Your Ideal Cat Insights into Breed and Gender Differences in Cat Behavior

Name: Your Ideal Cat Insights into Breed and Gender Differences in Cat Behavior
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ISBN: 9781557536488

ISBN-10: 1557536481

ISBN-13: 9781557536488

Edition: 2013

Authors: Benjamin L. Hart, Lynette A. Hart

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For a happy relationship with your cat, go beyond the looks and make your pick based on demonstrated breed behavior. This is the advice of the Harts, two experts in animal communication and behavior, whose new book takes the process of selecting a cat to the next level by offering data-based behavioral profiles of a wide range of cat breeds. Developed over a lifetime of research and through extensive interviews with eighty veterinary experts, the profiles are presented in easy-to-use graphical form. A history of the development of different breeds is presented, and then breed-specific differences across a range of variables are discussed. These include twelve behavioral traits, in areas…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Publication date: 2/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 172
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.40" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Preface



How to use this book to select your ideal cat



Choosing and welcoming your new cat



Behavioral differences between male and female cats



Raising kittens to emphasize good behavior and discourage problem behaviors



Historical background of cats



Understanding behavioral characteristics of cats



Behavioral profiles of cat breeds



Why cats do that: Purring, yawning, eating grass, and flipping out on catnip


Epilogue


Annotated bibliography


Index