Book Review: Cat Daddy: What's the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me about Life, Love, and Coming Clean - Jackson Galaxy

I had already watched a few episodes of his show, My Cat From Hell, a few years ago and liked them. Recently discovered that the series is on Netflix and, after one of my cats has been having issues going outside the litter boxes, decided to watch a few episodes to get some kitty insights. As I'm watching, I'm wondering if he has written a book yet. Lo and behold, yes he did. It took me a few days to read it, but only because out of those few days, I was only able to read it on two of them. I learned SO MUCH! I thought I knew a lot about cats and he totally blew what I knew out of the water. I was so wrong on a lot of things. I feel like I have a much better understanding of my feline companions now and have already started putting some different practices into place. We'll see how they work out. 

The story itself is amazing, he discusses all the addictions he's been through in his life and to see him come out on the other side and be so successful is a great story for anyone that has or is dealing with an addition. 

I would say this is a good book for any animal lover or anyone that has or has had an addiction.

From the GoodReads website: "Cat behaviorist and star of Animal Planet's hit television show My Cat from Hell, Jackson Galaxy, a.k.a. "Cat Daddy," isn't what you might expect for a cat expert (as The New York Times noted, with his goatee and tattoos, he "looks like a Hells Angel"). Yet Galaxy's ability to connect with even the most troubled felines -- not to mention the stressed-out humans living in their wake -- is awe-inspiring. In this book, Galaxy tells the poignant story of his thirteen-year relationship with a petite gray-and-white short-haired cat named Benny, and gives singular advice for living with, caring for, and loving the feline in your home.

When Benny arrived in his life, Galaxy was a down-and-out rock musician with not too much more going on than a part-time job at an animal shelter and a drug problem. Benny's previous owner brought the cat to the shelter in a cardboard box to give him up. Benny had seen better days --- his pelvis had just been shattered by the wheels of a car -- and his owner insisted he'd been "unbondable" from day one. Nothing could have been further from the truth. An inspiring account of two broken beings who fixed each other, Cat Daddy is laced throughout with Galaxy's amazing "Cat Mojo" advice for understanding what cats need most from us humans in order to live happier, healthier lives."