Think Like a Cat: How to Raise a Well-Adjusted Cat--Not a Sour Puss

488 Pages·2011·1.82 MB·English

by  Pam Johnson-Bennett

Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction

Chapter 1 - The Cat of Your Dreams
Chapter 2 - Head to Toe
Chapter 3 - Watch Out for That Hot Tin Roof
Chapter 4 - The Doctor Is In
Chapter 5 - House Rules
Chapter 6 - Fast Forward . . . Stop . . . Rewind . . . Play
Chapter 7 - Sour Puss
Chapter 8 - Litter Box Survival Guide
Chapter 9 - Scratching Posts, Sofas, Antique Chairs ...Which One Will Your Cat
Choose?
Chapter 10 - The Kitty Chef
Chapter 11 - Relationships: Other Cats, Dogs, Kids, and Your Grumpy Aunt
Esther
Chapter 12 - Glamour Puss
Chapter 13 - The Pest Patrol
Chapter 14 - Fasten Your Seat Belt
Chapter 15 - And Baby Makes Three . . . Four . . . Five
Chapter 16 - Getting Gray Around the Whiskers
Chapter 17 - Legacy of Love
Chapter 18 - Emergencies and First Aid

Medical Appendix
Resource Guide
Index
PENGUIN BOOKS
Think Like a Cat
PAM JOHNSON-BENNETT is a Certified Animal Behavior Consultant and
author of seven books on cat behavior. She is one of the most well-known cat
behavior experts in the world.
She is the former vice president of the International Association of Animal
Behavior Consultants and currently heads up that organization’s Cat Division.
She is a member of the American Humane Association’s Advisory Board on
Animal Training and Behavior. She is also a professional member of the
Association of Animal Behavior Professionals and a professional member of the
Animal Behavior Management Alliance.
Pam is the resident behavior expert for Friskies where she writes a weekly
blog and answers behavior questions at www.Friskies.com. She also writes the
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Think Like a Cat blog at Yahoo’s site, Shine. Previously, she was the
behavior expert at Yahoo, ivillage, and the Cat Channel. She was the award-
winning behavior columnist for Cats magazine and The Daily Cat.
Pam speaks on behavior at veterinary conferences and animal welfare
organizations around the country. She is also a frequent guest on national TV and
radio. She is considered one of the foremost experts on cat behavior.
Pam lives in Tennessee with her husband, two children, three cats, and a dog.
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First published in Penguin Books 2000
This revised edition published 2011

Copyright © Pam Johnson-Bennett, 2000, 2011
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Johnson-Bennett, Pam, 1954–
Think like a cat : how to raise a well-adjusted cat—not a sour puss /
Pam Johnson-Bennett.—Updated and expanded ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN : 978-1-10155267-4
1. Cats—Training. 2. Cats—Behavior. 3. Cats—Psychology. I. Title.
SF446.5.J638 2011
636.8’0835—dc23 2011029071

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To my husband Scott, and my two children,
Gracie and Jack. I am so blessed.

In memory of my father, whose love of animals
opened the door to my dreams.

And in memory of one special cat, Ethel,
for a debt I can never repay.