Comments on: The Complete Cat. http://savvycat.net/2009/09/the-complete-cat/ savvycat covers most things cat related in and around Australia and New Zealand. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:49:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mardi http://savvycat.net/2009/09/the-complete-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-2128 Mardi Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:26:25 +0000 http://savvycat.net/?p=1775#comment-2128 Sounds like I need to read some of her books. We have nine feline babies and some of them, not sure which, wee and spray EVERYWHERE. I know it's my fault for having so many cats but there is a reason, I'm not just a mad cat lady! Thanks for mentioning her, I will be on the look out for her books. Sounds like I need to read some of her books. We have nine feline babies and some of them, not sure which, wee and spray EVERYWHERE. I know it’s my fault for having so many cats but there is a reason, I’m not just a mad cat lady! Thanks for mentioning her, I will be on the look out for her books.

]]> By: Fui and Suey http://savvycat.net/2009/09/the-complete-cat/comment-page-1/#comment-2125 Fui and Suey Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:38:12 +0000 http://savvycat.net/?p=1775#comment-2125 I am a card carrying member of the church of Vicky Halls! I love her books. I've read Cat Counsellor and Cat Detective, and am just starting Cat Confidential. I think they are great. I like the way she presents different case studies, identifies the problem and then discusses things they put in place to address the problems. I got into her books when we moved and Fui and Suey became indoor cats. I wanted to try and enrich the indoors as much as possible, and there are some great ideas in her books. Suey loves using the food puzzles I made after reading about them in the book. It also got me to look at my own behaviour towards the cats in a different way, with the aim of not having them become over-dependant on me. I also like that the books are straightforward. Some of the ones I've read have been all caught up in really technical details of psychology and hard to understand, or are adamant that their viewpoint is the only one that is correct. Vicky says in her books that she thinks it's best to have a one cat household, and that cats should be allowed outside, but still talks about how you can make life better for indoor only cats or ways to deal with multi-cat tensions. I've learned a lot to hopefully prevent problems between my two. She also doesn't just recommend drugs or really expensive furniture etc. .-= Fui and Suey´s last blog post: <a href="http://foreverfoster.blogspot.com/2009/09/kittens-speak.html" rel="nofollow">The Kittens Speak</a> =-. I am a card carrying member of the church of Vicky Halls! I love her books. I’ve read Cat Counsellor and Cat Detective, and am just starting Cat Confidential. I think they are great. I like the way she presents different case studies, identifies the problem and then discusses things they put in place to address the problems.

I got into her books when we moved and Fui and Suey became indoor cats. I wanted to try and enrich the indoors as much as possible, and there are some great ideas in her books. Suey loves using the food puzzles I made after reading about them in the book. It also got me to look at my own behaviour towards the cats in a different way, with the aim of not having them become over-dependant on me.

I also like that the books are straightforward. Some of the ones I’ve read have been all caught up in really technical details of psychology and hard to understand, or are adamant that their viewpoint is the only one that is correct. Vicky says in her books that she thinks it’s best to have a one cat household, and that cats should be allowed outside, but still talks about how you can make life better for indoor only cats or ways to deal with multi-cat tensions. I’ve learned a lot to hopefully prevent problems between my two. She also doesn’t just recommend drugs or really expensive furniture etc.
Fui and Suey´s last blog post: The Kittens Speak My ComLuv Profile

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