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My cat is the cat from hell, but I don't want her to check.

I think she's a...

But she's not nice at all to Aragon.

He's the big star on the hit show Glee.

He's a big deal.

I'm fed up. This cat needs help.

Watching my beautiful Persian take craps all over my furniture.

is like watching a supermodel fart.

I'm cleaning up on the floor, up in the loft, anywhere but the litter box.

I don't know what else to do with her.

I'm at the point where I have to decide, do I buy puppy pads or do I pay the

electric bill?

More. So excited.

I'm Jackson Galaxy.

I'm a musician by night and a cat behaviorist by day.

I've met cats with all kinds of problems.

But I've never met one I couldn't help.

Oh, hello. In my career, I've worked with thousands of cats, one -on -one,

analyzing their behaviors and retraining them and their guardians.

When relationships are at an end, I don't have many more options than to

leave. And cat guardians have reached their emotional limit. Just get rid of

her. I'm their last hope.

You all right? Sorry, I don't know. Cats have nine lives, but humans only have

one.

I'm in beautiful Newport Beach, California right now. I'm heading over

Krista and Cece and their cats Bea and Aragon. Now, I know that Bea's beating

the snot out of Aragon.

Oh, Bea.

Yeah,

man, she's going to hurt somebody.

But I also know that Aragon is being coddled and treated like a princess.

He's getting all the love.

Neither one of those behaviors is acceptable, and I'm going to take care

of them.

I'm Cece. I'm Krista. And we've been together two years.

After dating for about a year, we decided to move in together, and I have

Her name is Beatrice, and she's a British Shorthair. And my cat, Aragon,

huge Bengal cat, and he's a big star. He plays the role Lord Tubbington

on the hit show Glee.

He's been in several commercials.

He does celebrity appearances.

He's a big deal. He's a big deal.

Okay. I love this guy.

Do you?

I love her.

My cat is the cat from hell. And I like that.

Because she's like, man, charge.

Bee lunges at me every day.

Ow, dang it.

Ow. She draws blood all the time.

Ow.

Plus, she's not nice at all to Aragon.

I think she's a... Krista finds it entertaining and funny. Yes, you know

right, yeah.

I would like to see Bea be a little bit more affectionate, stop swatting, stop

hissing. But I don't want her to change. I like her the way she is.

I'm fed up. It's been over two years, and I really want to see some change.

This cat needs help.

Hi, I'm Cece. Hello, Cece. I'm Jackson. Nice to meet you, Jackson. Yeah, nice to

meet you, too. Hi, Jackson. I'm Krista. Hey, Krista. Nice to meet you. I love

Jackson. I like that he's street smart, and I'm hoping when all this is over

that we grow as a family.

So, guys, tell me what's up. What's going on?

Well, we have two cats.

Beatrice is my cat. Okay. Aragon is her cat.

He's also a celebrity cat. Okay. He's the cat from Glee. Wow.

But Bea is just a chaotic cat. She draws blood.

She basically doesn't like anybody but you?

Yes. Excellent. You nailed it right there.

Okay. So what I need to know is what's at stake for the humans here? I feel

extremely uncomfortable in my own home.

I don't feel like I'm getting very much support.

There is some truth in that, absolutely.

It's a lot of stress on a new relationship.

The cat being a celebrity cat irritates her, along with me taking the cat to the

appearances in a stroller or in one of my

satchels.

So I'm sorry.

She has, like, one of those baby slings.

Wow.

That's highly unusual.

Well, he's 24 pounds, and it's easier to move him.

There's a few things that bother me about cats and baby slings and

want cats on the ground. I want them to have life on their terms, not on your

terms. So let's go take a look around. Okay. All right, come on.

Kristen, Cece took me into the bedroom because Bea's camped out there. Okay,

Now we've got a cat tree here. That's great. I'm glad you guys have that.

And we have a big gray cat up here.

So let me tell you something.

That look is a little creepy.

I just think it's powerful.

I mean, this cat stares you down. Let me tell you, she's scary when she's up on

that armoire.

I'm going to see what happens when I give her my hand.

