The Sociable Cat: Building Harmonious Relationships for Your Cat and Family

An essential guide to socialising your cat, and ensuring a happy, harmonious existence for your feline friends within your household.
The book looks first at cat personalities, and discusses cat behaviour and sociability. Cats from different backgrounds or of different breeds may have special needs or associated problems, and this book aims to help you find the best solution for your cat.
A well-researched and methodical approach teaches you how to assess and monitor your cat’s behaviour, discover its individual needs, and gives practical advice on how to introduce cats to a new home, particularly in multi-pet households or families with children.
Find expert tips on socialising your cat with other cats, dogs, babies and children, and building good relationships between all.
Written by pet experts and animal behaviourists, this book will help with introducing a new cat to your home or deal with existing behavioural problems, enabling you, your family, and your feline friends to coexist in perfect harmony.

Melissa Fallon is a qualified and experienced clinical behaviourist and trainer. She gained her MSc in clinical animal behaviour at the University of Lincoln and has been in the education sector since 2009. Melissa has been teaching canine and feline behaviour and training, working specifically in higher education, as well as being involved in training cats for television. Melissa is also a mother of four humans, four felines and one canine. She is passionate about improving the welfare of felines in our society by understanding their behaviour better, and promoting safe and harmonious relationships between felines, canines and children.

Becky MacFarlane has worked in the education sector for 14 years and gained her MSc in Animal Welfare, Ethics & Law at the University of Edinburgh. She has experience lecturing in animal behaviour, welfare and ethics, more specifically teaching canine and feline specific content. She is also a Trustee for a local feline charity, Band of Rescuers North Yorkshire, and has worked across various feline welfare charities over the last 20 years in varying capacities. Becky is also a mother of five humans, two felines and one canine, and is motivated to ensure harmonious relationships between all parties through promoting the need to understand human-animal interactions and responsible ownership. She has a passion for cats and ensuring they are better understood with regards to their behaviour, welfare and long-term outcomes in society.