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It's okay, Mufasa.

I hear you.

I hear you.

Get off!

Damn it. I'm going to let you get one more piece of me.

That was a good one.

Come on up.

Pumpkin, I just want you out of here.

I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.

Welcome to the My Cat From Hell Where Are They Meow Special. Today we'll look

back over the last three seasons at some of the most memorable cats and people

I've ever had the chance to work with.

I know he looks like a cat, but I really don't think he's a cat. What is he?

Maybe a dragon?

Why are you still holding your cat?

Because she's having fun.

No, she's not.

That's not fun. In the end, it's all about helping the cats and their humans.

You're right in his face right now. And there he goes.

I made it. You did make it.

I can't believe that she's sitting on your lap. I mean, she's not a lap cat.

Did you just poop in the cat box, baby?

Oh, my God.

I know.

Woo. Woo.

Got it.

I help cats, man. That's what I do.

You have given me time back with our daughter.

And it's because of you.

which cats made the cut, and which people kept up with their work. Plus,

I personally check in with one of my most difficult and talked about cases

Hey!

It's all coming up on the My Cat From Hell Where Are They Meow special.

So let's get started.

On season two, I met Josh and Tara and their female cat, Larry.

When I first met Larry, she was hiding behind a microwave, violent and

unpredictable, and causing a lot of stress between the newly engaged Josh

Tara. Let's take a look.

I'm Josh. I'm Tara. Our relationship is wonderful.

And we're engaged.

We named our girl cat a boy's name because... It just fit her personality.

Larry attacks.

The crazy thing is she ambushes a lot.

Larry pees all over the house.

I'm constantly cleaning up after her. I'm not going to walk down the aisle

our cat is no longer crazy.

Jackson, what's up, man? What's up? How you doing? Nice to meet you. Hi.

Hey, good to meet you. Does she do with teeth and claws? Yeah. Yeah.

She turned me into lunch meat.

Also, she sprays my entire apartment.

Oh, she's not big. I was surprised that Larry wasn't spayed. There's no excuse.

Larry's not mean.

She's hormonal. Today is a get Larry fixed day.

We're hoping that it calms her down.

Oh my God, she's adorable right now.

Larry's not peeing. She's a little more flirtatious.

She's a better cat.

Hi, my lovey angel.

The idea is that when she is feeling like a frisky little kitten, she's going

be tempted to do the behaviors that she's been doing for three -plus years,

unless you're draining her energy out in a positive way. This kind of toy here

is that natural way.

Laird Jordan.

Laird Jordan.

We're going to get married.

Finally. All because of you, big man.

Jackson is the hope of all crazy cats.

Larry put up a good fight the first time I met her, but ultimately, it was Josh

and Tara's commitment to improving her behavior that turned this microwave

-hiding cat into the playful, loving, normal cat they always wanted.

Let's check in and see how they're doing today.

Hi, Jackson. It's Josh and Tara from season two. We've got married.

We went on our honeymoon. We came back.

And Larry is doing fabulous.

She doesn't bite.

Our ambush.

She's not hiding behind the microwave.

What would have happened if Jackson didn't come in?

Well, according to you, we wouldn't have gotten married.

What happened?

Before Jackson came, getting rid of Larry was not only an option.

Sometimes it was the only thing on my mind.

The biggest change that I saw in Larry immediately.

was getting Larry Spade. She got calmer and calmer. She got more friendly.

Now we have to play with her more.

There you go.

Yes! So she expends more energy, so she has less energy to apply to attacking

people. She's gone through three feather toys. She loves those.

Can I have it back?

Oh, see you later. Game time. Game's over. See you later.

Game's over.

She tore them all up, so it's a little bit more expensive playing with Larry.

But it's definitely worth it. I'd rather pay money buying cat toys than paying

emergency room bills.

Before Jackson was here, if I were to try to kiss Larry on the head, my face

would need plastic surgery.

But now, want to watch me kiss the viper on the head?

And I'm alive. Look.

No plastic surgery needed.

It's like being a snake charmer.

Probably the most impacting for me was not having to clean up after her all the

time. Not having to clean the walls and, you know, constantly scrub the carpets.

