Just on the odd chance there is anyone left who is reading my ramblings…I am moving on to cat body-language. For this section I am indebted to the fine folks at Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter in Alameda, California. I was first a volunteer, and then a trainer at this wonderful non-profit organization where I had access to their extensive library of animal related materials. The following hints are ones I used extensively when training new feline volunteers (that sounds

When my younger son was little, Doctor Doolittle figured prominently in his cultural experience. Entranced by the book and, later, the movie, we watched it on rainy days or as a treat after a morning or afternoon’s excursion to the park or zoo. Avid zoo goers, we spent hours each week engaged in animal watching. Neither of us could get enough of watching the white footed monkeys as they swung with abandon between trees or the interaction between a mother giraffe and her child