One Hundred Ways for a Cat to Train Its Human

by Celia Haddon

Though humans cannot speak cat, they vocalise repeatedly. Most of their vocalisations are meaningless and can be completely ignored. In urban areas, fun can be got from hunting human objects such as mink stoles or old underpants. For some reason this kind of prey is usually greeted with human laughter. To get a male human off an armchair, jump on the back of it, hold down his head with a firm paw and lick his bald patch. Purring right into the ear is one of the kindest ways to tell a human being that it is time to get out of bed.

Genres: Cats, Nonfiction, Humor, Animals, Reference, Comedy

96 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2002

About the author

"I have loved animals from as far back as I can remember", writes Celia Haddon. "As a child, I realised that some animals suffered at the hands of ignorant humans. To right this I have published several books about cats. Cats make me laugh. We humans don't really understand them, though. If we did, they would have a happier life.

For 20 years I wrote about companion animals (pets) for the Daily Telegraph. For 12 of these years I was a pet agony aunt and dealt with about 100,000 letters. My aim was to improve animals' lives by giving good information - and, with luck, to make my readers laugh at the same time.

I have also written several daily quotation books, now out of print, and a history of the first English Olimpick Games in 1612 - now republished in Kindle. My latest cat is Tilly and my latest cat book is Tilly: the Ugliest Cat in the Shelter. It tells the story of how I rescued Tilly from 18 months without adoption; and how she rescued me in the darkest moment of my life.

Tilly tweets at http://twitter.com/TillyUgliestCat

My former cat George lives on digitally and advises other cats how to train humans at http://george-online.blogspot.com

My website with useful animal behaviour information is www.catexpert.co.uk

- from Amazon

Reviews

[Mills · Rating 4 out of 5]

This little gem is absolutely spot on, not to mention hilarious! I'm hiding it from my cat in case she gets any ideas! Perfect for anyone who belongs to a cat =)

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm sure I know the cat that wrote this! Good fun.

[Veriña ⚡️ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Súper divertido, verás reflejado a tu(s) gato(s) en cada una de las páginas. Miau.

[Sheila · Rating 3 out of 5]

Esperaba que tuviera más momentos de humor

[gemma · Rating 4 out of 5]

NOTA: 4/5
Catlovers este es vuestro libro.

Esta va a ser una reseña, o mejor dicho un comentario, muy breve, pero no podía dejar pasar la oportunidad de hablaros de este pequeño libro donde los gatos son los protagonistas.

Este es un libro para los amantes de los gatos y para aquellas personas que convivan con ellos o que no, pero que les encantaría hacerlo. A través de pequeños párrafos describe a la perfección lo que es compartir espacio con ellos. Además, lo hace con un gato como narrador y es muy gracioso ver la superioridad y el egocentrismo con el que se pasea por las páginas de este libro. Lo más curioso es que aunque parezca exagerado, no lo es, todos aquellos que vivimos o hemos vivido con ellos sabemos que lo que describe es totalmente cierto. De todas formas, es imposible no reírse con la forma que tiene el gatito narrador de expresarse.

Me gustaría también hacer una pequeña mención a las ilustraciones, que me parecen adorables y que captan genial al lado más travieso y altivo de los gatos. Además, llevan unos los colmillitos que quieren darle un toque malvado, pero incluso así se ven súper achuchables.

100 Maneras de que un gato eduque a su humano es un libro para aquellas personas que adoren a los gatos. Es un libro para verlos reflejados a ello, pero también a nosotros. Y sobre todo, es un libro para reírse de las verdades que cuenta.


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[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A perfect (or should that be purrfect?) little gift for cat lovers and owners. It's full of humorous anecdotes which those who do or have ever owned a cat will understand and appreciate. I think I will have to keep it hidden from my cats so that they don't get even more ideas!

[Cat · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cute and fun book for cat lovers. I liked how it was funny but still had some meaningful advice. There are some parts that take a dark turn though. I really wish all of the cats who have bad homes could find a better one with humans who would love them a lot.

[Wiltshire Hermit · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun little Secret Santa gift I received. A great gift idea for any cat's 'staff'.

[Nyanbooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

“100 maneras de que un gato eduque a su humano” de Celia Haddon consiste en una serie de consejos dirigidos a los gatos para poder convivir con los humanos.
Se trata de un libro corto con ilustraciones que me ha hecho pasar un rato divertido. Cada uno de los consejos que da muestra claramente la personalidad de los gatos, por ello si tienes uno te verás seguramente reflejado en cada una de estas situaciones. Otorga un punto de personalidad a los felinos dando explicación a cada uno de sus comportamientos de una forma divertida.
Creo que sería un buen regalo para aquellos que son amantes de los gatos. Que sin duda conseguirá sacarles una sonrisa al pensar que su mascota tiene estas maquinaciones. 3,5/5⭐

[PrettyFlamingo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a funny little book! If my cat Harry didn't ghostwrite it, he sure as hell edited it! I recognise all the cat tips, written by cats for cats. Never a truer word meowed. Made me laugh this morning reading in bed surrounded by cats showing they've studied every page carefully. I'm passing it on to one of my cat sitting clients who I'm sure will smile as much as I did.

