May 24th, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Family and Home, Featured Posts, Home Sweet Home, Travel |
Are you planning a road trip? Here’s an even bigger question… are you planning on taking your cat with you? For many cat parents, bringing kitty along on out-of-town trips is sometimes the only option. If that’s the case with you, here are some tips to help make the travel experience safer and a little [...]
April 16th, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Family and Home, Featured Posts, Home Sweet Home |
This is an exciting time. You’re about to become a first-time cat parent. To get started on the right foot, here’s a list of seven things you should do BEFORE you even bring kitty into the house. You are about to enter into a relationship that will hopefully last for many, many years and this [...]
April 8th, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Featured Posts, Litter Box 101, Litter Box Set-up |
If you’re transitioning an outdoor cat to indoor life, you may be initially concerned with how to train the cat to now start using an indoor litter box. For some cats, the transition to a litter box will be very easy but for others, it may take a little more finesse on your part. Start [...]
April 2nd, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Aversion, Featured Posts, Litter Box 101, Uncategorized |
When it comes to a litter box problem in a multicat household, the first, and often most difficult, step is to identify the furry little culprit. You may think you know which cat peed on the carpet but if you’re wrong, you could create major setbacks in the behavior modification plan. So how do you [...]
March 19th, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Featured Posts, Litter Box 101, Litter Box Set-up |
When it comes to choosing a litter box, it’s important to match the size of the box to the size of your cat. It’s easy to get influenced by a desire to choose a box based on whether it will fit in a certain location. In some cases that may still work out fine for your [...]
March 5th, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Featured Posts, News |
Recently Pam was interviewed by the Daily News Journal about how she got started in the business of cat behavior consulting. If you think you’ve made mistakes when it comes to cat training, you’ll enjoy reading about the ones Pam made in those very early years. Purr-fect behavior: cat behaviorist offers tips to train sour [...]
February 25th, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Family and Home, Featured Posts, Intercat Relationships |
In some multicat homes resource guarding behavior is very obvious. In other homes it can be very hard to detect due to how subtle one or more of the cats are in the behavior display. The cats may look as if they get along, and in most aspects of their lives together they may not [...]
January 21st, 2013 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Featured Posts, Litter Box 101, Litter Box Set-up |
Cats don’t like change and if you want to avoid creating unnecessary stress in your kitty’s life, it’s important to keep that in mind when you’re planning on introducing anything unfamiliar. You may think I’m only referring to major changes but for many cats, even a minor change can be upsetting. The type of litter [...]
November 20th, 2012 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Aversion, Featured Posts, Litter Box 101 |
Your cat has faithfully used the litter box for years and then suddenly has begun eliminating on the carpet in your bedroom. Sometimes you’ve even found cat pee in the bathroom sink and the tub. What’s up with that? There are several reasons why a cat may suddenly stop using the litter box such as: [...]
September 18th, 2012 | by
Pam Johnson-Bennett | published in Featured Posts, Health, Internal Health |
Cats are very stoic and it’s easy for cat parents to miss signs of pain or discomfort. Because your cat can’t come to you the way a child can and verbally complain about being in pain, it’s important for you to pay attention to physical signs as well as changes in behavior or routine that [...]
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