Right? So she's watching me.

Okay, babe.

Ah, damn it. The cat has no patience for strangers. She let me know that she

meant business, but I wanted Cece to say hi to Bea for me and show me how she

would approach her with her body and her voice. Let her know that you're here.

Okay. Bea.

Hi, honey.

Come on. Give me a little pet.

Ouch! See, that one got me.

Look at her face.

She puts her hand up, and immediately she gets it.

Look at the look on her face right now.

She is not kidding around, and you think this is a sit -up.

This is a confusing dynamic. We've got a mean cat and

a jovial partner.

Yeah, it doesn't feel good.

She feels hurt. She feels rejected. In the meantime, Krista's laughing, and she

feels sad, hurt, and rejected by her partner as well. She's getting hit by

sides right now. It's just not fair.

Not only do I have to correct Bea's behavior, but I need to change Krista's

attitude towards her cat's actions as well.

The next step is to see how Bea would behave with Aragon, so I had Krista

Bea into the dining room.

Yummy. This is Aragon.

Oh, my God, he's adorable.

As I'm looking at Aragon for the first time, I'm remembering what Cece said

about him. He's just a big bengal. A big bengal? This guy passed big bengal

about 10 pounds ago.

There we go.

Now.

So he's presenting, by the way, zero threat to her, right? Yeah.

Aragon was being respectful. He was literally not giving her any reason to

after her.

Pure cat evil.

Yeah, that one wasn't good.

As Aragon's getting hit once, twice, three different times, I look over at

and she's obviously hurt. This is her baby.

Is this still sort of a funny thing to you?

Not when she bats at him, no. It makes me feel bad for him.

Bea wakes up suspicious.

We have to teach her that the world is not just trustworthy, but welcoming.

Okay, guys, so the first thing I'd like you to do is start thinking about these

cats' health.

Bea is big for her breed, but Aragon...

is dangerously obese.

Okay. And he's going to be diabetic any day now.

And if he's not already beginning to be arthritic, he's going to be. Okay. We

have got to get him to lose some weight. The way we're going to do that, first

of all, is to make him exercise.

Now, the first thing is fling gone.

The stroller is something that's... He's transitional.

He's too big for a carrier.

I get that you need it right now, but we are going to phase it out. Aragon gets

carried around town in a baby sling, or he gets pushed around in a stroller.

That's concerning to me because it symbolizes catering to his obesity.

So the first thing I want them to do, I break out a new vest. I want both of the

cats going out for a walk. The biggest thing that I'm noticing is that you hold

on to my cat, your cat.

And what does that mean? That means that you are now going to be the one to walk

Aragon around the neighborhood.

Okay? While you're teaching B.

Wow. Now.

Wow. He's getting happy.

And take him in the stroller when he needs to go there.

Now, are you okay with that? No, I'm going to flip and die.

Why are you going to flip and die? Because that's hugely embarrassing,

cat. In a stroller. This is like the epitome. When we're talking about co

-parenting here, this is what we're talking about. Right.

Cece, you've got to learn B101.

Okay. Everything that Krista does with B that makes it so that she doesn't get

beat up.

You've got to learn these things. I also want Krista to start teaching Cece

B101.

What makes this cat tick and not tick? What makes her happy and what pushes her

buttons to the point where she's going to tag you?

Ouch. I will talk to you. Pleasure. Thank you very much, sir. All right.

you later. Bye -bye. Bye -bye. You know, I really hope that the homework works.

I'm skeptical.

I'm willing to do it.

But I'm tired. I'm fed up. And this is sort of our last hope.

I'm going in right now for my second visit with Krista and Cece and their

Aragon and Bee.

Now, the last time I was here, we had cat -on -human aggression problems.

Ouch! And then, we had some serious cat -on -cat aggression problems with Bee

really taking it out on Aragon.

And Aragon's got his own problems.

This celebrity cat is way overweight.

You know, in the video homework, I did see a real commitment to Bee 101 and

Aragon 101.

Pretty girl.

Pretty girl.

