Jackson Galaxy is signing the book bag I won in a drawing at his talk in Kansas City on May 8, 2013. The first book I put inside was Galaxy’s Cat Daddy: What the World’s Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean, which he also signed.
Is your cat mojo working? I got my mojo revved up last night when Jackson Galaxy came to town in a Rainy Day Books event.
Jackson Galaxy’s “cat mojo” approach to cat behavior helps people to understand why their cats act the way they do. Galaxy, a cat behaviorist, spoke to a large, very enthusiastic crowd at Unity Temple on the Kansas City Plaza on Wednesday, May 8, as his first stop on a book tour for his book “Cat Daddy: What the World’s Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean.”
Galaxy, known as the Cat Daddy, is the star of Animal Planet’s popular television show “My Cat from Hell.” My cats have all been little sweethearts, but even purr-fect cats can use a little mojo.
Many of the attendees were volunteers and staff members at Kansas City area no-kill shelters, such as Wayside Waifs, where I volunteer. In fact, many of these dedicated animal lovers helped to organize the event, including a reception. While on his book tour, Galaxy, a life-long shelter worker, has a great appreciation for shelter workers. At a shelter where he worked, Galaxy developed his cat mojo methods to help misbehaving cats become adoptable. Galaxy is also devoted to reducing to zero the number of animals that are killed in shelters. While that might seem an impossible goal, the number of animals euthanized has dropped dramatically in recent years. Spread the gospel of the joys of being a cat or dog guardian! Spay and neuter, too.
At Wayside Waifs, I’ve marveled to see scared and unhappy cats become loving companions with the love and devotion of the staff and volunteers. (Who wouldn’t be mad after what some of these cats have experienced?) If you understand the needs of cats — food, territory, the need to hunt and explore, some companionship and physical contact — you can guide a cat to better behavior and enjoy meow-velous companionship. Looking at this list of feline needs, I see cats and humans are not so different after all!
When a woman in the audience asked whether most cat lovers were women, scores of men stood up to announce that they were “cat men.”
After his talk in kansas City, Jackson Galaxy signed copies of his book “Cat Daddy: What the World’s Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean.”
Jackson Galaxy Website, including links to his Twitter feed (#TeamCatMojo) and Facebook page.
Click on “My Cat From Hell” to see episodes.
Tony (he’s on the back of the motorcycle here), is one of the cats featured in “My Cat From Hell. ” Tony, with his friend Bud, is a star of greeting cards, designed by Tony’s guardian, Betty Matsumoto-Schuch. Click on the card to see more.
The episode featuring Tony: My Cat From Hell — Tony’s Follow-up
To see Screen-Size versions of these photographs, click on the thumbnails:
Catherine Sherman 
Sound like quite the guy! My ex gf way back had 6 cats and let me tell you, They were NOT easy to handle! whew đŸ˜¦
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What a nice post. Yes cats are not different to people when it comes to emotions, their emotions just the the human’s I think work two-ways and are reciprocal. Such intense love affair can develop between a cat and its owner.
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Ok, I have never heard of this guy but we certainly can use some of his mojo here in my house. I have two cats right now but one is a tiny, frightened girl and I would love to help her out.
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Catman Do!? As a devotee of watching Cesar Milan work with many seemingly incorrigible dogs, it’s nice to see that cats have their own guru. I admit to being flummoxed by all cat behavior. As we know, most animals end up in shelters not because of the animal, but because of the person who had the animal and didn’t understand/meet their needs. It’s an admirable cause, so keep doing the good work, Cathy.
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What a great day that must have been, Catherine…! đŸ˜‰
Sounds like there was a lot of love in that room… đŸ˜‰
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I would have loved to listen to Galaxy’s talk. We are cat people here – we have one right now but are expecting to get another in about three weeks. My daughter has 3 cats and each one is very different – ours have been characters too. All of them are affectionate. They may be independent but they are loving – I think if you love an animal the animal knows it. My mother in law hated cats and was bitten by cats outside her home twice.
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