NEW YORK (AP) — Taking on a cat is one thing. Catifying your home to rise to true Cat Person status is another.

Choosing just the right gear and tweaking your home can keep felines safe, sane and stimulated, said Kate Benjamin, a “cat style expert” who has appeared on Animal Planet’s “My Cat From Hell.”

She has teamed with the show’s host, cat behaviorist Jackson Galaxy, on a new DIY-focused book, “Catify to Satisfy.” It’s a follow-up to their 2014 best-seller, “Catification,” with both offering tips from cat owners on what they’ve accomplished with home enhancements.

Most human-cat relationships can be improved by clearing up one basic misunderstanding, Galaxy said in a recent interview from Los Angeles:

“Cats are not dogs. Cats care not at all about pleasing you. That’s not why they’re here. You have to get your ego out of the way when it comes to having a good relationship with a cat. You have to compromise to live successfully with them.”

Benjamin writes a “Catification” column at JacksonGalaxy.com on cat design and sells a line of her own cat products at her site, Hauspanther.com.

She and her fianc

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