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Your ideal cat : insights into breed and gender differences in cat behavior / Benjamin L. Hart and Lynette A. Hart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hart, Benjamin L.
- Series:
- New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cat breeds.
- Cats--Behavior.
- Cats.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (158 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- West Lafayette, IN : Purdue University Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For a happy relationship with your cat, go beyond the looks and make your pick based on demonstrated breed behavior.This is the advice of the Harts, two experts in animal communication and behavior, whose new book takes the process of selecting a cat to the next level by offering data-based behavioral profiles of a wide range of cat breeds.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1 How to use this book to select your ideal cat""; ""Chapter 2 Choosing and welcoming your new cat""; ""Chapter 3 Behavioral differences between male and female cats""; ""Chapter 4 Raising kittens to emphasize good behavior and discourage problem behaviors""; ""Chapter 5 Historical background of cats""; ""Chapter 6 Understanding behavioral characteristics of cats""; ""Chapter 7 Behavioral profiles of cat breeds""; ""Chapter 8 Why cats do that: Purring, yawning, eating grass, and flipping out on catnip""; ""Epilogue""
- ""Annotated bibliography""""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61249-255-X
- OCLC:
- 922969372
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