This book contains step-by-step cattery building guidance and advice from expert, David Key, on plans, construction, materials, equipment and all aspects of your design. This complete reference guides you through all the options you need to think about before building or updating your cattery. Cat welfare experts, Dr. Irene Rochlitz and Nadine Gourkow help you better understand and incorporate cat welfare knowledge into your design to improve it beyond measure. It also features fascinating case studies from successful boarding catteries, and world renowned charities such as BCSPCA, Blue Cross, Cats Protection, Feline Advisory Bureau, RSPCA and Wood Green Animal Shelters. This essential guide will provide you with an easy to read, encouraging and inspirational overview of cattery systems, equipment and materials. With step-by-step guidance for creating your perfect cattery design at your fingertips, and real life case studies, this book will help you understand how catteries can be improved with cat welfare knowledge. It is lavishly packed with over 400 large colour photographs, many of which are full or double-page spreads showing lots of detail - just like looking through a window! How many of us dream about changing our lives, starting our own business, working from home in a beautiful countryside location, spending more time with our beloved pets, and making a difference to the lives of cats and their owners? You probably already have a multi-cat household, but whether you have always dreamed about working with cats, have just realised that this is what you want to do with your life, are already lucky enough to be working with cats, or you are just interested in cat welfare (generally or professionally) - you will adore this inspirational book. If creating a cattery is what you dream of, then naturally you will want to provide the best accommodation and care, earn a good living, have fun and love what you do: providing a healthy, safe, loving environment for cats. Whether you are interested in what makes good housing for your own cats, boarding, rescue or breeding - the foundation should be good cat welfare. As well as looking the part, your cattery must be easy to live in, visit and work with on a daily basis - and this book will provide you with the ideas, practical information, design advice and inspiration to help you create your perfect cattery.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
David Key Kennel & Schmenger AND Cattery Design
ISBN-13
9780953800216
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88064873
Product Key Features
Book Title
Cattery Design: the Essential Guide to Creating Your Perfect Cattery
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Cats
Publication Year
2006
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
270mm
Item Width
250mm
Item Weight
2230g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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