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We have a cat named Littles and he is a cat from hell.

If something triggers her, you better watch yourself because you might get

She will attack us and bite our legs.

I'm not getting rid of her. I'm not going to give her away.

I couldn't. I would die.

Putting Littles down, that's definitely on the table.

Whiskey, poop, all around our house.

Right on my pillow.

Nothing is sacred. God.

We're wanting to start a family, but when it comes to choosing between

and a baby... I can't think about that.

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.

Are you all right?

Sorry, I don't know. Cats have nine lives, but humans only have one.

So I'm on my way right now to go see Sherry and Darren about their cat,

These guys are like high -adrenaline people.

They love high -octane sports, but they've had it with Littles and her

ways. I'm going to go over right now and see if I can put the brakes on this

screeching ball of terror.

My name is Darren. My name is Sherry. We've been married for seven years.

And we have a cat named Littles, and she is a cat from hell.

Why so much?

Okay, okay.

We are basically weekend warriors and we love motorcycle racing. We love car

racing.

But things at home are very much more extreme than our sports.

It's okay.

She'll hiss. She'll run around.

She will attack us and bite our legs.

Okay, okay. When Littles is at her worst, both of our legs are just

with blood. We've been to urgent care so many times, Littles is almost famous at

the doctor's office.

In order to deal with Littles, I had to put my safety gear on, like my

protective pants and my oven mitts.

We're actually afraid to have family over. It could trigger them getting bit,

and I'm not having that in my house, period.

If Lilz cannot be fixed, I have no option but to put her down.

That would kill me if I put her down.

She's my little baby.

She was kind of like the infant I never had.

So it's creating a lot of arguments.

And we are desperate.

I'm Jackson.

Hey.

Hi, Jackson. I'm Darren. Nice to meet you. Darren, nice to meet you, too.

for having me over.

So, I know things have been bad.

Tell me, what's going on with your cat?

She's untouchable. If something triggers her, like a young kid walks in the

house or a cat walks across the backyard, you better watch yourself

might get bit. If I'm in her path or Darren's in her path, we got a nice

surprise waiting. Oh!

That was her teeth marshmallow three months ago. Those are teeth. We both

some of those.

Let's talk about your last attack. I don't even know what happened, really.

simply looking outside that window, and with no warning, I have four teeth in my

ankle.

When I walk in, and 30 seconds later, people are showing me scars like on

Sherry's leg, and I find out both people have been to urgent care multiple

times, I know that I'm dealing with a serious situation.

And Sherry, she sinks her teeth into you. What do you do? I just left her

Actually, I tried to hide it from him.

I didn't even want to tell him why. Why did you feel the need to hide it?

Because I didn't want him to get mad at her and put her down.

What I'm hearing right now is that euthanasia is our option. That's

on the table.

It's creating a lot of arguments.

I'm not going to fight my wife over this.

Well, we do.

I mean, we do argue. We argue. Okay.

Wow. When I find out that Darren is ready to put Littles to sleep, even

Sherry is completely opposed to the idea, the pressure and the stakes get

than ever.

Here's what I want to do. I want to walk around the house and meet Littles.

Okay. Sounds good.

So Darren, Sherry, and I go into their bedroom, and this is where both Sherry

and Darren have gotten bit so badly, they both wound up in the ER. This is

generally the hot spot, kind of where you're standing right here.

There's the window.

She was attacked by the window. I was attacked right here.

Okay, so Darren's attack right here.

Right. So walk me through it. Come on over. Walk me through it. It would be

8 o 'clock in the morning. Just woke up instantly right then and there. I got

bit in the leg not knowing really what happened until I turned around and saw

the cat run.

And then I could feel the pain in my leg look down, blood everywhere.

Knew right then I got bit.

And that was pretty much it. And when she bit you, what happened? What did she

do? No, no, where did she go? She went into the hallway and kind of looked back

like, did I do something wrong? So she stopped in the hallway. Yeah, and looked

back a little bit like, I think I did wrong, but not sure.

