Description
What is your cat telling you?
Are your cats playing together happily or about to get in a fight?
Is your cat a little shy? How can you help him be more confident?
When you play with your cat, is he making playful noises or growling?
How do you know when your new cat is “settling in”?
What does your cat look like when he’s calm? When he’s upset?
Cat Reading Course for Professionals
Our CAT READING COURSE was originally developed as part of a training program for the animal care staff at a large, municipal open-intake shelter. It can be challenging to know the first signs of stress and fear, to know whether a cat is threatening you or wanting to play. Staff who care for shelter animals must understand them and immediately know how to respond so they don’t cause further stress. Best practices in handling skills are based on reading cats’ communications and helping them feel secure, reducing the stress of being in a shelter. Reducing stress helps shelter pets be the best pets they can be and increases adoption and retention rates. Behavior science offers principles and proven methods for reducing stress; loving cats is not enough.
Understand Your Own Cat Better
Cats in loving homes experience stress, too. Cats who are fearful are stressed. Cats unsure about interactions with other pets in the home are stressed. Cats who don’t know how to interact with human visitors may be stressed. How can you know? How can you help your cats?
Our CAT READING COURSE will help you understand what your cat is telling you and what to do about it. Proper ways to handle cats to help them relax are not always intuitive. Learn how to approach your cat so he feels confident, how to help him relax in the face of a new experience; how to know when what you’re doing is helping and when it’s not.
CAT READING is the first course in shelter staff training. It has been used by rescue groups to help foster homes learn to read cats’ communications and understand their stress/anxiety levels. And now it’s available to pet owners! Understanding your catis the first step in training.
- Understand what cats are “saying”!
- Their body language tells you what they need from you
- Expert advice on best handling practices
- Essential for shelter and vet clinic pros
- Critical for rescue group volunteers
- Great for pet owners, too!
- Includes downloadable handouts for future reference
- $30 – online class at your convenience