Yeah, I don't think she's feeling it. Her little tail's going. I did see that

Bea is still being aggressive. She's swiping at Aragon, and she's swiping at

Cece.

Come on. I also saw Chris swapping roles with Cece and caring for Aragon, which

meant pushing him in the stroller.

Oh, honey, you're back.

How was it?

Fully embarrassing.

Coming in, I can only hope that things are a little better.

Hey. Jackson. How are you? Good seeing you. Good seeing you. Come on in. How

things going? Excellent.

Wow. Yeah. What's going on here? There's an improvement.

You think?

Much better than last time off. Well, hi, Aragon.

Hi, Bea.

And she's totally chill, too. Yeah. I mean, that's pretty amazing. You've got

be pretty proud, right? Yeah. I think a lot of it's the homework you suggested.

Okay. Like the walking. It's really made a difference for her. I would say it's

50 % better.

Wow. I'm shocked at the improvement.

I'm elated. That's fantastic.

The best news of the day by far is to hear that the aggression is down by 50%.

know we've got a lot more to work on, but at least I know that the work we've

done has yielded big results.

So you guys have sort of started blurring those lines between mine and

Right. What's that done for you guys?

I love Bea.

Do you love Aragon?

I don't know.

You don't really have a connection with Aragon?

No.

I look over at Cece, and she's hurt. You can tell she is. She wants her partner

to love her cat, and if she doesn't get on board in a hurry, this whole thing's

going to fall apart.

It's very important for me, and I'd really like Krista to pitch in a little

more in that area.

I can bump up my effort, yeah. That would be nice.

I love it. All right, let's get up. Let's walk around just a little bit.

Oh, well, there's Bea over there on the perch. So let's start over there, huh?

Absolutely. Now, of course, I always want to get up and look around the space

and see about all of the improvements that we've made. So what I'd like you to

do is come and join me, Cece. Okay.

What are you nervous about, Cece? Wish you luck. Well, I'm already picking up

the cues that I wouldn't touch her with a 10 -foot pole. I'm happy that you see

that. Tell me what you're seeing that's uncomfortable.

attention to the tail, whatever is coming at her neck is going to get

Crystal, what's the grade you're giving her in B101 right now? Oh, I'd give her

like a B, yeah, a B+. Cece still likes to share a B.

You've got to remember that cats are prey animals.

So in the wild, they're always looking for animals that are after them. So as

soon as they see someone staring at them, they know fight or flight.

Cats communicate with a blink, right? Yes. So they look at you, and when they

this for you.

That's an I love you. That's an I love you. You got that right. Now you do it.

Beautiful. I'm going to give you homework right now. Okay. Practice your

love you with B. If you can blink to her and have her blink back, you win.

Okay. Okay, thanks. All right, guys, let's continue walking.

I wanted to head back into the dining room area because the last time I was

here, that was the scene of the crime.

That's where these two cats really went at each other.

What I'd like to do today is just have B up on the table, and I'd like to keep

Aragon where he is. Okay. Get her chill, and see how she addresses him after

that. All right.

B, hi. How you doing?

When B gave a swipe to Crystal, I said, man, if this is the way this is going to

start, I don't even want to know how it's going to end.

Here you go, baby.

In cat, that's saying what I really want is to kick your ass.

Grab my little dragonfly here.

So I see B jump down next to Aragon, and I think I've got to move fast because

it looks like her next move is to attack him.

Krista, your turn. I want to get her up to her third date vertical world play,

so you take over for me.

And all I'm trying to get her to do is be a cat.

I want her to play with an appropriate victim.

Kristen, now pull the toy back just a little.

Wow.

Guys, that was really cool.

I'm really, really happy right now. All right.

How beautiful is that, right?

She's up. He's down. She is absolutely fine.

That's what I want to see, because you've got to remember, last time I was

the fact that nobody liked Bea was funny to Krista. And today, that's replaced.

Today, that's genuine. It's pride.

She can finally feel proud at sharing the Bea that she knows with everybody

else.

I got a lot of great information today, so I wanted to give Krista and Cece

their homework.