This is where I know that I've got a lot to teach the humans. Now, when Darren

is explaining the attack that Littles put on him, he just explains it as, I

standing in front of my window, admiring the view, and suddenly I'm bleeding,

and it's totally unpredictable and random.

I'd be totally the opposite. I know that Littles was turned from something that

was in the living room window. She ran in, continued the argument, the fight,

and he just happened to be in the way. He just missed three quarters of that

conversation. And you got it, what, back here? I got it right here, right by the

door. I was standing.

Okay. And she was in that room, in the den, I'm assuming.

And I was folding laundry right here, standing up, kind of sorting it out. And

she had run in? She must have ran in, and that's when she got me from behind.

Oh, she runs all the way back in here, and as she's running by you, she gets

you? Yes. Oh.

Little attacks and bites her legs without warning. All of our bites have

from behind, and we have no idea when it's coming.

It's so unpredictable what we're going through with her right now, and that's

why we don't know how to fix it, because the two attacks that happened with us,

We're unforeseen.

It's when we're in another room and we got our backs to her. Good to know all

this stuff. I'm going to be able to use it to some degree. Let's keep moving.

There's more. I'm getting great information about little, but the X

is that front entrance. So that's where we headed next.

So Sherry and Darren were telling me that when kids come in the house, little

either wants to run or run at them. Either way, not a great thing.

A lot of fear I don't like, but a lot of aggression nobody else likes. You were

telling me that when people come in, especially kids, right?

She really will hiss to the point where I'm not comfortable handling her.

Usually I'll have to put some kind of protective gear on her.

Protective gear.

I have these motorcycle pants I wear. You really? You wear motorcycle pants

around the cat? Yeah. Do you want me to just bring them out? You think you're

going to get through this day without wearing motorcycle pants?

I can.

That's what the cat makes me do.

I'm absolutely stunned that she's resorted to this.

It just tells me how far I've got to go, not with the cat, but with the humans.

Now, in terms of Littles, I did see her right there. So go ahead and change and

meet us out there. Okay.

Littles. That's our Littles.

So we walk into the living room, and from the look on Littles' face, I'm

starting to wish I had some protective gear of my own.

I'm just going to be cool for a second. Okay.

Hi.

Hi.

I'm just coming in.

Can I just hug you?

Ow. Whoa.

Ow.

Ow.

I had to see how long it would take for Littles to stop beating me up, so I kept

pushing Littles' challenge line. Now, from the outside, that may look insane,

but I had to understand the nature of her aggression.

Whoa. I'm not back under.

Ow!

Littles was so threatened, she started turning upside down.

Now that's telling me that she is expecting attack in such an amazing way

she's exposing her hind legs. Those hind legs are the most powerful thing they

have. She meant business.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Are you okay?

Do you need band -aid? No, no, no. Not done yet.

Darren is about to put this cat to sleep thanks to this kind of behavior, so

I've got to do something, anything, to get through to her.

What do I got for you?

Now come on.

Come on now.

If I can get you out of my hands, man, I am a happy, happy guy.

I'm waiting for that one little sign.

Make a choice.

I'm terrified right now.

You gotta understand what a huge moment this is for a cat like Littles. Because

I approached her calmly, without fear, and without any threatening over -the

-head gestures, she was able to trust me.

Now here's the interesting thing. You see how she looked out there first,

she took the food? As if to say, who's going to take my food away from me?

What goes on right here?

Oh, that's where the neighbor cats come. So she'll follow the neighbor cat from

this window.

Make her path around to our bedroom window. While she's running is when you

hit. So, honestly, what this is is like this racetrack of destruction, right?

Absolutely. So our final stop had to be outside.

Okay. I mean, this backyard is wide open to intruders. Any cat can just walk

through the iron fence or over the brick walls. So no wonder she's freaking out.

So what happens is when this invasion to the territory happens, kaboom, right?

And then we have the racetrack.

So.

I'm going to give you guys homework right now. So since we know the cat is

coming from two places, either over or under, we're going to reinforce these

areas. The next time I come over here, I don't want to see anyone coming over

that wall. That's going to take the threat level down 50 % immediately.

