"Zazie Todd has created a must-have guide to improving your cat's life." -- Modern Cat Magazine " Purr covers all the essentials to ensure we are raising our cats right!" --Ingrid Johnson, Certified Cat Behavior Consultant and founder of Fundamentally Feline " Purr is cat-centered, so much that it feels like a very smart cat wrote it! Starting with the most recent scientific findings, Zazie Todd explains with clarity what cats enjoy, what is good for their well-being, and how we can build a strong reciprocal bond with them. Indispensable reading." --Carlo Siracusa, co-editor of Decoding Your Cat and board-certified veterinary behaviorist, UPenn Vet School "A digestible mixture of science summaries, expert opinions, anecdotes about Zazie's cats, and practical tips. Purr is definitely a book your cat would want you to read!" --Dr. Sarah Ellis, co-author of The Trainable Cat and Head of Cat Advocacy, International Cat Care "Cat lovers learn the science behind cats' petting preferences; the multiple meanings of purrs, chirrups, and meows; how to best satisfy the scratching and stalking desires for indoor cats; and even how to keep both cats and wildlife safe if your felines spend time outside." --Cat Warren, New York Times -bestselling author of What a Dog Knows "Practical, entertaining, and thorough. Cat owners are in good hands with Zazie Todd.
" --Lucy Jane Santos, author of Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium " Purr is an absolute must-read for all animal lovers! This fantastic, evidence-based guide is bound to influence cat-guardian relationships for the better." --Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere, Director of the Thinking Dog Center and Assistant Professor at Hunter College (CUNY) "What a gift to applied animal behavior is Zazie Todd. Purr is both packed with the latest findings and eminently readable. I could not recommend it more highly." --Jean Donaldson, The Academy for Dog Trainers " Purr is a must read for anyone who shares their life with a cat and wants to provide the most fulfilling, enriched, and happiest existence possible for them." --Kate LaSala, Rescued By Training, certified trainer and behavior consultant "A wonderful, evidence-based guide with concrete suggestions for cat owners to improve the lives of the cats they live with. Purr is a welcome and exciting addition for every cat lover's bookshelf." --Mikel Delgado, Ph.
D., Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist and co-founder of Feline Minds "Full of great science delivered with genuine warmth and heart; I just couldn't put this book down. Through Wag and now Purr , Zazie Todd has united dog-people and cat-people in a single goal: to make the lives of animals in our care richer and healthier--mentally, physically, emotionally--than we ever thought possible." --Jules Howard, zoological commentator and author of Wonderdog.