I'm the cat wheel that was designed for Bengals. Look at this.

Unbelievable.

Really, the big thing here is exercise. I really want to see them up the

exercise value in this house because I am worried about Aragon. I also gave

a rotating scratch pad and hurdles so Bee can be a part of this, too.

Okay. Besides this, we're going to keep the walking going. The walking has got

to take on a new shape, which is Aragon doesn't get carried or strolled

anywhere. Don't enable him. Don't enable him and don't give up, you know,

because he needs this. He needs to lose his weight. Okay.

Now, let's talk about B101, the slow blink. That's right.

She will eventually return that blink. And also play time, where she'll

play with the toy with you.

And, Krista, I want you to spend more time with Aragon. See if that helps you

form more of a bond with him. All right.

All right, good. Thank you, Jack. So I will see you next time, and we will

the homestretch. All right. Have a good one. Bee has made a lot of progress.

I'll give her credit for that.

I think she has a long way to go. For the unity of our family, I'd really like

to see Bee and Krista deliver this week.

Now it's time for a kitty bit.

Which animal do cats typically not eat in the wild?

A, fish, B, mice, or C?

Birds. The answer, after this break.

Which animal do cats typically not eat in the wild?

A. Fish.

B. Mice. Or C.

Birds. The answer is A. Fish.

Fish was added to commercial cat food as an affordable source of protein during

World War II.

when meat was actually rationed.

I'm going in for my last visit with Cece and Krista and their catch bee in

Aragon.

Jackson. Hello, Cece. Great seeing you.

The last time I was here, I was still seeing that side of Bea. Nobody wants to

see a little edgy ready to snap. And I'm still worried about Aragon's weight. So

I assigned some serious exercise for these guys. And on the video homework, I

got to see that cat gym being used to the nth degree.

Aragon has lost a pound.

It's great. Also, I saw Bea playing, running around and just jumping after

dragonfly instead of Aragon. I got to see Krista taking Aragon for a walk.

and the great news is there's no more stroller. I got to see Cece doing the

blink with Bea. That was big stuff.

She just did it.

Today I'm hoping that Bea's attacks have stopped, but I'm also hoping that

Kristen's attitude towards Aragon has improved.

Yeah, how are things going?

Excellent.

Excellent. That makes my day. Tell me about it. Bea is really a happy cat, and

what it's created is a lot of calm.

Wow. How cool.

Yeah. The changes that I see in B are due to the homework and Chris's help

with B -101.

Don't stare at her, excuse me.

Oh, yeah, that's right.

Last time I was here, Aragon was quite the victim. Have the roles evened out?

Have they changed a little bit? Yeah. Aragon and B are getting along fine. B

not attacking anymore.

Wow. Yeah. I mean, that's pretty cool. No fights.

Since the last time I was here. Nothing. This is from B, who really was a pretty

violent cat. Amazing.

I really feel that B is my cat.

Krista, what about you? Last time I was here, you couldn't say that you loved

Aragon. Where are you now with Aragon?

I love him, yes.

Say what? I said I love him.

I love Aragon?

I love Aragon, yeah. Oh, I like that.

Over the past few weeks, I've definitely improved my relationship with Aragon.

I'm paying him more attention. I've been doing some of his walking with him. So

I've been more involved. Now I can honestly say that I love the cat.

How does that make you feel?

I love it. It's totally affirming.

Congratulations. Thank you. That's a big change. Yeah.

I do want to get up, walk around, and also see these guys in action a little

bit. The first thing I wanted to see was Aragon on the cat wheel. I love that

thing. I saw it on the video homework. I just wanted to see it live.

Pause up, Aragon.

Oh, wow, Coach.

Guide him up, guide him up, guide him up. This way, this way. Come on, bud.

Let's move it. Let's move it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. There we go. We move, we move.

After a little bit, stop.

Let me wipe the sweat off his ears.

After watching Aragon, I'm actually really proud of the boy.

He's exercising. He's breathing harder. But now I really wanted to see B come

into the action.

So we have Aragon and B literally six inches from one another.

