The Trainable Cat gives a detailed overview of all you need to know about the behavior of cats. It teaches you countless ways to train your cat to be more comfortable with whatever may cause it stress, and to behave in a way that is beneficial for both human and cat. Each chapter reviews one or two specific behaviors, such as making your cat comfortable in a cat carrier or teaching your cat to come when outside, and goes through dozens of ways to train the behavior with exceptions for all the unique cat personalities out there.

This book does a good job combing through the evolutionary and behavioral differences between cats and dogs. As someone with a certification in dog training, I was surprised to find how many training techniques that would work for dogs, would be inefficient or even detrimental to use on a cat. I especially enjoyed all the evolutionary descriptions on why cats do what they do, and why it is important to provide for your cat's instinctual needs. ( )

Contrary to myth, you can train your cat, helping
it become a more fulfilled, more sociable and more
happy animal
The idea of a trained cat seems a contradiction in terms. As
domestic pets, cats have evolved very differently from dogs:
naturally solitary, wary, easily threatened by newcomers,
they are attached to place rather than people, and much of
their 'antisocial' behaviour arises in situations where that
attachment is threatened. But, as cat experts Sarah Ellis and
John Bradshaw argue, such stress-induced behaviour can be
prevented, reduced, even eliminated, by training.
A comprehensive and engaging step-by-step guide, The
Trainable Cat will help you to help your cat negotiate the
complexities of everyday life: to enjoy living with humans -
including new babies and lively toddlers - and other pets; to
answer to their name; settle into a new home; and to
overcome the anxiety of a visit to the vet. You can train your
cat to do what is in its own best interests - even when its
instincts tell it otherwise. The result will be a cat that is easier
to manage, and a cat happy in its own well-being.
John Bradshaw is a biologist who founded and directs the
world-renowned Anthrozoology Institute, based at the
University of Bristol. He has been studying the behaviour of
domestic cats and their owners for over twenty-five years,
and is the author of, among others, the Sunday Times
Bestsellers In Defence of Dogs and Cat Sense.
As Feline Behaviour Specialist at charity International Cat
Care and Visiting Fellow in the School of Life Sciences,
University of Lincoln, Sarah Ellis specializes in the science and
psychology of companion animals. John and Sarah are onscreen experts for, among others, BBC2's Cat Watch.

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