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The Total Cat Manual: Meet, Love, and Care for Your New Best Friend

by David Meyer (Author), Abbie Moore (Author), Dr. Pia Salk (Author) Format: Flexibound
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Everything you need to know about your new feline friend, with over 200 top tips from the experts at Adopt-a-Pet.com! From adoption and care to behavior and communication, this is the most comprehensive guide to cats available.

The experts at Adopt-a-Pet.com, who have spent many years connecting homeless pets to their new families, have compiled all the essential information on adopting a new feline family member into one definitive tome:

Basics: Understand your new kitten or cat, prepare for a new arrival, get the skinny on supplies and toys, and learn everything you need to know to integrate a kitty into your home and life.

Behavior: Get the scoop on breed characteristics, troubleshoot problems, and learn how to communicate with your new friend.

Care & Health: Choose a veterinarian, treat common ailments, and keep kitty entertained, clean, happy, and safe in their new home!

Get ready for your new kitten or learn everything you need to know about the family cat with The Total Cat Manual. With high-quality design, intricate detail, and a durable, wipe-clean flexicover with metallic corner-guards, this manual is the perfect gift!
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  1. Part of series
    Adopt a Pet
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    224 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Weldon Owen
  5. Publication date
    October 18, 2016
  6. Dimensions
    7.5 x 0.7 x 9.5 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1681881551
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1681881553
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As a multiple world champion Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor, as well as a martial arts expert and teacher (having trained the likes of Chuck Norris and many top UFC fighters), David Meyer has spent a lifetime enabling weaker individuals to become stronger. But as the co-founder and president of Adopt-a-Pet.com, he is a passionate advocate for the truly powerless in our society – abandoned and homeless animals. David has used his skills to help guide Adopt-a-Pet.com to become the world’s largest non-profit homeless pet adoption website, and he continues to push the organization forward and act as a spokesperson for all shelter animals.

Abbie Moore, executive director of Adopt-a-Pet.com, revels in the opportunity to bring joy to animals and the people who adopt them. After starting her career in the entertainment industry, Abbie pursued her passion for animal welfare and worked at a large animal rescue organization in Los Angeles. With Adopt-a-Pet.com, Abbie leads many new initiatives, including celebrity-oriented social networking campaigns and the organization’s extensive work with professional athletes who have a passion for helping stray pets.

Dr. Pia Salk specializes in social justice and the human-animal bond. She is an Adopt-a-Pet.com spokesperson and a contributing writer to their website; her writing was also included in the recently published Pet Loss and Human Emotion. She was a frequent guest on the Martha Stewart Show and was a regular guest contributor to The Martha Stewart blog “The Daily Wag”. She has been featured on Animal Planet’s Hurricane Heroes and 20/20 for her animal rescue efforts following hurricane Katrina.

Adopt-a-Pet.com (formerly 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com) is North America's largest non-profit pet adoption website. We help nearly 16,000 animal shelters, humane societies, SPCAs, pet rescue groups, and pet adoption agencies advertise their homeless pets to millions of adopters a month, for free. We also provide useful and informative information on the human/companion animal relationship to help keep pets healthy and permanently in their loving homes. Our blog has articles, and our YouTube channel has useful pet training as well as entertaining videos, all produced by our expert staff of professionals in animal training and behavior, as well as human psychology.

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Tip 023: Catproof Your Furniture
 
Because of your cat’s heightened senses, your personal scent is discernable on everything you touch, including your furniture. If you like your sofa, so will she, even when you’re not on it. As far as kitty is concerned, it’s her furniture, too—so here’s how to do a little catproofing and keep it looking nice.
 
TOSS A THROW Draping an inexpensive throw blanket across furniture is a simple way to keep cat hair in one, easily-removable place.
 
ADD SOME CITRUS: Spraying citrusy smells on the corners of your furniture may deter your cat from lounging there. Just be sure that whatever you spray is safe for your cat and your furniture alike.
 
TRY BUMPY MATS: Plastic mats with raised bumps (sold in pet stores) can deter your cat from leaping onto the furniture. She may stay off it even after you’ve removed the mats.
 
GIVE YOUR CAT CHOICES: Give your cat plenty of nice, cushiony spots to sit, ideally elevated and close to windows for his viewing pleasure. The goal is to make better spots available—so he’ll want to spend less time on that boring old sofa. As with any training, reward your cat with verbal accolades, treats, snuggles, and brushing when he’s learned what you expect of him regarding the furniture. This will reinforce his success—and yours.
 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Weldon Owen
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 18, 2016
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1681881551
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1681881553
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.75 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.7 x 9.5 inches
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ Adopt a Pet
  • Best Sellers Rank: #795,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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    David is the CEO and Co-Founder of Humane America Animal Foundation and Food System Innovations. He is an author, speaker and executive with deep experience at the nexus of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, and a strong interest in environmental sustainability, animal welfare, and working to find sustainable solutions that benefit a diverse set of stakeholders. He was the interim Executive Director at the Plant Based Foods Association, works closely with many other nonprofits and for-profits in the space.

    David has a long list of philanthropic accomplishments. He co-founded and ran the Adopt-a-Pet website for 22 years, taking it from just an idea, to the world’s largest nonprofit homeless pet adoption website, reaching millions of website visitors every month, and listing pets from over 19,000 animal welfare organizations. David values inclusiveness and a positive company culture, and Adopt-a-Pet was selected by The NonProfit Times as 15th on the list of the top 50 NGOs to work for in 2021. the Adopt-a-Pet website has touched millions of people's and animals' lives and has been a key part of the major reduction in animals killed in shelters over the last 20 years.

    In 2000 he conceived of and co-led a consumer information/animal welfare ballot initiative, ran a 501(c)4 political organization called Campaign Humane. He helped author and testified in Congress on behalf of federal legislation to protect companion animals and their guardians, and in 2005, he co-led the animal rescue efforts in New Orleans post-Katrina. He has done many other things to save and improve the lives of animals and people. He is a co-author of the books “Total Dog Manual” and “Total Cat Manual”.

    His passion to defend those less powerful is tied to a lifetime of martial arts training. He is one of the "Dirty Dozen"- the first Americans to earn a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and is the first American to win a medal in a world championship at the black belt level. He is a ten-time world champion in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is the author of several books on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) including “Training for Competition", and he co-produced with Master John Will a BJJ curriculum used in over a thousand martial arts schools. He has taught and taught alongside Steven Segal and Chuck Norris, and trains with and has coached many top UFC fighters over the years.

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