B is just sitting there, and you can tell she was just holding on to this

nervousness. That makes me even more nervous.

But I feel like I've got to push it just a little bit. Good boy. Now what about

you? You going to play too?

You going to play a little bit? Come closer.

Good girl.

Good girl.

A good girl.

What about you?

What about you?

The most amazing thing happens.

They both start to play. They take turns. Oh, good boy.

And then you, six inches.

And the impulse to hurt one another, right, is never going to happen. They're

not going to fight anymore because now they have a language based on play. In

that moment, that was it. You could put a bow on this one.

I could walk away and feel good about it. Thank you. Thank you so much for

help. You changed our lives. I appreciate you guys, too. All right.

sir. Mr.?

I'll see you on TV, huh?

Make sure to give me a shout -out or something.

There has been a tremendous change in our home, and it's been for the better

since Jackson has come. It has lifted the tension out of the house.

After Jackson, there is no my cat, your cat.

These are our cats.

Cece's happier, I'm happier.

It's a happier home overall.

I'll see you guys later. Thanks, Jackson. Bye -bye. Bye -bye.

Pilot, are you pooping right now?

You sure are.

I'm heading over right now for my first visit with Megan and her cat, P. Now, P

is five years old, and she's been in five different homes. Why? Because she's

never once used the litter box before.

So I'm going over there right now and make sure that this home is the last

My name is Megan. I'm 41 years old. I have a five -year -old cat named Fee.

Fee is a rescue cat that I rescued when I moved to California.

She is lovable.

She's sweet.

She's a great cat, except for the fact that she pees

all over my apartment.

The couch, the chair, the rug.

And I'm late for work. Up in the loft.

More. So excited.

Anywhere but the litter box.

Look. It's a pile.

When I clean up after she, it's disgusting.

I'm cleaning up from her. I'm cleaning up on the floor.

I get it all over my hands.

I'm seriously going to research colostomy bags for cats.

Are you pooping right now?

You sure are.

I am totally at the end of my rope with Fi.

I'm not made of money.

She's ruined everything I own. I can't have anything nice.

He paid a lot of money for them, and they're ruined.

Any new furniture I've gotten, she's going to the bathroom on it. The

we lived in before that I rented, she ruined the rugs there.

That cost me a good two grand.

I found out that...

She had had four owners before me.

What?

It breaks my heart that she's been abandoned so many times. I mean, I'm her

fifth owner.

She's five years old.

I mean, that's like a kid in foster care.

I don't know what else to do with her. I'm at the point where I have to decide,

do I buy puppy pads or do I pay the electric bill?

I don't want to think of what will happen if Jackson can't help Faye.

Literally, he is my last hope, so...

Hi. Hi.

Megan? Yes.

Good to meet you. Nice to meet you. I'm Jackson.

I was so excited for Jackson to meet Fee. It's like kissing the Godfather's

ring, you know?

So, tell me why I'm here today.

You are here today to try and help my cat Fee. Fee will not use a litter box.

Has Fee ever since you've had her? No.

How long have you had her? Two years.

She goes to the bathroom on my furniture, on the floor.

She's been declawed.

Wow. You know, I've got to be honest, I can't even count how many declawed cats

I wind up working with because of litter box problems. When you're declawing a

cat, you're actually denuckling your cat. You're cutting off the knuckle of

one of her first digits, and that's incredibly painful.

And the first time they go to the litter box after that, the pain involved in

that is overwhelming.

They're going to make a negative association and never go back to the

again.

Tell me the things that you have done.

I have tried every litter I could find.

Okay. I do put puppy pads down.

And for some reason right now, she seems to be using them for the majority of

the time. Really?

But... Okay.

Yeah, I poop corner upstairs.

Poop corner. Poop corner.

She eats dry food and she gets a small little bowl of half and half toys a day.

She eats half and half every day?

Mm -hmm. Are you kidding me?

Mm -hmm.

I know a lot of people think that that old adage about cats and putting out a

saucer of cream is what you should do. It's actually the last thing the cat

should have.

Most cats can't digest dairy at all.

