from UberButter

Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You Better Friends to Your Pet by John Bradshaw307 pages★★★I can't tell you the day I woke up and became a "cat person" (I honestly see myself as an all animal person but others seem to disagree). I grew up with dogs (to this day I count one of my be...

from kraaivrouw

I love cats and have lived with them as far back as I can remember with only a few breaks. My very first cat friend was named Tigger, a huge feral tomcat who decided to take up residence with us and who put up with my pokes and prods with equanimity and kindness. He was a great cat. I've had the ...

from silverarrowknits

This ARC was generously donated by Basic Books Group. Cat Sense is an all-encompassing book about the domestic cat. The first few chapters describe the history of cats and their domestication. John Bradshaw then discusses some of his research with the modern, domesticated cat. The final chapters ...

from crosbyp

Give it 3 1/2 due to a fair amount of redundancy. Interesting background on feline history and biology but no great revelations. One takeaway was on the issue of spaying all our nice, friendly domesticated cats--then one is left with a population of feral and/or anti-social (to humans) cats. Hadn...

from booksgaloreca

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in return for an unbiased review. I am not finished reading the book yet, but am really enjoying it. It can be a bit dry at times, but I am finding it will be a valuable resource for me to come back to again and again. I have owned cats throu...