And it doesn't smell like pee in here anymore.

There's no pee on the stove.

Yeah, so she hasn't peed on the counter. She hasn't peed on the baseboard. She

hasn't marked the door.

She's a different cat.

She's nicer and sweeter and cuddlier, and she'll jump up and let you pet her.

We're petting her together.

It's like unheard of.

We've actually been thinking about maybe getting another cat for Larry to

hang out with. I would like to have another cat for sure, or a dog.

Or a baby.

We'll start out with the dog first.

Maybe goldfish.

I'm glad everything there was happily ever after.

Coming up, it's Team Bitten versus Team Chompy. The cats do not get along. I've

never seen them get along. Ever. Ever.

And later, we head to the East Coast for some serious cat -on -cat aggression.

We haven't been able to leave them together for more than about ten

Olive does not want Pepper in her home.

She is, like, all murder all the time.

It's Kevin, Megan, and Quinn from Season 3. You came out to help us with our two

crazy cats, Chompy and Bitten.

Hey, hey, hey.

Lots changed since then.

Chompy is way more confident. She moves around the space like she owns the

place. She's doing great.

Bitten has mellowed out quite a bit.

He's learned to take his energy out during play and not on Chompy. Quinn has

learned to be calmer around the cats.

Quinn, say hi, Jackson. Hi, Jackson.

We actually have another cat in the house named Tiny, and her and Bitten are

pretty much best friends. I was only able to integrate her into the house

because of all the cat mojo that you taught us, Jackson.

Here we have our very happy cat family. Tiny in the front and then got Bitten

and Chompy there in the back.

So anyways, Jackson, thank you so much for all the hard work you put in and all

the skills that you showed us and how to deal with our animals.

It sure made our life easier with the baby and the cat.

That's for sure. Yep, and we have news. We're expecting our second child early

November, so we will pass the cat mojo along to that one as well. Bye, Jackson.

Bye, Jackson. Say bye.

Bye.

Welcome back to the My Cat from Hell, Where Are They Meow special.

Last year, I traveled to New York to meet with Mike, Emily, and the two cats,

Olive and Pepper. And they lived in a really small New York apartment, and

was always trying to kill Pepper around every corner.

Here, take a look.

I'm Mike.

I'm Emily.

We live together in New York City, and we are about to get married.

We adopted two cats, Pepper and Olive.

We haven't really been able to leave them in the same room together.

Olive is the instigator.

She very clearly does not want Pepper in her home.

She is like all murder all the time.

New York apartments are built in this way to sort of

maximize living space.

Not an ideal layout for a cat. If one wants the other dead, then there's no

escape route.

They can't be together at night either, so Olive gets all upset that we're home

and not with her, so then she cries. You know, pretty much every night, one of

us ends up on the couch.

My sad, empty bed, as Mike is on the couch right now.

Ignore Olive completely. You have to break this habit.

So I got Olive this big, slow -feeding bowl.

The longer it takes Olive to finish her food, the longer Pepper has to finish

her meal, walk away, and escape to a place where Olive won't go after her.

is Kate.

Nice to meet you.

She is our catification person.

Kate is just a specialist in all things related to cat furniture. We need to

live in small spaces creatively.

Yeah!

That's amazing.

So she comes running in here, and then she has two exits. And we're not going

have to worry anymore about Pepper being trapped.

Now Pepper has a lot more confidence because she lives in a world full of

routes instead of death traps.

We are sleeping in the same bed just about every night.

Which is great. I was waiting for that one.

You know, we ignored Olive's crying, like you suggested, which really helped.

You've, like, turned us into normal people.

Thank you so, so, so, so much.

Mike and Emily are a perfect example of a couple who did everything right in

terms of their homework, and that's why they had the success that they did.

But did they keep it up? Let's see for ourselves.

Hey, Jackson. It's Mike and Emily. And thanks to you, Olive and Pepper are

getting along so much better.

Since the last time we saw Jackson, we got married. We had an incredible

wedding.

We went on a great honeymoon in Europe, and our parents watched the cats while

we were gone.