So what's your monthly bill? What are you looking at monthly bill in terms of

puppy pads alone?

Oh, God. Puppy pads, $150 to $200 a month.

Wow. The level of crazy this would make any human being. I mean, I know. It

makes me crazy. Talk to me about that. I mean, there's days when I'm just like,

I'm done.

There are all kinds of things that are causing Megan stress, but I know that

finances are one of the biggest.

Let's walk around a little bit and see what we can get. Okay. All right.

Now it's time to get up, walk around, and go see Poop Corner.

She might be getting ready to go.

That's a nice introduction to Poop Corner.

Yep. That is an ungodly smell.

Yes. There's something really wrong with her poop. It smells really awful. Yeah,

it's got kind of a sour smell to it. The smell up there was

unlike anything you can imagine. The smell was just walls, even for poop.

Let's get out of here.

So here's a little box.

She will go up to it.

She will pee on the puppy pad.

And that's it. But she won't poop there.

It's almost as if he goes, I know. I know I'm supposed to do this. I can't go

there. I'll go right next to it, but not in it. And that in itself tells us that

he has a bad association with the box.

Well, hello, my little girlfriend.

I just wanted to hang out here with Fi by myself and just see what she's like

there. What do I have for you, my little one?

What?

What is this?

What is that?

What?

Oh.

One thing I noticed right away about Fi is that she loved being around me. I

presented toys, and she loved the toys.

What else do you like? Let's see if you like catnip. That's really kind of

interesting to me.

Let's see, does this have catnip?

Oh, yes, it does.

What's that?

Do you like that?

I'm telling you, I love this cat.

Oh, you do like that.

You like it so much you're going to lick it?

What a good girl you like, Catnip. What is that?

Oh, my God, you're adorable.

No wonder your mama loves you so much.

Right?

She's like an overgrown kitten. She's so curious. She wants to know what

everything is.

What other toys I got for you here?

How about this?

Here, this has Catnip, too.

But you just love this.

What's that?

She's like, I like everything.

You're an equal opportunity toy girl.

What is this?

What?

You like that?

Now, can you do this and not hurt your paws? Let's see.

Can you do this?

Good girl, Fee.

Oh, my gosh. That's so good.

That's so good, baby. It's so good.

Such a good girl. Now, here's the thing.

Before I leave here... What is that?

Good girl.

Look at those paws.

Bring the mountain to Muhammad.

There's a lot about her that I'm just adoring, so I know that that ups the

just a little bit more when you've got a cat who may find herself homeless

again, unless we find an answer.

Do you mind if I take a look at your paws, please? Ooh, you really don't like

that. I just wanted to see if she had a reflex about being touched, and that

tells me that the declawing itself is still an issue in her life.

Ooh,

I'm so sorry.

I mean, there was a feathery touch, and bang, she's pulling back.

I just, okay, it's okay. I just want to see this paw through.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, I am.

So it's not only physical. There is emotional scarring here. There is that

of trauma being repeated from her. I see it time and time again with declawed

cats. I know what it is.

You are such a good girl. Okay. I'm going to go talk to your mom for a

all right?

I love that cat.

So do I. I know you do. She's amazing.

I think that there's a mix between behavior and health.

No more dairy at all, please.

So I do want you to go back to the vet to see a gastrointestinal internal

medicine specialist. And what you're going to do, first and foremost, is

going to get that fecal sample and literally run it in. I think that this

either has some parasites or a food allergy or irritable bowel disease,

something that's making the poop smell, look, and have a consistency that it's

not supposed to have at all. The other thing I want to do is start some

rehab to those.

to those paws.

Scratching doesn't just work for clawed cats. It works for declawed cats because

it still works the top part of their body and their paws themselves.

What I'd like you to find is a scratching post that has more of a

to it. Right on? Right on. Right on.

All right, I'm going to take off. All right. Great to meet you. You too. The

biggest fear is that it just won't work. And if that happens, I don't want to

think of what will happen if Jackson can't help Faye.

I...

I'm not made of money.

You know, how much more do I have to spend to clean? And it's just this cycle

that never breaks.

