num_pages: 218
description: Just when you thought you knew all there was to know about cats comes the ultimateand unexpectedguide to taking your cat into the wild. Here are cats walking on a leash. Cats hiking on a leash. Cats tramping through snow. Cats camping. Cats kayaking canoeing even surfingyes cats who love water. When animal writer and active hiker Laura Moss couldnt find an online resource for hitting the trail with her cat she created one. AdventureCats.org took off like wildfire with attention from Wired the Huffington Post Outside magazine BuzzFeed and much more. Now the book Adventure Catsa collection of jaw-dropping photographs inspiring stories of real-life cats and all the how-to a cat owner needswill take readers and their cats well beyond the backyard. Learn how to leash-train a cat. What to do if you encounter wildlife on the trail. Plus winter safety tips and how to bring a little bit of the outdoors to an indoor cat. The stories themselves are catnip for animal lovers from Nanakuli the one-eyed cat who hangs ten; to Georgie a four-year-old gray tabby who lives on a sailboat; to Quandary who not only insists on hiking with her family but also teaches them a valuable lesson: When you follow your cats natural tendency to wander you experience the outdoors at a slower richer pace. This book will delight every cat person regardless of whether their pet is inclined to adventure. (Take the quiz at the beginning of the book to find out!) 
language: English
title: Adventure Cats: Living Nine Lives to the Fullest
publisher: Workman Publishing Company