Teaching Your Cat Simple Tricks (Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-272) (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin) [Paperback]

Arden Moore (Author)

Book Description

Series: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin | Publication Date: January 1, 2001

Move Over, Rover! Cats Can Learn Tricks, Too!
What's that you say? It's impossible to train a cat? Well, you know that your cat has you well trained, but you may not realize that you've been training your fancy-free feline since the day you welcomed it into the family. Does your cat zoom into the kitchen the minute the can opener begins to whirl? Does a lithe feline body wind itself around your legs every time you pull out the grooming comb? Can you coax your sweet kitty across a room and into your lap by calling it's name? These simple behaviors offer proof that you have trained your cat!
Cats enjoy the opportunity to be in the spotlight. While not every cat will take to learning tricks, most will thrive on the extra attention and love you'll shower on them during the training sessions. And whether you want to teach you cat to perform classic canine tricks like sitting up and fetching, to walk on a leash, or simply to come when called, Arden Moore's simple and encouraging instructions will show you how. You'll have your cat performing like a stage star in no time at all!

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Move Over, Rover! Cats Can Learn Tricks, Too!
What's that you say? It's impossible to train a cat? Well, you know that your cat has you well trained, but you may not realize that you've been training your fancy-free feline since the day you welcomed it into the family. Does your cat zoom into the kitchen the minute the can opener begins to whirl? Does a lithe feline body wind itself around your legs every time you pull out the grooming comb? Can you coax your sweet kitty across a room and into your lap by calling it's name? These simple behaviors offer proof that you have trained your cat!
Cats enjoy the opportunity to be in the spotlight. While not every cat will take to learning tricks, most will thrive on the extra attention and love you'll shower on them during the training sessions. And whether you want to teach you cat to perform classic canine tricks like sitting up and fetching, to walk on a leash, or simply to come when called, Arden Moore's simple and encouraging instructions will show you how. You'll have your cat performing like a stage star in no time at all!

About the Author

Arden Moore is the author of 20 books on cats and dogs, including The Cat Behavior Answer Book, The Dog Behavior Answer Book, and Real Food for Dogs. She is the editor of Fido Friendly magazine, editor of Catnip, an animal behavior consultant and host of “Oh Behave!”, a weekly radio show on Pet Life Radio.com. She has appeared on Fox News, CNN Headline News, HGTV’s "Smart Solution," Martha Stewart Living Radio, NPR and hundreds of radio and television programs. She is known as "America’s Pet Edu-Tainer™" and gives pet talks throughout North America. Learn more by visiting her at www.ardenmoore.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580173640
• ISBN-13: 978-1580173643
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.3 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,580 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #77 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Animal Care & Pets > Cats

More About the Author

Arden Moore is the author of 20 books on cats and dogs, including The Cat Behavior Answer Book, The Dog Behavior Answer Book and Real Food for Dogs. She is the editor of Fido Friendly magazine, editor of Catnip, an animal behavior consultant and host of "Oh Behave!" weekly radio show on Pet Life Radio.com. She has appeared on Fox News, CNN Headline News, HGTV's "Smart Solution," Martha Stewart Living Radio, NPR and hundreds of radio and television programs. She is known as "America's Pet Edu-Tainer™" and gives pet talks throughout North America. She shares her Oceanside, Ca. home with dogs, Chipper and Cleo and cats, Callie and Murphy. Learn more by visiting her website: www.ardenmoore.com.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good training tools, October 6, 2008

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Helen Dowsing (Des Moines, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teaching Your Cat Simple Tricks (Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-272) (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin) (Paperback)

This booklet seems to have some really good, well-thought out steps to teaching your cat to perform useful behaviors on command. It has been very helpful as a supplement to clicker-training books for that very reason. When I couldn't come up with steps towards a desired behavior, this book supplied them.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cat trainer pamphelt, December 18, 2011

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This review is from: Teaching Your Cat Simple Tricks (Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-272) (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin) (Paperback)

This book was too basic. Most suggestions were so basic and most intelligent people have probably used every method. A poor value and probably cost $.25 to make. I would not recommend this book.

3.0 out of 5 stars It's a nice book..., October 8, 2011

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This review is from: Teaching Your Cat Simple Tricks (Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-272) (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin) (Paperback)

It's nice. I'm going to train my new kitten soon so this will be helpful because I don't want to teach her any hard tricks. It has some cool tricks. If you want to teach your cats simple tricks then this is a good book to choose.