How to Raise a Happy Cat
focuses on the happiness to be found in the person/pet relationship and includes dozens of ideas for activities and hacks you can build into daily life with your pet, from spontaneous play and activities to making them the perfect sleep spot.
We know how important happiness is for ourselves but when it comes to pets,
making sure they’re happy
– as opposed to obedient, say – is
often underrated
. Yet there’s plenty of fresh science that shows that
a happy, engaged pet is easy to live with and creates happiness in its owners, too
.
shows
what you can learn from your pet’s behaviour
and body language, offer a mass of
practical ways to raise your pet’s happiness levels
, and show you how to
connect with them
in the way they’ll love best.
Building on recent scientific developments into animal behavioural science, this book's methods aim to
increase inter-species understanding
and
encouraging the behaviour you do want
, while discouraging the behaviour you don’t.
Divided into 6 chapters, each of which contains plenty of
easy-to-follow activities
which owners can carry out themselves, this book will become an invaluable resource for building and
strengthening the bond between human and cat.
Sections include:
How you can
get to know your cat better;
How to develop happiness in different areas, from
exercising
to
playing
;
A guide to different stages in a cat’s life and at
how to tailor activities to a kitten or to an ageing cat
Perfect for cat owners who want to get to
know their feline friends as individuals
, this indispensible book offers a new angle that gives owners lots of
customized ideas for having fun with their pet
, as well as
explaining behaviours
that they may have previously found baffling.