Customer Reviews

From the Cat's Point of View

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When this book arrived, I wondered to myself if it was worth the money spent on it-- it seems like too narrow a volume to have good information. Was I ever wrong. This book is not a comprehensive cat care book; it never promised to be (other people who are disappointed by this should have known better). It does, however, deal with behavioral problems and is written in such a clear concise way that I didn't realize I had read over half the book in one sitting until I set it down. Tips for how to deal with the cat-- the description on booby traps alone-- make this a worthwhile purchase. One of two books recommended to me by the Ohio State University's Veterinary School, I highly recommend it, even for people who have had cats for a long time.

The most practical and reasonable approach to understanding your cats behavior is innside this book. It doesn't anthropomorphize (attribute human emotions and behavior to) your cat. As the book says: "cats are not little people dressed up in a fur suit." This is the REAL way cats think and react to you and their environment. The insight this book gives as to what a cat does and why will improve even the closest of existing relationships with your feline. It will help those considering cat ownership to get off on the right foot. I cannot recommend this book highly enough! If you are a cat person, this book is a must-have. (It will help "non-cat" people to better understand those feline quirks, too! Maybe they will even start to LIKE cats once they read this book!!)

I recommend this short, entertaining book to most of my clients. For the new cat owner, it provides many helpful tips to understand our finicky feline friends. For folks who have owned many cats, the book helps to explain kitty mysteries such as house soiling, scratching, play biting, and many other common behaviors. This book helps owners understand that cats do not act out of spite, but are simply reacting in normal feline fashion to man-made obstacles in their path. From the cat's point of view we share their space, not vice versa!

If you've gotta have a book you can hold in your hand, then I guess this would OK. However I didn't find it particularly insightful. You can find the same information all over the web just by doing a Google search.

...but not all of them.

Cats are still nuts, and you just have to respect their moods.

I bought this book because a friend of mine recommended it would be good to help me with my cats getting used to the new puppy that we got. One of the cats just wasn't accepting that there was a puppy in the house and after working on trying to train the puppy with the Cesar Millan books, I decided to try a cat book and see how it would go. The book is good at giving you an idea into what your cat is thinking and why they do the things they do. I learned a lot about the quirky things my cats do. It is a quick and easy read.

The book is quite helpful. We gave it as a gift - greatly appreciated and joyously received.

This book promises something that it can't deliver. There are so many gaps in this book that I was left with dozens of unanswered questions.

Additionally, this book seems outdated. There are better cat books available now that offer much more accurate, up-to-date information on how a cat's mind works.