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Index
Cover Title Page Copyright Epigraph Preface by Dr. James R. Shultz Jr. Foreword by Gwen Cooper Contents Introduction: On Cats and How I Learned to See Through Their Eyes
My Animal Family On the Farm Cheshires in the Canyon The Vet Assistant Years The Cat Behaviorist: Filling a Void in Feline Behavior Expertise The Cat Behavior Clinic What “Good Death”? The Crisis of Feline Euthanasia The Shelter and Abandonment Crisis Why I Wrote This Book
One: Mind-Throwing: Inside the Being of the Cat
Anthropomorphism and Its Pleasures—and Pitfalls The Anthropomorphic Trap
Two: Meet Your Cat on His Territory: Using the Three-Part C.A.T. Plan to Change Your Cat’s Behavior
No Punishment, No Reprimand What Works: Withdraw Your Attention and Even Your Presence You Have the Power to Solve Your Cats’ Behavior Issues The Seven Classes of Behavior Problems in Cats The Elements of an Effective C.A.T. Plan
Three: Life on the Wild Side—Where Even the Tamest Cats Live
Cats: Self-Reliant, Highly Territorial, Champion Survivors Cats Can Make Friends, Too Cats: Forever Wild Taming the Wild: The Socialization Process Territoriality, Conflict, and Social Maturity
Four: Cat Etiquette: The Art of Introducing, or Reintroducing, Cats to Each Other
Introductions Reintroductions First Impressions: Desensitization, Habituation, and Counterconditioning Step 1: Setting the Stage Before Newcat Comes Home: The Safe Room and Pheromones Step 2: Making the First Scent Introduction: The Scent Sock Step 3: Mixing Scents Like a Real Social Facilitator: Allogrooming and Allorubbing Step 4: Creating Confident Explorers: Trading Places Step 5: Making the Visual Introduction—The Art of Smooth Transitions
Five: Purrtopia: Transforming Your Cats’ Territory
The Mating Instinct: Humane Sterilization Reduces Many Behavioral and Health Problems Real Estate and Resources Dispersal, Time-sharing, and Choice of Paths
Six: Psychology and Physiology: Does Your Cat Also Have a Medical Issue?
Good Veterinary Hygiene Original Medical Causes Versus Habituated Behaviors Better Living Through Chemistry? Don’t (Automatically) Drug That Cat!
Seven: Feline Aggression: Accepting and Managing Your Cat’s Inner Wildcat
What Not to Do: Punish, Reprimand, or Reach For Understanding Feline Aggression Prevention Types of Feline Aggression C.A.T. Plan for Play and Predatory Aggression Redirected Aggression Management of Redirected Aggression Territorial Aggression Fear-Induced Aggression Cat-to-Cat Aggression C.A.T. Plan for Territorial, Fear, and Cat-to-Cat Aggression Petting-Induced Aggression Status-Related Aggression C.A.T. Plan for Petting-Induced and Status-Related Aggression
Eight: You’ve Got to Elim-i-nate the Negative: Thinking Outside Your Box to Get Cats into Theirs
An Unnecessary Tragedy Out-of-the-Box Defecation Have You Ever Been Invited to a Fecal Ball? Maddening Middening, or Just a Stool Away from Home? Out-of-the-Box Urination C.A.T. Plan for Inappropriate Elimination
Nine: “X” Marks the Spot (or Spots)!: Urine Marking
Marking for Communication What Cats Communicate When They Spray: Territory Marking, Information Gathering, Relational Pmail, Sexual Advertising, Pick-Me-Ups C.A.T. Plan for Spraying, Other Forms of Urine Marking, and Middening
Ten: Yowl!—Excessive Meowing
C.A.T. Plan for Excessive Meowing
Eleven: Destructive and Other Unwanted Behaviors
Shredders and Snaggers: Why Cats Claw Declawing—Unnecessary and Inhumane The Story of Charlie Cat Prevention C.A.T. Plan for Unwanted Scratching Counter Crawling and Table Hopping: Why Cats Like High Places C.A.T. Plan for Counter Crawling and Table Hopping
Twelve: The Compulsive Cat
Overgrooming C.A.T. Plan for Overgrooming (Psychogenic Alopecia) Wool Sucking and Wool Chewing Pica C.A.T. Plan for Wool Sucking, Chewing, and Pica Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome
Afterword Appendix A: Clicker Training for Cats Appendix B: Checklist for Curing Outside-the-Box Elimination Appendix C: Behavior Tools Dedication Acknowledgments Notes
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