Cat Scene Investigator
Dusty Rainbolt, author of ‘Cat Wrangling Made Easy’ (& many others) discusses her new book ‘Cat Scene Investigator: Solve Your Cat’s Litterbox Mysteries’ and takes questions from host Deborah Wolfe about various cat behavior topics. Dusty gives practical solutions to bullying, and cats who seem to hate being touched sometimes not at first but soon after purring they are lashing out. If you think your cat likes to be hugged or likes rough affection you are probably mistaken. Discussing several scenarios of multi-cat politics Deborah asks Dusty ; ‘Is hierarchy unavoidable’. The answer is yes. But hierarchy with cats isn’t always as it is with humans or dogs. They have time share, and other values that makes their hierarchy situational depending on a few factor Dusty discusses. In the news, Air Canada has changed policy to prohibit pushed-in faced dogs from flying. Deb and Dusty discuss why this may not be a bad thing. Dusty recommends the Sentry Good Cat Calming Collar for ‘Tiger’ the timid and Deb promises to get it , try it, and report back.
The number one reason cats find themselves dumped, abandoned and homeless is for missing the litterbox. If you have a cat that doesn’t use the litterbox reliably and you have ruled out a Veterinary cause, check out Dusty’s book ‘CSI:Solve Your Cat’s Litterbox Mysteries’ to solve the problem. Once your figure out what is throwing your cat off using the box, you can solve it and usually the fix is easy and cheap and simple. Bad habits are harder to break than new mistakes so if your cat has just started to mess outside the box or occasionally has this issue get the book now and fix the problem before it’s a big habit that takes weeks or months to correct.
Check out Deb’s Place, CAMP GOOD DOG on facebook to see the Doodle pups now 3 weeks old and the many happy doggie campers playing and swimming, running and enjoying snow.
Deb’s Cat Riddle: Q. When is it better to get twice the amount of a nasty thing left at your door?
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BIO:
Dusty Rainbolt is an award-winning cat behavior author. She released her latest book, Cat Scene Investigator: Solve Your Cat’s Litter Box Mystery, to help people resolve their cat's litter box avoidance. She's also author of Kittens for Dummies, Cat Wrangling Made Easy: Maintaining Peace & Sanity in Your Multicat Home and Ghost Cats: Human Encounters with Feline Spirits. She also penned the paranormal mystery, Death Under the Crescent Moon. Her scifi fans know Dusty for her comedy novel All the Marbles and as coauthor of the outrageous Four Redheads of the Apocalypse fantasy series.
Dusty is past president of the Cat Writers’ Association. Since joining CWA in 1995, her books, columns, reviews and articles have been honored with more than 50 writing awards including being named Friskies Writer of the Year three times. Her articles and columns regularly appear on Catster.com and in other print and online publications.