The Cat Trainer 

Trisha Yeager Menke is recognized by many as the best cat trainer in the world. She is a professional writer who has authored four books as well as numerous articles appearing in national magazines including Self, Shape, and Woman’s Day.  She’s been a guest the Oprah Winfrey show and the 700 Club.  Trisha is also an award-winning artist whose recent cartoons are making news around the country. Her lifelong hobby of training cats become a profession when she began teaching Kitty Kindergarten and Kitty College in Austin, TX, and began writing books for cat enthusiasts.

                        Trisha's First Book--Motorcycling!

Kit Casanova is the perfect “spokescat” for Trisha’s book, Potty Talk by Toast.  He brough unique challenges to the training process, providing answers and insights to help other cat owners train their own cats.

Phone consultations are available for training your cat.  To schedule a consultation, email Trisha@pottytalkbytoast.com

 To stay current with Trisha and Kit, and to learn of ways to have more fun with your cat, click on the following site:  kitty-training.blogspot.com.

Trisha is a a writer, cartoonist, and poet.  Here is one of her recent poems

Inside the Pelican mind

By Trisha Yeager Menke

What goes on in the mind of a bird?

Not much at all—or so I have heard.

When I watch from below, though, it’s hard to accept  

The theory that Pelicans aren’t really adept

At gauging wind currents and charting a course

That takes them through storms of phenomenal force!

Who says that inside the mind of a bird

All will is pre-programmed? Yes, that’s what I’ve heard.

But I know it’s not true as I watch from below

As one leader takes charge, with the others in tow

Forging through winds, rainstorms, and hail,

His eyes on the target—refusing to fail.

When the lead bird grows tired, one in the rear

Flies to the front so the flock he can steer

To calm waters ahead, frothing with fish

“We made it!” he cries, “And does it look delish!”

Then plunging face first to the waters below                                

The brave leader dives, with the others in tow.

They feast ‘til they’re bursting with fish of all sizes.

Then homeward they fly, beaks loaded with prizes

To share with their chicks that still cannot fly,

Sitting in nests with their eyes on the sky,

Patiently waiting for food that they know

Will ease their hunger and help them to grow.

Yes, the mind of a bird may be different from mine

But that doesn’t mean it’s at all out of line

With the feelings and needs that all species share

Though they walk, swim, or soar on cushions of air.

So I’ll continue to watch, and to seek and to find

The amazing scope of the Pelican mind!