ComPETability: Solving Behavior Problems In Your Cat-Dog Household Description
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You asked for it--and Amy Shojai delivers! This 3rd Edition has been expanded to include more detailed prescriptive how-to advice. Use these fun techniques to calm fears, explain pet body language, and strengthen the bond you share with cats and dogs--while hushing the "hissy" fits and promoting a peaceable kingdom. Step by step tips from this award-winning author and certified animal behavior consultant explain how to:
• Recognize and diffuse cat-dog aggression
• Settle disputes over territory, potty problems and mealtime woes
• Choose an appropriate furry friend that resident pets welcome with open “paws”
• Introduce the new arrival to the current pets
• Solving common pet peeves: barking, chewing, clawing, jumping up, digging and more!
More than 30 million U.S. households double their pleasure by welcoming both cats and dogs into their homes. Yet mixing the two can mean trouble in paradise, especially if you treat your cat like your dog, or vice versa. Cats and dogs are two very different animals with distinctive needs and they cannot—and must not—be treated in the same way.
Fun, practical, and eminently informative, Competability briefly looks at the biological, evolutionary, and behavioral differences between cats and dogs to devise strategies for owners that enable the two species to live in harmony within the same household. Written by one of America's premier pet experts, the book explains everything an owner of a cat and dog should know. Most important, Competability provides crucial tips on how to evaluate and match your pets' personalities, improve their relationships, and make your home a sanctuary for pet fun and peace.
For more pet behavior advice refer to:
ComPETability: Solving Behavior Problems In Your Multi-CAT Household
ComPETability: Solving Behavior Problems In Your Multi-DOG Household
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Amy Shojai has been reinventing herself for years. She’s a certified animal behavior consultant, and the award-winning author of two-dozen best selling pet books that cover furry babies to old-fogies, first aid to natural healing, and behavior/training to Chicken Soup-icity. She is the Puppies Guide at puppies.About.com, the cat behavior expert at cats.About.com, and hosts a weekly half hour Internet Pet Peeves radio show. Amy has been featured as an expert in hundreds of print venues including The New York Times, Reader’s Digest, and Family Circle, as well as national radio and television networks such as CNN, Animal Planet’s DOGS 101 and CATS 101. Amy brings her unique pet-centric viewpoint to public appearances, nonfiction books and thriller fiction.
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK:
“Amy Shojai is one of America’s foremost writers of pet care information. She is truly compassionate and caring about her subject and that shines through loud and clear in all she does. Her information is well researched, topical, and practical. I trust Amy and love her work.” –Dr. Jim Humphries, veterinarian, National Veterinary Spokesperson, and President of Veterinary News Network.
“A new light and enlightened beam is shining from Texas lately and her name is Amy Shojai. She has added a touch of elegance as well as touching depth to the genre of dog and cat writing. I am a fan.” –Mordecai Siegal, the “father” of pet-writing and author of more than three-dozen pet titles.
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