"Happiness is living with cats," writes veterinarian and pet behavior specialist Stephanie Schwartz. To ensure readers will agree, she provides a wealth of information designed to facilitate feline-human cohabitation. Dr. Cookie's Guide to Living Happily Ever After with Your Cat begins with hints about interpreting a cat's tail, progresses to "hallucinatory" play (when a cat races about a room, chasing something invisible to its owners), kitten socialization, destructive behaviors, nutrition and grooming matters, and ends with mourning the loss of a beloved cat. Anecdotes illustrate Schwartz's reasonable and straightforward advice. 16 inexpert, almost creepy, drawings.
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Stefanie Schwartz was raised a dog person, but she was introduced to cats while in vet school and fell in love. Affectionately nicknamed "Dr. Cookie" by clients who observed her tendency to spoil her patients with pet treats, she has become so closely associated with the name that it's her trademark. Veterinary behavior is the equivalent of psychiatry in human medicine, and is the fastest growing field of interest in veterinary medicine and among pet owners worldwide. Using anecdotes gathered from all aspects of her career, she addresses these topics among many others: understanding temperment differences between pets managing your allergies how cats show affection hallucinatory play in cats how to sleep through the night and still love your cat in the morning secrets behind your cat's daily rhythm of activity and how to synchronize your circadian rhythm with your cat's internal clock "hissy fits" and feline aggression litter box problems sex-related problems understanding your cat's golden age
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