Comments on: Norton the Traveling Cat Trilogy – Pet Travel Book Club

By: Book Review: Trilogy About Travel with a Cat by Peter Gethers | A Traveler's Library

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:00:10 +0000

[…] After you read this, be sure to see the Pet Travel Book Club entry at Something Wagging This Way Comes to learn more about pet travel and these books. […]

By: 2 brown dawgs

2 brown dawgs — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:59:36 +0000

My kitty is not fond of travel. She will do it grudgingly.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:29:39 +0000

We sometimes get people who bring their cats in on a leash, I don’t get it because they never let them down to walk around on it.

The kids have been begging us to go on a family vacation, which is fine but I have to take the dogs to! Maybe next year, when I am older and more sane:)2 kids and 2 dogs on vacation scares me:)))

By: Kathy Sorensen

Kathy Sorensen — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:11:14 +0000

I read the trilogy years ago and fell in love with Norton and his human! I had great cats and do enjoyed Norton’s adventures. It was also so heart warming to “watch” as Peter and Norton bonded. The third and final book is a wonderful but heartbreaking tribute to Norton. You might want to read in private. I was on a plane sobbing but couldn’t stop reading!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:42:12 +0000

Yea, another book to add to my ‘to read’ list. Sounds like a hoot. 🙂

I’ve had some weird cats – one who walked on a leash and another who didn’t but did follow me and Beau as we went on our walks. I might even have a picture of that…. Hmmm, have to go digging now. 😉

By: houndstooth

houndstooth — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:41:25 +0000

I think one of my cats would have loved traveling and the other would have HATED it! lol You are preaching to the choir about taking trips with your pets, though. We just spent a couple of days with a good friend and his dog. They’re taking a tour of some of their favorite Facebook friends and all of them have dogs that want to meet his dog. And of course I love taking ours places. I’m always looking for something new and cool to do with the dogs!

By: Peggy Frezon

Peggy Frezon — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:37:10 +0000

Thanks for the book review, it sounds good. We are going away on our first weekend trip with TWO dogs in a car and in a hotel room…wish us luck!

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:56:48 +0000

For me no vacation is a vacation without my pets…which is probably why I have a predilection for dogs over cats. But I am certain that many cats could travel well and happily…they may never hang their heads out the window, but certainly they can find their own ways to enjoy a family trip!

By: Kristine

Kristine — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:17:33 +0000

When I heard you were reviewing cat books I was so excited! I’d heard of this series before but hadn’t thought of picking one up. So I purchased The Cat Who Went to Paris for my ereader last week and even though I am not yet finished (I do all my reading on the bus in ten minute intervals) I am totally in love with Norton and the entire idea behind a cat treated as a normal pet, instead of just as a cat.

Our cat does not travel well. At all. The entire five day journey from Alberta to Nova Scotia had him howling in his carrier for almost every hour in the car. The leash was a disaster. I won’t even go there. But this was all my fault. If I was to make a similar journey with him now I know things would go a lot differently. Cats may not be dogs, but they aren’t that different either.

Thanks for the motivation to start reading!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:12:49 +0000

In reply to Jessica @ YouDidWhatWithYourWeiner. Sometimes being a little dumb is really smart, huh? :) Good thing you didn't hang around with lots of people who consider dachshunds lap dogs or Chester (and you) would be having a lot less fun.