Top feline behavior expert (and author of Penguin's bestselling Think Like a Cat and Cat vs. Cat) answers the 150 questions most often asked by puzzled cat owners.
Even those of us who have lived with and loved our cats for decades are constantly stymied by their seemingly inexplicable acts, or have questions about why they do what they do and where they do it, and how we can get them to not do it. Here, in one complete authoritative guide, those elusive mysteries are solved. Why does my cat lick my hair? Why does the cat only want attention when I'm on the phone? How can I introduce my cat to my new dog? How can I get my cat to like my new husband??
No one knows cats like Pam Johnson Bennett, whose pioneering thirty-year career as a cat behavior consultant has changed the way cat owners and experts alike view cats. Her books are bibles, but her fans and owners still flood her website and social media platforms with questions on topics that perplex them. Catwise combines the questions that come up most often with answers to help you solve your cat's behavior problems (or head them off before they start), or simply improve the relationship you have with your cat.
I have no idea if Pam is America's favourite cat expert, but the book is pretty good: lots of very sensible advice and lots of good information. After a lifetime of being owned by cats there was still more than enough here for me to learn to make the book a worthy purchase. About the only thing I found arguable was the importance of multiple litter boxes in a multi-cat household. I've tried this several times, and they all insist on using the same litter box every time. Cats!
Still, there are several tips here I'll be implementing immediately to try to resolve the ongoing 100 years cat war being waged in our house.
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