They actually said that they were really good. So we were so happy to come home

and hear that they hadn't caused a ruckus while we were gone. One thing

Jackson helped us realize is he noticed right away that Pepper really liked

heights. And Olive really didn't. And that was something I don't even think

ever really noticed before.

But it ended up being so helpful because he put, you know, the cat towers in

where Pepper could get up high. He put beds for her up high. And that has just

made a huge difference because she has a whole little getaway all of her own.

Olive could care less about it. Olive doesn't try to go there. So it's really

given Pepper the self -confidence that she has a place that's really hers.

At our worst, we were using a broom to keep the cats apart when they ate.

But we actually don't need any of that anymore. They can eat pretty peacefully,

and we really don't have to intervene at all. So that's been a huge improvement.

I think that Jackson's best piece of homework for us was to get us to feed

cats together at every meal.

We absolutely love the feeding dish that Jackson gave to us for Olive.

It slows her down a little bit so that Pepper is able to finish her food, sort

of walk away and do her own thing. So I think we are going to be using that

feeding dish forever.

One of the biggest stresses, I think, before Jackson was here was that we

couldn't sleep in the same bed because of the cats. Someone had to be on the

couch every night, which is just a ridiculous way to live, especially when

you're engaged.

I have been up for over an hour while the cats meow and scratch each other.

And that really hasn't been an issue because of Jackson. It's really been a

difference in our lives.

Olive and Pepper are so much better now.

Everything is just a lot lower stress level.

Everyone's a lot happier, and we're able to spend a lot more time all together

in the same room.

It makes us feel better to know that we're giving them the happiest life we

possibly can, and you can just tell they're happier cats.

We wouldn't have met Jackson. I really have no idea what we would have done. We

just weren't willing to consider giving one of the cats away when we knew that

we could give them a good home if we just worked at it. And so we worked

hard, and I think it's really paid off.

Jackson, thanks so much for your help. It's really changed our lives for the

better. Thank you.

You see, miracles do happen.

So glad to see those two getting along.

Hi, Jackson.

Bobby and Inhei came and saw us about Marco and Yuki. Marco being the cat who

just seemed to always be attacking Yuki.

It's been about a year now, and the animals are still doing great. Marco and

Yuki almost never fight, and it's been a huge change.

The clicker training was useful because it allowed me to play with Marco without

being afraid of being cut up by him.

The clicker training allowed us to distract Marco of Yuki.

And eventually it led to them learning how to eat around each other.

That's Yuki being loving and sharing a couch with Marco.

Over the past year, Marco has become quite loving.

He's a lot more calm. He's a lot more confident.

Good boy.

He doesn't attack us as we walk by.

This is how good it's gotten.

Jackson, I just want to say thank you so much.

I have a relationship with Marco that I never thought I would have.

You're totally awesome, and you've made me a believer, and thank you so much.

In season two, we met Heather and Alan and their cat, Ruby.

Now, when I first met them, Heather had no relationship at all with Ruby, and on

top of that, Ruby was chasing away her Pilates clients.

Let's take a look.

I teach Pilates in my living room.

And I have to get the cat and put her in the bedroom so I can do my job. And she

attacks me all the time.

I am

terrified of Ruby.

And I'm afraid it's going to attack one of my clients.

She's attacking me. I'm scared of her. I'm hurt by it. I don't want to lose

clients. You've actually lost a client because of Ruby?

Yeah. Heather's career depends on being able to train people out of this house.

Is the hissing and growling, that's normal?

Yeah. She's claiming the desk. She's claiming the Pilates machine. She's

claiming the bed. These are all places that are vertical.

If you look around, there's no other place in this house that's vertical for

to claim.

I had this guy design this Pilates bed for a cat.

What I figured was that our girlfriend was just a little jealous. She knows

when she starts a session that Ruby will sit on her bed and that the client will

go to the big bed and there's no competition for space anymore.

You've got her Pilates bed going to the clouds, up to the clouds, here to watch

birds, down again, and out.

She's now a welcome part of the Pilates experience.

It just makes me feel, like, blessed.

I'm just adoring what I'm seeing right now. Ruby's never laid on your stomach

before. Ever, ever, ever. She won't even sit next to me. It was just like, you

do love me.

You do.

