Saturday, June 18, 2005

Your Outta Control Cat--Christine Church

This is actually a pretty good book, best given to a new cat owner who is unfamiliar with cat behavior. It explains that most cat behavior is not due to any desire on to manipulate, annoy or boss the owner but just the cat's way of responding to environment and doing its natural cat thing. Catbox and aggression issues are covered extensively, as well as how to retrain your cat and teach it acceptable behavior. Surprise! It's the same stuff Supernanny teaches! Have a schedule, be firm and consistant, get down to the cat's level and think like him. Use positive reinforcement.

It didn't cover our issues, which are currently
  • Fatty cat/thin cat
  • Stealing human food
  • Chewing on cardboard
Ah, well. My boys are special.

The book also features tons of adorable cat pics.

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