August 2019
Audience:
Executive Leadership, Foster Caregivers, Public, Shelter/Rescue Staff & Volunteers, Veterinary Team
There are a variety of cat related books on the market, and it can be overwhelming to choose. This list provides you with reading recommendations, but it is not by any means a complete list.
Behavior and Welfare
- BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Behavioural
Medicine, by Debra Horwitz and Daniel S. Mills
- Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can
Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet, by John Bradshaw
- Feline Behavior, by Bonnie Beaver
- The Domestic Cat: The Biology of Its
Behavior, by Dennis C.
Turner
- Feline Behaviour and Welfare, by
Andrew F. Fraser
- Cat Vs. Cat: Keeping Peace When You Have
More Than One Cat, by Pam
Johnson-Bennett
- Think Like a Cat: How to Raise a
Well-Adjusted Cat-Not a Sour Puss, by Pam Johnson-Bennett
- Starting from Scratch: How to Correct
Behavior Problems in Your Adult Cat, by Pam Johnson-Bennett
- The Cat Who Cried for Help: Attitudes,
Emotions, and the Psychology of Cats, by Nicholas Dodman
- Roger Tabor's Cat Behavior, by Roger Tabor
- Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, by Ilona Rodan DVM DABVP (Feline Practice)
and Sarah Heath BVSc DipECAWBM(BM) CCAB MRCVS
Training and Enrichment
- The Trainable Cat, by John Bradshaw and Sarah Ellis
- ASPCA Complete Guide to Cats: Everything You
Need to Know About Choosing and Caring for Your Pet, by James Richards
- The Complete Cat's Meow: Everything You Need
to Know about Caring for Your Cat, by Darlene Arden
- Cat Training in 10 Minutes, by Miriam Fields Babineau
- Low Stress Handling, Restraint, and Behavior
Modification of Dogs and Cats, by Sophia A. Yin
- Cat Training Guide: Proven Cat Training
Methods to Raising a Friendly Feline Friend, by PawPaw Publishing
- Playtime for Cats: Activities and Games for
Felines, by Helena Dbalý
and Stefanie Sigl
- Catification: Designing a Happy and Stylish
Home for Your Cat (and You!), by Jackson Galaxy
- The Cats' House, by Bob Walker
- The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats: A Journey
into the Feline Heart, by
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
This document created by the San Francisco SPCA with a grant
from Maddie's Fund®