I was so excited.

That was Ruby then. But let's check in on Ruby, Heather, and Alan today. See

they're doing. Hi, Jackson. It's Heather and Alan. And last you saw us, we were

dealing with a cat from hell.

Before Jackson came into our lives, my relationship with Ruby was great.

Oh, and Heather kind of had a different relationship with Ruby.

We no longer fight over Ruby anymore. It's been...

Absolutely fantastic.

Fantastic.

When Jackson first showed up, I was like, what is he, like a Pied Piper

in to, like, play music or something? The reason why it was so important for

to get Jackson in our house to help us with Ruby was because I was having a

great chance of losing all my clients.

Heather's a great Pilates instructor.

The only problem is that she has this cat that jumps on the table sometimes,

then I'm always afraid she's going to attack my hands or scratch me or bite

Before, I didn't want Ruby anywhere near my Pilates room.

And now, Ruby's the mascot.

She's in here so much, and everybody's calling for her, and she still uses her

Pilates bed. My clients think the Pilates bed is super cute. They actually

where's Ruby when they come in?

She is really just... Like, life's a party now.

She's almost like a politician now. She does her rounds, says, hey, good morning

to you, good morning to you, good to see you.

So people expect it now, right?

That's kind of cute.

The fact that I can bring clients in here at any time and not have to worry

about Ruby creating fear, I feel like it's priceless, really.

There's something in all of the rooms in the house for Ruby to be above

everything. So it allows her to see out over the territory, so to speak. And I

think that's really made a big difference as far as her attitude about

things. In the morning, she comes up, and as soon as I walk into the kitchen

turn the lights on to make coffee or something, she's up, she's talking,

rubbing her little head against my hands and giving me kisses.

Like, you know, like she's giving me my little good morning. Good morning. So

it's my little ritual.

I feel like they're more girlfriends now.

Aw, thank you.

I'm all about sharing the love. I don't have any problem with that. It's great.

Jackson, I just want to thank you so much for making my life happy and stress

-free again.

And I want to thank you because when she's peaceful, life is peaceful.

And so that's a big deal. I never thought I would say I was not terrified

her.

But I'm not.

Man, I am glad to see that her job is intact and she's got a four -legged

assistant welcoming her clients now.

Coming up next.

One of the loudest guests I've ever had to work with. Oscar bites and claws at

me.

Something is not right in his head.

And later.

A cat interferes with the healing process.

Stella can be very destructive.

She's a master destructor, actually.

When I adopted Stella, I was in a relationship, and we split up.

I'm not sure how a potential mate would deal with Stella.

You want to get down, or do you want to hurt me?

What?

from last season.

Well, it's a year later and things are going really well.

One of the most important things that Jackson taught us was how to bathe Oscar

and how to bathe him correctly.

We're still using the bathtub that Jackson gave us and it's working really

Travis is the one who now gives Oscar the bath.

Oscar doesn't hate them anymore.

Look at how cute this face is.

He's a whole different cat.

Like he's staying on my lap.

Yeah, for one, he's touching Diane.

And he has been for a year. He lets me work. I can have conference calls when

doesn't whine.

He still likes to rest.

He's a pleasure to be around.

Now, he's very friendly.

He's a great cat.

That is the cutest thing I've ever seen.

Jackson, we just want to say thank you for all your help. You've made a big

difference in our lives and Oscar's life as well. Thank you so much. Thank you

so much.

Welcome back to the My Cat From Hell Where Are They Meow special.

On season three, we met Melissa and her cat, Stella.

Melissa was a cancer survivor who had been through a lot in a short amount of

time. A double mastectomy, a breakup, the death of her 18 -year -old cat,

and now dealing with Stella, who was beating her up and drawing blood on a

basis. Let's see what happened.

My name's Melissa, and I live here with my cat, Stella.

Two years ago, I went for my yearly checkup, and they said that I had breast

cancer. The best thing that I could do was to have a civil mastectomy.

Now I'm coming back to the world, and yet I have this cat thing that keeps

pulling me back.

The biggest problem is when I'm working at my desk, she jumps up and gets in my

face and starts nipping at me.

Ow, ow, ow!

