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Cathood: How to be the perfect Cat
After spending his kittenhood months in an underwear drawer, Muffin is soon sent to the local RSPCA while waiting for his forever home. He is adopted by a Deaf girl who uses her hands to talk and, soon after, decides to impart all of his acquired wisdom and knowledge to animals of all walks of life, via his CATHOOD blog.
NOTE: A portion of the proceeds from the sale of all books in the CATHOOD series are donated to NO-KILL shelters around the globe, contributing to the cost of food, bedding, shelter, kitty litter, veterinary care, toys, blankets and foster care for animals which are awaiting their forever homes.
NOTE: A portion of the proceeds from the sale of all books in the CATHOOD series are donated to NO-KILL shelters around the globe, contributing to the cost of food, bedding, shelter, kitty litter, veterinary care, toys, blankets and foster care for animals which are awaiting their forever homes.
44 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 12, 2015
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About the author
Rosie Malezer
10 books57 followersA domestic violence survivor, Rosie Malezer was born in 1971 in Queensland, Australia. She is a profoundly Deaf, legally blind Australian Aboriginal author, writer and blogger (thanks to her incredibly fast touch typing skills) and a proud member of the Gubbi Gubbi tribe. Gubbi Gubbi Country is situated on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.
Rosie's father - a retired military police officer of the Royal Australian Navy - trained her in the usage and safety of various guns at a very young age. Although she enjoys target shooting, Rosie is strictly against the idea of hunting for fun; her belief being that unless you need to hunt an animal for food and clothing in order to survive, animals should be treated with respect and left to live in peace.
Rosie now dedicates all of her spare time promoting awareness of issues relating to domestic violence, the vilification of her own people in her home country, as well as standing up for Deaf rights. When not writing, she spends her time doing everything she can to remove the communication barriers between the Deaf and Hearing people of the world.
PS: Rosie loves cats.
Rosie's father - a retired military police officer of the Royal Australian Navy - trained her in the usage and safety of various guns at a very young age. Although she enjoys target shooting, Rosie is strictly against the idea of hunting for fun; her belief being that unless you need to hunt an animal for food and clothing in order to survive, animals should be treated with respect and left to live in peace.
Rosie now dedicates all of her spare time promoting awareness of issues relating to domestic violence, the vilification of her own people in her home country, as well as standing up for Deaf rights. When not writing, she spends her time doing everything she can to remove the communication barriers between the Deaf and Hearing people of the world.
PS: Rosie loves cats.
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June 13, 2016
My review of Cathood: How to be a Perfect Cat, will be of the writing only, since the copy I was gifted was without Illustrations.
However even without them I still enjoyed the book. As a pet owner myself, a lot of the jokes rang true and I found myself chuckling quite a bit. My favourite ‘blog post’ was the one about dogs, with their constant creepy smiling, food stealing and perplexing butt waggles. If you have a cat, you’ll probably have even more to amuse you with the antic’s Muffin (the name assigned by her human much to Muffin’s displeasure) gets up to.
While some chapters were certainly stronger than some others, for example I didn’t really feel the blog post on changing cat food really added much, whereas I really liked Muffins observations on the communications of her deaf owner, all of them are short and snappy with Muffin’s unique outlook on the human she ‘owns’ so I didn’t find myself disliking any of them. If I had to come up with a criticism it’s that I wish there had been a few more of them, maybe covering more about the outside or Muffins thoughts on some day to day ins and outs.
Not quite perfect but it’s a simple yet enjoyable little book that I would be reading to my five-year-old+ right now if I had one (God forbid), and I would happily totter through myself again on any lazy Sunday.
However even without them I still enjoyed the book. As a pet owner myself, a lot of the jokes rang true and I found myself chuckling quite a bit. My favourite ‘blog post’ was the one about dogs, with their constant creepy smiling, food stealing and perplexing butt waggles. If you have a cat, you’ll probably have even more to amuse you with the antic’s Muffin (the name assigned by her human much to Muffin’s displeasure) gets up to.
While some chapters were certainly stronger than some others, for example I didn’t really feel the blog post on changing cat food really added much, whereas I really liked Muffins observations on the communications of her deaf owner, all of them are short and snappy with Muffin’s unique outlook on the human she ‘owns’ so I didn’t find myself disliking any of them. If I had to come up with a criticism it’s that I wish there had been a few more of them, maybe covering more about the outside or Muffins thoughts on some day to day ins and outs.
Not quite perfect but it’s a simple yet enjoyable little book that I would be reading to my five-year-old+ right now if I had one (God forbid), and I would happily totter through myself again on any lazy Sunday.
June 27, 2016
Combined with hilarious illustrations, Cathood is about Muffin - a cat who adopts a Deaf human when he is a guest of the RSPCA. With all of the lessons that his mother taught him when he was little, as well as everything he has learned from Tarja in sign language and on television, Muffin feels it is time to begin his own blog and inform animals from around the globe about what it takes to be the perfect cat.
How ironic that I am madly in love with this book, as well as all of the felines which have come and gone from my life, either through adoption or in my capacity as their Veterinary Nurse at the RSPCA. The Cathood books are educational in value and teach children of all ages about the highs and lows of being owned by a pet (through sickness and health). Muffin was my very first kitten, adopted 20 years ago, and has since crossed over Rainbow Bridge, but his memory will be in my heart forever.
How ironic that I am madly in love with this book, as well as all of the felines which have come and gone from my life, either through adoption or in my capacity as their Veterinary Nurse at the RSPCA. The Cathood books are educational in value and teach children of all ages about the highs and lows of being owned by a pet (through sickness and health). Muffin was my very first kitten, adopted 20 years ago, and has since crossed over Rainbow Bridge, but his memory will be in my heart forever.
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