H. ELLEN WHITELEY, D.V.M.

H. Ellen Whiteley, D.V.M., earned her veterinary degree from Oklahoma State University and has been in practice for more than twenty years. Dr. Whiteley wrote a column called "Vets on Pets" for the Saturday Evening Post and has also written veterinary-related pieces for the Milwaukee Sentinel, DVM, Cat Fancy, Dog Fancy, Dog World, Veterinary Economics, Cats, and Veterinary Medicine.

As a National Rabies Awareness Spokesperson for Fromm Laboratories and Coordinator of Animal Health Technologies at Amarillo College, Dr. Whiteley has appeared on over one hundred radio and television programs across the country. She is also the founder of the Cat Clinic of Amarillo, Texas and the author of Women in Veterinary Medicine and Understanding and Training Your Dog or Puppy. Dr.Whiteley lives in Guadalupita, New Mexico.

Why is it better to leave kittens in cluttered rooms than in neat, tidy environments? Why do some cats experience sexual dysfunction? How does one know if a cat is depressed? Sick? Happy? And just what does purring really mean, anyway?

These and hundreds of other vital questions are answered in this new, practical guide for cat owners. In fourteen information-packed chapters, Dr. H. Ellen Whiteley shows you how to raise healthy and happy cats in your home. Subjects included are selecting a kitty, communicating, exercise, grooming, teaching your cat, correcting misbehavior, aggression, stress, disease, sex, parenthood, and aging and death.

Whiteley's first book UNDERSTANDING AND TRAINING YOUR CAT OR KITTEN (Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1994) was a featured selection of the Quality Paperback Book Club and is now in its second printing. It has won numerous awards including:

• Winner of the "Best Instructional Book of 1994," awarded by the Cat Writers' Association.
• Winner of the "Purina Kitten Care Award of 1994" for outstanding writing on the topic of caring for kittens.

Praise for UNDERSTANDING AND TRAINING YOUR CAT OR KITTEN

I have read many books on cats, but this one is by far my favorite. Whiteley presents all of the practical guidelines on how to select and care for a cat, but does so in an enjoyable story-telling matter. Throughout the book she slips in "pearls" of little known, yet interesting, facts and amusing anecdotes. This is a 'Must Have in Your Library' kind of book for all cat lovers, including veterinarians.

- Dr. Laura Pasten, Veterinarian for Morris, the 9-Lives Cat

Whiteley gets to the point, too, on a range of problems and issues in feline behavior ... And she discusses training your pet, whether or not you believe it will work at the outset, maintaining that it really is possible to instruct cats in the arts of sitting, stopping, fetching, jumping, and in shaking hands/paws. They can also, she says, learn to ring the doorbell. (But, wait - is that really an advantage?) The proof is in trying all of this stuff out; meanwhile, it's amusing.

- Publishers Weekly