. I'd say that you'd be better with a house away from roads with plenty of garden if you're thinking of letting your cats out. I guess there's going to be lots of different opinions on letting cats out.