Certified Cat Behavior Expert Rita Reimers knows cats very well; she has 19 of them!
“I never met a cat I couldn’t help,” says Rita. “I understand cats and their subtle ways of letting us know what they want. It’s become my mission to help cat owners understand and communicate better with their felines.”
Understanding cats and their behaviors is a natural ability for Rita, and she considers it her “calling” in life. Her Cat Behavior Counseling services have helped people better understand their cat companions, and find solutions to issues that might otherwise cause a cat to be surrendered to a rescue or shelter.
Rita was invited to enroll at Animal Behavior College to evaluate their cat behavior courses by ABC’s owner, Steve Appelbaum, where she then earned her cat behaviorist certification and passed with Honors.
Rita currently co-hosts a radio show on Pet Life Radio with her BFF and fellow cat behavior expert, Linda Hall. Podcast 19 Cats and Counting was named after the number of cats had at the time the show was born. Together, Linda and Rita also host their YouTube series, Let’s Talk Cats, as well as co-author a cat behavior blog for Litter Genie’s Kitty Korner. Rita met Linda on a Richard Simmons Cruise to Lose when they were both working for him.
Rita also wrote a Cat Behavior Help and Advice column called “A New Cattitude,” which was featured in every issue of Catster Magazine, until the magazine was retired in December of 2023. She also wrote specialty articles for Catster, featuring such notables as Mayim Bialik, Margaret Cho, and Chef Bobby Flay. Linda joined Rita’s byline for the last year of the magazine’s publication.