Yeah, it's a common occurrence.

I had a boyfriend when I adopted her, and we started our relationship.

And part of it was, I think, the aggravation that came up between us over

cat. Hey,

Jackson, come in. How are you? What's the worst that it's gotten with her?

Her drawing blood every day.

I think that there's a lot of inappropriate play going on.

You're sending her mixed messages.

I'd like to see you get a kitty seal that you can put right in the window

so that she has her place.

I'd like you to get her moving around all over the place until she is pooped.

She's amazing at this, actually.

And again. Wow.

And another one. Oh, my God.

There you go.

Stella was reacting in this very unpredictable, strange way around the

Now, here's the crazy part. Her old cat, Mina's ashes, were sitting on that

desk. And I felt sure that Stella was actually speaking to the situation and

telling Melissa to move forward. When I put Mina's ashes into the water, it was

sad, and yet I was glad to release her.

Finally, I can get back on my feet and start reclaiming my life. I'm feeling

great.

Letting go of Mina's ashes was crucial for Melissa to be able to move forward

and develop a closer relationship with Stella.

Let's see how these two are doing today.

Hi, Jackson. It's Melissa from season three.

Stella had her second birthday this last fall, and she's doing great.

Stella is getting more and more confident and happier, relaxed, and

at ease.

Now things are so much better. I'm moving ahead with my life. I am dating

and she really loves men. So I feel confident whenever a guy comes over and

meets her, she's really on her best behavior. She actually is all over them,

like they're catnip or something.

So it's kind of funny.

Before I met Jackson, Stella was a cat who was very defensive in a very

aggressive way.

And now she's relaxed, playful, and it's been a huge difference.

Hey, Stella, how's it going?

As far as my office time, it's a lot better now.

Jackson taught me.

that it was important for me to set down some boundaries and not let her on my

desk, but to give her an alternative, which was this wonderful hammock that

Jackson recommended to be set up right next to my desk at the window so that

could hang out with me while I was working but not be in my face.

When Jackson was here, he taught me how to play with her. And now I play with

Stella every day.

And once I started playing with her, her attitude changed tremendously.

Looking a little sleepy. Ready for a nap?

Looks like it's nap time for you.

Nice, chilled kitty.

We sort of liberated each other. I liberated her from her cage, and she, in

lot of ways, has liberated me from some past difficulties and, you know, helped

me make a transition out of that phase of my life. It's been really, really

good. Thank you, Jackson. We really, really appreciate you coming into our

and making our lives so much better.

Man, that just warms my heart. I love seeing endings like that.

Hi, Justin.

It's Sudan.

And Justin.

And of course, your father.

Since the last time you saw us.

The process continues to improve.

We still take him on walks every day.

He's been good. He's been happy. He's been friendly and playful.

And no more pee. I almost forgot about it because it's been so long since he

pee. Uh -huh. Outside of the litter box, obviously.

And one more thing.

Oh, yes. He does not attack me anymore. Not at all. So that's wonderful.

That means no arguments. And that makes everyone happy.

But, yeah, now we've got a happy and very healthy cat. And thank you for

We really appreciate it. Thank you very much.

Last season I met mother and daughter Melissa and Mariah, and Melissa was

convinced that Mariah's cat, Miley, was tormenting her two dogs, but Miley was

actually a really normal cat.

The human behavior in the house, not so much.

One of the most bizarre cases I've ever worked with. Take a look.

Hi, Melissa.

And I'm Mariah.

Her cat, Miley, tries to kill my dog.

Moving out would be my only option if things don't change.

To even have the thought of her leaving, you know, just breaks my heart.

How are you? Good. How are you? Good. We've got two dogs in little sundresses

with their nails painted pink.

We have to feed them with a bottle. We have to feed them with a fork because

they won't eat because they're so scared of her.

I've never heard of that before.

So when you're out on the street, you have the stroller. Why?

Because I don't want them to get germs.

They don't get animals. They don't get any of it. They are trying to put these

animals in little baby -shaped boxes, and it's not going to work. You're

that that makes her... Calm down.

That's not calm.

