If Your Cat Could Talk: A Language Course for Humans

by Bruce Fogle

An experienced veterinarian explains how to read a cat's body language to tell the difference between instinct and learned behavior, and how to understand feline moods.

Genres: Nonfiction, Cats, Animals, Nature, Psychology

160 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 2007

Reviews

[Christine Hallak]

C'est un livre global, autant que possible l'auteur parle en général sur les ancêtres de mammifères carnivores, l'évolution du felin, la domestication, des petites informations scientifiques sur leur système nerveux et aussi sur leur activité cerébrale.
Donc on explique l'accouplement, la mise bas, en plus de leur comportement, leur langage corporel et leurs maladies mortelles comme le Sida, le diabète sucré et le dysfonctionnement rénal.
Ce livre est insiffisant, au cours de la lecture, vous devez chercher sur l'internet pour apprendre plus de détails, parce qu'il donne des informations de base.
Mais il est très approprié pour quelqu'un qui veut devenir vétérinaire ou qui veut adopter un chaton.
Parce que cette personne aura une idée sur tout ce qui touche les chats et sera en mesure de mieux les comprendre.
Finalement, je tiens à mentionner une phrase que j'ai tellement aimée:
"Les chiens imaginent qu'ils sont humains; Les chats se prennent pour Dieu."

[Donna]

Very funny and cute book. Great pictures of cats too.

[Laura Cushing]

Beautiful full color pictures of kitties illustrate the points in this book about cat language. Learn how to read your cat's facial and body expressions. I wish the author would've gone into more detail about how we can communicate back to our cats, but overall it was a very good book and I learned some things I hadn't known before.

I've seen some complaints in reviews about the author being pro-outdoors for cats, but it seemed to me that the book discussed the pros and cons of both indoor and outdoor living for cats. It allowed the reader to make their own determination as to what was best for their cat.

My two are indoor only with supervised access to our third floor balcony so they can sit and watch the birds and squirrels and people. That seems to make them quite happy.

Anyhow, the book is a good read and the pictures of beautiful kitties made me happy while reading it.

[Debbie]

Lots of basic information about cats, but not exactly what I was expecting. I wanted more about how to read a cat's body language, but what I got was lots of cute kitten pictures.

Also, the author is a proponent of letting housecats wander free outside. I strongly disagree, both for the health and safety of the cat and for the other small animals who live outside. Cats will hunt purely for sport and can have a serious impact on a habitat.

[Jessi]

What?! C'mon, I KNOW you wonder about this too...
This was good "bathroom reading" but the cats still aren't talking...