The Trainable Cat: How to Make Life Happier for You and Your Cat - Softcover

Bradshaw, John; Ellis, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141979321 ISBN 13: 9780141979328

Publisher: Penguin, 2017

Synopsis

'Amazing' Guardian

From the on-screen experts for BBC2's Cat Watch, and based on their groundbreaking research - this is the ultimate guide to making your cat a happier, more sociable animal.

The idea of a trained cat is a contradiction in terms, isn't it? 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.

'I doubt you'll find a more well-informed or scientific book on cats that better shows you how feline thinking works' The Times

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I doubt you'll find a more well-informed or scientific book on cats that better shows you how feline thinking works (Carol Midgley The Times)

Most people think that cats cannot be trained, but experts John Bradshaw and Sarah Ellis beg to differ ... They explain how even the grumpiest of cats can learn to enjoy being groomed (Lady)

In addition to improving the cat's welfare, the training enhances the relationship between owner and animal ... It's amazing what a few treats and perseverance can do... Though the training book is now rather dog-eared, the cat has left it mercifully unchewed (Guardian)

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'I doubt you'll find a book on cats that better shows you how feline thinking works' Carol Midgley, The Times

'This is genius' Judith Newman, The New York Times Book Review

'Sets out detailed instructions on how to help cats deal with the sources of stress inherent to life as a pet: trips to the vet, visits from strangers and new and potentially upsetting situations such as moving house or the arrival of a baby ... Bradshaw and Ellis are on a mission to educate the public to better understand their pets' mentalities' Kathryn Bromwich, Observer

'An essential guide' The Sun

'Most people think that cats cannot be trained, but experts John Bradshaw and Sarah Ellis beg to differ ... They explain how even the grumpiest of cats can learn to enjoy being groomed' The Lady

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0141979321
• ISBN 13: 9780141979328
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352