Decoding Your Cat: The Ultimate Experts Explain Common Cat Behaviors and Reveal How to Prevent or Change Unwanted Ones

This book is exceptional! I bought this as a gift for a friend who needed to understand her cats better but after flipping through it myself I'll probably buy another copy for myself! The format is extremely user friendly so that you can easily get the most information without having to read every word. Some behavioral books are formatted like novels so that you are forced to read them chapter by chapter to find exactly what you are looking for. Not with this book! You can jump around using titles of chapters and easily find topics with bold print. There is even a short, bulleted review of "what we learned" in each chapter, like a text book. Some might be scared away by the term text book but I think that makes it extremely user friendly. A must have for cat owners!!!

Bottom Line: If you live with cats and would like to understand them better, this book about cat behavior is a must-have.I've lived with cats for 50 years and have developed a pretty good intuitive understanding of them. "Decoding Your Cat" confirmed many of the ideas or hypotheses I've had about cat behavior over the years. But this book - written by 17 experts in veterinary behavior - has also opened my eyes to many other facets of normal cat behavior.Whether you have a well-behaved cat, or one with behavioral problems, this book will help you understand specific cat behaviors and how they fit into a normal cat's normal repertoire. In addition to giving you the "why" of these behaviors, the book also offers some proven, very specific techniques for eliminating, reducing, or redirecting unwanted cat behaviors.This book covers cat perception, cat learning, and cat emotions, and how each of these influences a cat's behavior. It also spends a lot of time on cat communication. Understanding what cats are communicating to other cats and to their human companions is an important step in understanding cats in general."Decoding Your Cat" is not perfect. There is a short list of recommended resources, but this book would have benefited greatly from a detailed bibliography. Research is cited in the book, but there is no detailed list of where to find this research. Despite these drawbacks, this book is written and edited by experts in veterinary behavior and is currently the most up-to-date book on cat behavior available. If you want to better understand cat communication and behavior, this is an excellent place to start.

Good gift for cat lover

I liked the clear questions followed by a brief paragraph explaining the behavior. It helps to demystify kitty's behaviors. I don't like the shortage of explanations, I suppose because it doesn't address my niece's cat's routine. The biggest benefit of this paperback is that it is created by animal behaviorists- experts. Recommended.

The chapter, “Unlocking the Feline Mind” by Lisa Radosta is the most helpful information on cat training and how cats learn I’ve ever read. It’s worth the price of the book on its own.I’m on my second irascible hard-to-live-with cat in a 4-cat household, so I love resources that help me achieve harmony. The book is a collection of articles by Vet Behaviorists. I’ve been working with a vet behaviorist for 12 years, so some of the material like the guidance in “Living with Multiple Cats” by Leticia Dantas is already well ingrained in our home and I can’t recommend it highly enough.The book is well edited and organized with additional articles for new cat owners, introducing a new cat to existing cats and pets, setting up a feline dream home, how to correct common behavioral problems like soiling the house, excessive shyness and aggression. And a wonderful chapter on keeping your elderly cat healthy and stimulated.

Great book. Recommend by our Glover when we got a new kitten. Helped us to understand his behaviors.

For both new and experienced cat owners, cat behavior can sometimes be mystifying. First of all, cats, just like people, have a wide variety of personalities. Just because your first kitty was a well-behaved cuddle-bug doesn't mean your next kitty will be. And all bets are off if you introduce your happy singleton kitty to a new kitty or kitten. "Decoding your Cat" looks at behavior without anthropomorphizing cats. The various authors examine and explain normal, and aberrant, cat behavior and provide strategies for helping cats and their owners get along peacefully, how to introduce new cats to one another, or to a dog. They also have thoughts on introducing a new person, or how to help your cat adjust to the departure of a family member (death, going away to college, divorce, etc), which can cause your cat to grieve. Additional topics include what to do when your cat's natural behavior drives you mad.A useful resource for cat lovers seeking to manage and understand their kitty's ways.I received a digital review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book goes into a lot of topics and I thought it did a nice job of explaining things clearly and giving examples.

Bien

L'ho acquistato per la mia tesi, è completo, scorrevole, pieno di nozioni e non è assolutamente noioso! Ottimo anche per chi vuole approcciarsi al mondo dei gatti in modo un po' più "profondo" ma non necessariamente i "modo accademico"Super consigliato!(è in inglese)

Written by the top experts in their fields. This book is a must read for all cat enthusiasts.

This is that rare thing, a book aimed at the general owner that explains a great deal of technical knowledge without compromise or condescension.Written in an accessible format with clear chapter and sub-headings and a review at the end of each section (useful for quick reference), this is a must for all cat owners.It is honest about what we do and do not know about cats and how to approach problems and solve them. Most importantly, it explains how and when to get professional help.It should be on every cat owner's bookshelf and I will certainly be recommending it to my clients.

This book arrived in the condition shown in the attached photos. It was obviously not in NEW condition before it was sent.