I'm heading in for my second visit with Megan and her cat, V. And I got to tell

you, Megan is a saint. She's been putting up with so much crap, literally,

this cat who has never used the litter box at all.

And those puppy pads she uses run in hundreds of dollars every month alone.

All I can hope for is that we can all deal with a little less poop.

Megan. Hi.

How are you doing? I'm good. How are you?

I'm doing great.

How's it going?

It's going a little better.

Just a little better, huh?

Well. Her poops are better.

And why are her poops better?

Because I took her off the half and half.

Oh, go figure.

I mean, you were right.

Tell me about the vet visit. I brought in her poop.

And she got a clean bill of health.

Great. Well, that I'm happy about. Now, they ultrasounded and x -rayed

her paws.

No.

We have to know that. I'm telling you, there's either joint pain or paw pain or

both. The last time I was here, I checked out Fee's Paws myself, and they

really sensitive.

Now, I know finances are really tight for Megan, and x -rays can cost

but it's imperative that we find out what's wrong with Fee's Paws.

So, cut to the chase with me for just a second.

Has she pooped in a box at all? Has she done anything in the box at all?

Yeah. No.

In cases like this, I've got to see big progress by the second day or else we've

got big trouble. And right now, we've got big trouble.

All right, so we've got some mixed results this time around. Let's take a

at the video homework from the last couple weeks. Okay.

Good news, Jackson.

Woke up this morning.

Nice, solid, dark poop.

Look. Look at your scratcher.

Really, I did see some of the silver linings that I think Megan is seeing.

We saw that Fee is using the new scratcher we left for her.

Perfect for a declawed cat like Fee.

Well, cool.

I mean, that's something to hang our hat on. Now, because there is more of a

concentrated peeing and pooping in Poop P Corner now, that's the first place I

want to go take a look at. So let's go upstairs. Let's go.

If there's one little sliver of hope in this home, that's where it is.

Into poop corner.

Yay!

You never thought you'd do sort of a happy dance when you saw poop before,

you know. It's like dark. I know. It's dark. It's well formed.

Two things that I find key.

One is that we're localized on the pads.

Second thing is that I don't smell it.

I mean, literally, I'm not smelling poop right now. That is a...

ungodly smell. There's something really wrong with her poop. And we've got a

bunch of piles here. And pee.

And pee. Not only was pooping on those puppy pads and centralizing the location

a big deal, the fact that there was urine on those pads, which I didn't see

last time I was here, made it even better. Then she tries to scratch the

the same way she would litter. See, we have another one over here. And she

covers it. And she covers it. Yeah. Right?

So that means that she wants to do the act of going to the litter box. It's the

litter box itself that's causing the aversion. Okay. This is a major

accomplishment for this cat. She wasn't even acting like a, quote, normal cat

before. Now this bathroom activity is looking like a cat would in a litter

All we have to do is add the box. So we can work with this. Great. So that's it

for Poop Corner.

Let's go.

Okay. Let's grab this one. Okay.

The last thing that I want to see is Fi walking.

And honestly, I do think that there's something going on there.

It's that. There is a distinct limp. There's a limp, yeah. There's a distinct

limp. I just really want to see her walk and not run.

There it is.

If it's her paw, if it's her shoulder.

It's something.

The thing about the declaw surgery is there's collateral damage.

There's also the damage that cats are what we call digitigrade. They're tiptoe

walkers. So as soon as they get declawed, boop, they sink down. That

their elbows, their shoulders, their spines, their hips. They are completely

of balance. And that's the kind of thing that I think that I'm seeing in feet.

Let's go ahead and talk about our homework.

She's a good girl.

The first thing that we're going to deal with here...

This is basically a training pad for puppies.

This is now poop corner. Oh.

Right? All we're going to ask her to do is walk in here and poop on this and pee

on this.

So now, once she starts doing it predictably, then you start adding the

the litter box.

Once all three of these walls are on, we've pretty much got a litter box.

Wow. I want you to find a litter that she's never used before.

I want it to be soft, okay?

And then you just sprinkle a little bit. On the puppy pad.

