The Cat Whisperer Why Cats Do What They Do--and How to Get Them to Do What You Want

by Nagelschneider, Mieshelle

• ISBN13: 9780553807851
• ISBN10: 0553807854
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-03-05
• Publisher: Bantam

Summary

Who says you can't train a cat? Just when you thought you had reached the end of your ball of twine, one of America's most popular cat behaviorists comes to the rescue of perplexed cat owners everywhere, providing practical and effective strategies for solving every feline behavior problem imaginable-from litter box issues to scratching, spraying, biting, and beyond. Cat Whisperer Mieshelle Nagelschneider has been helping people deal with these dilemmas for two decades, achieving a near-perfect success rate. Central to her approach is a keen understanding of the unique way cats see the world-their need for safety and security, their acute territoriality, and their insatiable desire to catch and kill prey. Her proven C.A.T. cat behavior modification plan is a commonsense course of action that can be specifically tailored to your cat in the context of its behavior problems and its particular household environment. Easy-to-implement solutions help transform even the most anxiety-riddled companions into confident, gregarious, and relaxed cats who live longer, happier, and healthier lives. Inside you'll discover how to harness the power of "friendly pheromones" to improve your cat's appetite, exploration, grooming, and play where, when, and how to create a litter box environment that will provide ease of access and reduce anxiety for you and your cat how to end aggression in multiple-cat households and help your cats coexist peacefully Is it impossible to train a cat? Not anymore! Your days of yelling and tearing your hair out in the wake of the latest household "cat-astrophe" are over. In this fascinating and indispensable book, the Cat Whisperer takes you inside the mind of a feline to explain why members of one of the world's most inscrutable species act the way they do-and how you can convince them to change their behaviors for the sake of your peace of mind . . . and theirs.

Author Biography

Mieshelle Nagelschneider is one of the nation’s most renowned and sought-after cat behaviorists. In addition to working with thousands of cat owners in person, by phone, and online, she has consulted with vets to help them deal with the problem behaviors that their clients complain about and that they themselves have with their own cats. The Cat Behavior Clinic, which she founded, opened in 1999 and serves clients all over the world. She has been featured in Animal Planet’s Must Love Cats, Martha Stewart Living Radio, USA Today, Cat Fancy, Real Simple, and Feline Wellness, and on Salon.com, Pawnation.com, and NBC’s Petside.com, and serves on the advisory council for Pet360.com. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her family and nine animals: six cats, two dogs, and one monitor lizard.