Good Owners, Great Cats
Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson
Warner Books
Nonfiction, Cats
*****
DESCRIPTION: This cat care guide outlines various necessities of living with cats, and tackles several common problems of cat ownership.
REVIEW: Kilcommons, unlike some pet experts, actually seems to have some common sense. He doesn't play into the "my cat owns me" routine. That's a cute saying for mugs and T-shirts, but cats depend on their owners to fulfill their physical and psychological needs, and if something's not working it's up to the owner to figure out what it is and how to fix it. The emphasis of this book is on working out and preventing behavioral problems. Despite what many people think, cats are not a "no-maintenance" animal. No living creature is no-maintenance. They all require attention and care, or trouble will result. Kilcommons offers plenty of sound advice, which any cat owner would do well to heed. This is one of my favorite cat care books, which is - unfortunately - difficult to find these days.
You might also enjoy:
Eyewitness Handbook: Cats (David Alderton, Nonfiction - A guide to cat breeds and colors)
The Mini-Atlas of Cats (Andrew DePrisco and James B. Johnson, Nonfiction - A guide to cats domestic and wild)
The ASPCA Cat Care Manual (Andrew Edney, B.M.V., Nonfiction - Cat care)
Secrets of the Cat (Barbara Holland, Nonfiction - Cat guide and anecdote collection)
Guide to Cats of the World (Howard Loxton, Nonfiction - Illustrated cat breed guide)
Cat Breeds of the World (Desmond Morris, Nonfiction - Cat breeds popular and obscure)
The Cat Who Couldn't See in the Dark (Howard Padwee, D.V.M. and Valerie Moolman, Nonfiction - A vet recalls stories of feline patients and their owners)
Cats for Dummies(Gina Spadafori and Paul D. Pion, DVM, DACVIM, Nonfiction - Cat care)
Simon & Schuster's Guide to Cats (Mordecai Siegal, editor, Nonfiction - Cat guide)
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