One of the things I'm sort of suspecting with her is that she's not getting the

kind of play that she needs to get, and that's why she's acting out on Madeline

so much, because Madeline presents herself as a pretty cool toy.

Every time I give her this choice...

She's like, what is this that I get to hunt?

So it has nothing to do with Madeline.

Madeline has to be on the floor moving around, trying to find some self

-confidence, and that, standing up to Miley, will mean that she won't get beat

up. And it did. It built her self -esteem enough where now she can protect

herself. Kind of a cool thing when you think about it, when you have that one

moment when Miley gets to make the choice between dog and toy, and suddenly

chooses toy.

Now we can all live together in harmony, and that's what I wanted.

Getting Melissa and Mariah to stop treating their dogs and cats like babies

harder than I expected it to be. Let's check in on them now and see where

they're at.

Hi, Jackson. It's Mariah. And Melissa.

And everything's going really well since you've been here.

Me and my mom's relationship has definitely improved.

She's realized that Miley is not out to kill her dog.

Because Miley's not trying to kill Madeline or Makita, I do have a better

relationship with her.

I'm learning to love her as much as my dog, and so I do spend more time with

Miley, and we do have a better bond.

Miley no longer just has checkers and toilet paper rolls as toys.

She has an entire room that's full of cat condos and tents and teasers and

Her favorite toy is the string with the mouse, but she'll just bring that to me

and drop it at my feet so I can play fetch with her. One of the biggest

that Jackson made us realize is that the dogs need more confidence.

Jackson had told my mom not to be carrying the dogs everywhere, and she is

doing that. So that definitely has not improved.

I really still am scared of germs. I don't want them walking around. Last

Jackson was here, he wasn't too happy about me washing the dog's feet when we

went outside for germs.

What is going on here?

So now the solution to that is I bought them little slip -on disposable shoes,

and they're not bringing germs inside, and I don't have to worry about them

getting sick.

Come on, Madeline.

Come on, Maddie. Let's go potty.

The disposable shoes are a perfect solution because every time we go

can put them on their feet.

Come on.

Let's go to the bathroom.

And then you can just throw them away and get a new pair each time.

One, two, three, four.

I know that Jackson had told us not to dress the dog, but I still do it because

I don't have any little children at home anymore.

Get your shirt on. One hand, the other hand.

And I like to dress them.

And treat them like babies.

Here, Makita.

Put it on. Put it on. I personally follow Jackson's advice and stop

Miley. But whenever my mom dresses her, it kind of frustrates me because I see

how much Miley absolutely dislikes that.

There you go.

Here.

Take her to her party.

Today is actually Miley's second birthday, and we're going to have a

party celebration for her, and we're really excited about it.

It's great to know that, you know, we can have Miley's birthday party, and

everybody can be together, and there's no fighting, you know, no scratching, no

biting. Happy birthday, Miley.

And we all can get along.

Blow it out, Miley.

Jackson, before you came into the picture, this never would have been

I got nothing.

Coming up next, one of the most aggressive Bengals I've ever worked

If he can get close enough to me, he will attack me.

And later, I personally check in with one of my toughest cases yet.

Find out who after the break.

City the Kitty from Season 2.

Last time we saw you, you were here to help me and my partner, Shauna.

Shauna and I are no longer together, but I have a new partner named Tara.

Hi, Jackson.

Tara and City have a great relationship, and he never attacks her. They always

get along, and they have a lot of fun together. We do.

I've never really been a cat person until City.

He's been enjoying his walks. He goes on his cat wheel all the time.

And he and Missy get along. They actually play together.

Siddy and Missy love to explore the neighborhood together.

He's been a lot of fun. So I just want to say thanks again, Jackson.

Thanks, Jackson.

Welcome back to the My Cat from Hell, Where Are They Meow special.

Some of my toughest cases oftentimes involve children because we're dealing

the next generation of cat guardians. And I want these guys to be safe.

At the same time, I want to give them a healthy respect for the pets they live

with. In the case of Jen and her son Chris, we were dealing with Dina, whose

violent outbursts were not only unpredictable, but they were really

to the then five -year -old Chris.

Here, take a look.

Dina goes through sporadic freak out. Be nice.

Really?

