Towel Wrap Techniques for Handling Cats with Skill and Ease

by Sophia Yin

Are you still routinely scruffing cats, stretching them out for jugular venipuncture, and using leather gloves for the ones hissing at the back of the cage? In this instructional DVD, Dr. Yin leads you through seven toweling techniques that will help keep potentially difficult cats calm and relaxed rather than eliciting anxiety and aggression. Each wrap is broken down step-by-step allowing you to practice along, first using stuffed animals and then using cats. By the end of this DVD you’ll have the confidence you need to handle difficult cats in a caring, efficient, and safe manner.

Genres: Dogs

DVD-ROM

First published September 21, 2012

About the author

Dr. Sophia Yin is a veterinarian, applied animal behaviorist, and the author of many books, including Perfect Puppy in 7 Days, How to Behave So Your Dog Behaves, and Low Stress Handling, Restraint and Behavior Modification of Dogs & Cats (book and DVD). She sees behavior house calls and lectures and teaches workshops on animal behavior, training, and low-stress pet handling in the U.S. and internationally. She writes for a number of veterinary and popular magazines, and was for five years the award-winning pet columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. She has consulted for several zoos and served as a behavior expert for TV shows such as Animal Planet’s Dogs 101. Dr. Yin’s mission in life is to improve our understanding of animals and their behavior so that we can care for, appreciate, and enjoy our time with them better. Learn more at her animal behavior website, drsophiayin.com.

Reviews

[Sheila · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent instructional resource for anyone that works with cats in a veterinary setting. Towel wraps taught in this lecture include the one-person wrap, the burrito wrap, the half-burrito wrap, the scarf wrap, the modified scarf wrap, the blanket wrap, and the emergency blanket wrap.

Each wrap is broken down into baby steps, and the most common mistakes that people make are shown, as well as successful wraps, where everything goes correctly.

Useful information for lower stress handling of both calm cats and fractious cats.