Exactly. And then our last step is litter more, puppy pads less, and we're

Wow. You like it? Yeah, I do, actually.

Now another thing, I want to bring my friend Dr. Mahaney over here. He's going

to make a house call to you. And I want him to take a much better look, a much

closer look at her paws, her elbows, her joints.

I want him to do some acupuncture on her. I just want to make sure that we

a real clean bill of health because it's not there.

Cat acupuncture, or as I like to call it, cat -u -puncture.

My goal here is to elevate her.

So what I want you to do is...

I want you to write her story.

I'd like you to write it in first person.

Here's the kicker, though.

I want you to write a happy ending. The cherry on top is I want you to record

this.

I want her to feel the positivity of this cat's life and the positivity of

influence on this cat's life because the next time I come back here, I know that

things are going to get better. All right, great.

Good to see you. You too.

All right. I'll talk to you soon. Bye.

Bye. I've put up with this for so long. I've lived with it for two years. It's

exhausting my wallet. So looking at this from a different point of view, can't

do anything but help.

Can't hurt.

I'm here for my final visit with Megan and her cat, P. Now, we've been making

great progress, but this time around, I want to go in there. I want to see poop

and pee in the litter box in Pooh Corner.

Not the carpet.

Hello. How are you? I'm good. How are you? I'm great. Good to see you. Good to

see you.

So tell me what's going on.

So we have all three walled up.

Of the litter box. Of the small litter box. Right on. Go ahead. Tell me.

Using it.

All the time?

All the time. Get out of here.

Woo!

I have never seen a man get more excited about an animal taking a crap than

Jackson. I know that you probably have some great video homework for me, so

let's go over it. Okay.

Awesome.

She has arthritis and then degenerative joint disease.

It's my assertion here that because of the D -claw, Fee thunk down onto her

in a way that cats just aren't meant to do. It threw off her entire physiology.

She had Dr. Mahaney come on over to her house, and by just looking at the x

-rays, Dr. Mahaney said, yeah, this cat's arthritic.

It's a calming point right there.

Another really cool thing that Dr. Mahaney did was he used laser

That's cool stuff right there, right? We were able to use lasers with the same

effect on the meridians one time and really give her some comfort, which was

much needed.

It worked.

Fee is going to the puppy litter box just as sure as she's going to the other

Build -A -Box that I put next to it.

All the time.

Let's see if I can read my writing.

My name is Fee. As with any good cat who's got a story worth telling, mine is

filled with heartbreak and uncertainty.

One day, out of the blue, I went for a ride.

When I woke up, my paws were hurting.

Hurting really bad.

So I stopped using the litter box.

It hurt.

The next week, I was sent to a shelter.

Then one day, I met my present human.

That was two years ago.

We're still going strong.

I've decided I'm going to stay.

After all...

She did give me a corner of the house on my own.

She assured this cat from the day she stepped foot into her home that this

be your final home. So what I really want to do now, I want to go see poop

corner. Oh, my God, I want you to see it.

I'm so excited. Come on.

Oh, my God, oh, my God. I know.

She's using it.

Poop corner is actually a litter box corner now. Yeah.

You are such a good girl.

You in a box.

She's covering as if she had litter, which means that the next move towards

litter I think is going to be pretty painless.

Well, there's something I do need to show you, but I think you're probably

to want to sit down.

Oh, really? Yeah.

I figure, hey, it's been all good news today. There's got to be, you know, one

cloud in the sky. Fine.

Let's hear it.

Today I have something that I want to show you.

Okay.

Did you just poop in the cat box?

Oh, my God.

It took me by surprise.

Did you just poop in the cat box, baby?

Are you kidding me? No.

That is fresh. You went.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Thank you so much.

Everybody gave up on her.

And Jackson came in.

And didn't give up on her. I'm so happy where we are right now.

And it's all thanks to Jackson.

I'm so happy to be able to leave you today.

Wonderful. We're so thankful.

Me too.

All right, cool.

Never seen a cat change so willingly just because we set the table for her.

makes it all worth it.