My dad is so frustrated with the cat that he's ready to see her go.

I have to be able to work in here.

Are you scared having her under your bed, baby?

Yeah.

Chris doesn't understand what's going on. There's been times that he's tried

play with Dina, and she just lashes out. She's scratched him already.

Hey. Hi.

She had her first incident. She was in the backyard.

And my son came running into the house screaming, going, Mom, Zena's freaking

out. This is what you call the fit. Uh -huh. Zena is now fully running all over

the room. This was post -traumatic stress disorder. And there was something

really wrong with her eyes. The wild card X factor here is I don't think she

see. I'd like you to see a specialist and figure that out. The ophthalmologist

confirmed that it's cataract. She does suffer from post -traumatic stress.

Because of that blindness, we got to start playing with toys that maybe she

hear them coming. Got a little something for you, buddy.

I got Chris his own cat daddy guitar case, which it was just so much fun to

bring it in for him. You are the cat teacher in the house.

Gina's on eye drops now, and things are chilled. Now that we've met with

Jackson, she plays when she's supposed to play.

I don't know that I could ask for anything more.

This case really touched my heart, and it's been over a year since the last

I checked in with Jen, Mike, and Chris.

So I figured I'd stop back in on these guys today and see how things are going.

Let's find out.

Hey, Jen.

Hey, long time no see. How you been?

I'm good. How are you?

Hey, Mike. Hey, bro. Welcome back.

Yeah.

What's up, buddy?

Oh, God, you got big, man. You got big.

You look good, man. Look at you.

I like that style.

You kind of look like me and everything.

High five with Xena.

You guys still buddies?

Yeah.

High five, buddy.

Yeah. That's nice. That's great.

How are things for you guys? I mean, how is it? It's really good.

I mean, you know.

Obviously, PTSD is always going to be there. She's always going to have that

trigger. But as long as we announce ourselves, as long as we make sure that

hears us coming, she smells us coming, life is normal.

There's no kissing.

She's much more trusting of her surroundings because she knows that it's

to be okay. That's great.

I mean, honestly, it makes me want to keep doing the job. It makes me want to

keep going to other people's houses to know how it can turn out.

Chris, the first time I met you, remember it was raining that day, and we

out to the yard, and we ran around in circles, and you were telling me it was

raining like crazy that day.

And me and you were running around, and we were being detectives, and you were

showing me what happened that day she freaked out.

Where was Dina when she started hissing? Let's do it together. Go.

All right, so we got these circles. Okay, we're going in circles like that.

Okay, cool.

Pretend she's right here, okay? And she's running around in circles.

Yep. Now, what did her ears look like?

They were like... Here, I'll hold this for you. They were like, they were

backwards. Backwards, good.

Now, tell me about her eyes. What were her eyes doing?

They were like this.

Yeah. Tell me about the noise she was making. What noise?

Like that, right? So Chris and I are out there doing our detective bit. We are

running around in circles in the pouring rain, and he finally drops it on me.

Where were you with Gina?

Gina was, like, right over here.

And when I petted her, then I petted Gina.

Ah, wait a minute. Now, you were petting Gina.

Then you said, I want to pet Gina, right?

Yes. Okay, so you came right over here.

And I pet Zena and then you start again.

That's when it started.

That one piece of information, he turned around to play with his cat. Now

remember, this is the first time that Zena had ever been in the backyard.

She's exploring in a very tentative way. He goes to pet her. She probably didn't

see him coming. Maybe there was a loud bang from a school bus or a delivery

truck. Bang! She goes crazy. And from that moment on, her life changed.

Has she freaked out since then? Does she run around in circles and yell like she

used to?

No. Wow.

That's cool.

She actually goes outside now.

Does she really? Yeah. When it's a nice sunny day and we leave the door wide

open, she'll go sunbathe in the balcony, just kind of walk around, sniff the

ivy, come back in the house and be like, okay, I had my time.

Go figure. Yeah.

It's funny, I still have people, you know, even who have seen the entire

and see how well she is at the end, they're still, oh, well, you should have

just gotten rid of her because she was crazy.

And think about how much money she's cost you in vet bills. And I'm like, but

she's not that way anymore.