[Bethany Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lovely, funny book. A friend kindly gifted me this for Christmas. Loved it so much I've bought another by the same author and I'm delighted proceeds go to Cats Protection. So brilliant. I read some to my cat and ironically she purred then bit me

[Sappho Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious!

[Shimone Thorn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Little funny book that every cat owner will enjoy!

[Charlotte · Rating 3 out of 5]

A funny little book that made me laugh. My cats have me very well trained

[Sami777 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutamente divertido

[Devika · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious- but don't let your cats near it unless you want them hatching a plot against you.

[Katie Sapphire-Star · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short and entertaining book. Some good thoughts on cat behaviour from their own perspective that I feel some cat parents don't always understand!

[Emma Minazza · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book made me laugh with some of the bits. Cats definitely have staff!

[Marga Galocha · Rating 4 out of 5]

No está mal, para leer en un rato libre.

[Mara Marj R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute and definitely written by a feline.

[Reyes · Rating 4 out of 5]

🙋🏻‍♀️¿𝙌𝙐𝙀 𝙈𝙀 𝙃𝘼 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙄𝘿𝙊?: tengo dos gatos y los he visto en muchas de las "maneras de educar a un humanos".

📝 𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙈𝘼: son reflexiones cortas sobre gatos y humanos. Se lee en un periquete.

❌️ 𝙇𝙊 𝙉𝙀𝙂𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙑𝙊: quedarte con ganas de mas reflexiones 😆

✒️𝘾𝙊𝙉𝘾𝙇𝙐𝙎𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙀𝙎: me ha gustado. Es un libro para gente con gatos que verá reflejados a su/s minino/s en muchas de las reflexiones. No podrás reprimir la sonrisa en muchas de ellas.
Y si no tienes gatos... es una breve introducción de lo que te espera 😸
También es un 🎁 perfecto para esa persona que ama los gatos!

😍 ME ENCANTÓ
🙂 ME GUSTÓ 👈🏼
☹️ NO ME GUSTÓ

[Luna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lette le recensioni su Anobii, pensavo di meglio..... invece si limita a raccontare cose che sono scontate e luoghi comuni sui mici, e tralascia qual'� invece il vero spirito gattesco con il suo umano.... cosa che conosco bene perch� sono stata adottata a ritmo pieno da una di loro :) Alla fine, forse era meglio dedicarsi di pi� allo spirito casalingo che dedicare intere pagine al fatto che tornano con i topi morti a casa. Verissimo, il mio micio selvatico lo fa, mi omaggia di queste leccornie, ma con lui ho un rapporto libero. Non sono la sua umana, sono uno scambio reciproco di cibo :) Insomma, il libro non apporta nulla alla cultura gattesca. Non potrei prestarlo a nessuno per spiegargli com'� la vita con un felino :)

[Eleclyah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un divertentissimo manuale di consigli, da gatto a gatto, su come trattare con i propri padroni per farli rigar dritto.
Perché un gatto vuole la pappa buona, non quella scadente; e il letto è suo, se ve lo concede è per pura magnanimità; e potete utilizzare la poltrona solo finché lui non c'è, perché appena arriva quello è il suo posto.
Non fatelo leggere ai vostri gatti, mi raccomando.
Io ho l'impressione che almeno uno dei miei mici l'abbia letto...

Davvero molto divertente, ma decisamente microscopico: aguzzate la vista se volete trovarlo in libreria!

[J K · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this as it was a Christmas gift, and money from sales goes to the Cats Protection League, so, yay! Not so much a comedy book as a list of what cats tend to do, with very paw puns (arf arf). Cheesy. Very cute kitty pictures in this, though - old black and white etchings of kitties doing cute human things, including a dead ringer for Puss in Boots, minus the Boots.

[J.S. Watts · Rating 3 out of 5]

An amusing little book. A stocking filler, yes, but a fun stocking filler which will entertain cat owners who fancy a cat's-eye view of the human-feline relationship. As is frequently said, and as quoted on the back of the book, "Dogs may have masters. We cats have staff." So you can regard this as a brief training manual to help you develop the staff you feel you deserve.

[Kristal Stidham]

This explains a LOT! :)

[Missy]

I finished this quickly and thought it was cute.

Part of a bookcrossing bookring. Read and passed on.

[Marina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un must per gli amanti e soprattutto i proprietari di gatti.
Su: http://sonnenbarke.wordpress.com/2005...

[Hanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not only is this book interesting, it is hilarious too!!!!!

The book tells you all about your cats dislikes and likes (about yourself).

This is a great book for cat owners!

[Rebekah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Humorous. If you have a cat then there's a lot to relate to. Good time filler.