“Animals Make Us Human” is a book written by Temple Grandin. I read one chapter of the book, the chapter I read was called “Cats”. This chapter has many different sections and each of them focus on cats but, they all explain different topics about cats. Also, throughout the chapter she compares cats to different animals, mostly dogs.
In the first section, the introduction, Temple Grandin begins by talking about cat’s behavior and emotions. She then goes on and explains the domestication of cats. She goes on to explain that cats basically domesticated themselves and turned themselves into the pets we know now but they joined human settlements on their own, without humans. She says the cats are domesticated but they still are very much wild …show more content…
She compares how dogs express their feelings to how a cat does, by telling of the different ways cats express themselves; which is not through their face as dogs do, this is why humans cannot read them as well. The next section is “The FEAR System”, in this section Grandin explains a little on why cats get scared, how to tell if they are frightened and how to prevent them from being so scared (she explains how to do this from a young age). The next section is “Preventing Fear at the Vet’s Office”, in this section she explains how to keep a cat calm in a Vet’s office. The next section is “Elimination Disorders”, in this section she describes what an elimination disorder is and the different types of ways they can appear in cats. She then explains things you can do to stop these disorders. The next section is “Cat Obsessions and Compulsions. In this section Grandin explains why cats have these obsessions and what the things are that they may possibly become obsessed with. The next two sections are “RAGE” and “FEAR and RAGE and Mixed Emotions”, these sections are very similar. In these sections Grandin explains why cats can become so enraged, and how fear can
In the first section, the introduction, Temple Grandin begins by talking about cat’s behavior and emotions. She then goes on and explains the domestication of cats. She goes on to explain that cats basically domesticated themselves and turned themselves into the pets we know now but they joined human settlements on their own, without humans. She says the cats are domesticated but they still are very much wild …show more content…
She compares how dogs express their feelings to how a cat does, by telling of the different ways cats express themselves; which is not through their face as dogs do, this is why humans cannot read them as well. The next section is “The FEAR System”, in this section Grandin explains a little on why cats get scared, how to tell if they are frightened and how to prevent them from being so scared (she explains how to do this from a young age). The next section is “Preventing Fear at the Vet’s Office”, in this section she explains how to keep a cat calm in a Vet’s office. The next section is “Elimination Disorders”, in this section she describes what an elimination disorder is and the different types of ways they can appear in cats. She then explains things you can do to stop these disorders. The next section is “Cat Obsessions and Compulsions. In this section Grandin explains why cats have these obsessions and what the things are that they may possibly become obsessed with. The next two sections are “RAGE” and “FEAR and RAGE and Mixed Emotions”, these sections are very similar. In these sections Grandin explains why cats can become so enraged, and how fear can