Right. There was something hurting her inside of her head that she had no idea

what was going on.

It's fixed. She's okay. And they're like, no, you know, she's just a ticking

time bomb. She'll go back to that. I'm like.

Not as long as we keep doing what we're doing. Right, right. As long as we show

her compassion and we show her that this house is safe and that she's safe,

she's going to be okay.

Yeah, and she's proven that?

Oh, yeah. Okay. So clearly you guys have kept up with a certain amount of

program, right? Right. Well, and Zena's very good at telling us when we haven't

because she'll get a little more angsty.

And then I say, okay, you know, she's a little more frustrated, so I know.

I need to be better about announcing myself. I need to have more play time.

I need to have more, you know, this and this, and let's go back to where we were

a year ago and do all the homework and do all the steps. It doesn't take as

as it did the first time. That's great.

But we already know the steps to take. That makes me feel great. Really, I

you deserve this level of peace. I'm glad that you have it. Now, Chris, tell

something. You still got that guitar case I gave you last time? You go grab

for me?

Hey. So you tell me, what's her favorite things to play with now? She likes the

ones that she can hear.

Yeah. And see colorful lights. Very nice.

It's like the rainbow.

Oh, wait, let me take a look here. So there is my girl.

I'm actually seeing her play with the light a little bit there. Can she see

better than she could before, or is it still very limited?

It's still really limited, but she does well with the vision that she has.

Right. Now, Chris, here's what I want you to do. Pull out a toy out of there,

and let's go play with her.

I've heard some amazing things about Zena since the last time I was here. No

more episodes whatsoever.

None of that post -traumatic stress of her running around. And the most amazing

part of this is she's part of that family.

There you go. Good.

Good, baby girl.

Watching Chris play with Xena, I mean, I wish I could put it into words. It's

bigger than I was blown away. It was a huge moment. It's a backup, and watch

this cat enjoy life.

Hi.

Do you mind if I give you a little pet?

Oh.

So this is her on a daily basis at this point?

Yep.

You guys go, man.

Look at that.

Good.

Good, Chris.

Nice going, buddy.

It was so great that Jackson got to see not just Zena's improvement over the

year, but that Jackson got to see how much Chris has improved and how much

has matured and grown into an actual cat daddy.

Oh.

You remember the first time you were here and it was the whole thing where I

to dump her out of my chair in the office?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'll still come in there every once in a blue moon and find her on the chair.

But now instead of hissing and growling and stuff, she'll just kind of look up a

little bit and she'll just wander off. This is just kind of just a further

testament to how well this has gone.

To see this happening right now, I can't imagine seeing any better than this.

When I talk with people who are skeptics of Jackson personally, I'm probably the

loudest voice saying, hey, you know, this worked because I thought it worked.

worked in my house.

So I would absolutely say that Jackson is the real deal.

I got something for you here before I go.

All right.

Turn around, man.

I hereby rechristen you Cat Daddy Junior.

That's it, man.

Give me two hands up. There you go.

Buddy, you've been amazing. You guys.

This is so cool.

Following up with Zena today was a huge blessing for me. You've got to remember,

when you work on a lot of cases, sometimes you don't get to see the

And to be able to be reminded that the work that you do has a ripple effect

goes just beyond making the cat happy. But to have a child who's going to grow

up with a companion, seeing that helps me keep going for the next case.

Give me a hug.

You take care of her, okay, man? Yeah. All right.

Bye, guys. Bye. See, what he did for our family has made a huge difference. And

it was more than I could ever have hoped for.

It was so fantastic following up with everyone today. Man, I love what I do.

believe me, in the end, I wouldn't be doing it if it wasn't a lot of fun.

Yeah.

We're dancing.

There we go.

Seriously,

all the stuff you clean up and that makes you gag? They all make me gag.

You guys have a blooper reel.

Yeah, we do now.

I know, I'm sweating.

Today is about thinking cat.

I mean louder than just meow, meow.

It's loud.

Go ahead, give it to me. Meow, meow.

Then he'll start hitting you in the face with his paw. Get out. Meow.

Thanks for watching the My Cat From Hell Where Are They Meow Special.

We'll see you next time.