Part two.

You're going to build shelves coming off of the top of this tree, okay? So that

means she always has that exit route. What I want them to do is to catify the

entire racetrack. You start by providing a place for Littles to go. That's

really important.

And now we got one more exercise, okay?

I'm going to call it red light, green light. I want kids to come over here.

Supervised, of course, for their safety.

What you're going to do is you're going to give them a treat. You're going to

have the kids ring the doorbell. Green light, they walk in. Then you say red

light. At red light.

They drop the treat, and they walk out. She is going to learn very quickly that

whoever comes in the door, A, bears gifts, but B, will not make a

move toward her.

The Red Light, Green Light project is so important because we love having our

family over. So having that work would just be a huge weight lifted off our

shoulders. All right, guys, you can hang. I'm going to leave.

Okay. All right. It was great to meet you.

I'm definitely worried.

This homework is crucial.

Lil's life is literally on the line here.

All right, I'm here for my second visit with Sherry and Darren and their cat,

Little. And the last time I was here was one of the most violent run -ins I've

ever had with a cat.

Little's just so terrifying that she makes it impossible for Sherry and

to have friends or family over.

Darren wants a euthanizer, and Sherry will have nothing to do with that

solution. My thought would be put Little down.

Now, I gave these guys some serious homework, and I asked them to fortify

backyard, but all they did was put up air canisters, which are clearly not

working, so I have no idea what I'm in for today.

Darren!

Oh, my God.

That's a lot of fight. How are you? Good, how are you? It's good to see you.

Where's Darren at? Darren's on his way, actually.

What's up, man? How are you? Hi, Jackson. Good to see you, brother. Good

you. Man, I'm telling you, motorcycles and longboards, and I expect, like, I'm

going to parachute through the ceiling. So, how are things going in this house?

Things are improving, but we still got a lot of work to do.

Now, tell me how the homework worked for you. So, when we did the Red Light

Green Light project, we had the neighbor's kids come over, and by the

third doorbell rang, she's like, I don't care who's at the door. She's like, I'm

over this.

Red light, green light was a really important exercise. I wanted to reward

Littles with food for coming to the door and not either attacking, acting,

menacing, anything like that. And there was payoff.

Now that means that we can cross off the front door as a source of Littles'

anxiety, and that's huge.

But I'm still sensing apprehension from these guys.

There was that sense that the solutions were pretty drastic, right? It was sort

of end -of -life solutions. Are you still afraid of your cat?

I am. That's a problem. Yes, but I could never put her down.

Sherry is still terrified of her own cat.

That doesn't work. If you're still scared of your cat, we got problems.

Hey, look at what we got here.

Look at you. Look at this, guys.

I love it. I love that Sherry and Darren gave Littles those refined feline cloud

shelves to elevate the kitty race track of doom. But I can tell right away

that's still not enough.

Oh, hi.

There is your neighbor's cat coming into the yard.

Oh, there she goes.

Look at that.

Oh, no.

Whoa.

There she goes.

So the neighbor's cat comes rolling by the window and kaboom, Littles is in

gear. Wow, look at her go. I got to tell you.

The way her tail, back and forth, whipping, the way she was shaking, never

it before. That cat was ready to explode.

She's like a little cat grenade right now, man. And the pin has definitely

pulled.

Euthanasia is still on the table, so I've got to show them that it's possible

redirect her attention onto something positive.

Come from the side.

Try to get her interested.

And I'm just going to pull this over and try to get her attention.

And there we go. See? That's exactly what I wanted to see. You see how the

second she sees the toy, she feels like she can move herself away from a real

threat to something she can hunt?

Good girl.

Good girl.

What is that?

That's pretty amazing, man. So we got her. That's a huge deal right there.

When Jacqueline got Little to play in the middle of all the madness, that was

eye -opener. But I still don't feel 100 % comfortable having family in our home

when she's freaking out when the cat's outside.

We still have a big problem, and that big problem is out there.

So let's go outside.

So we go outside, and there she is.

Hi, troublemaker. And there's this cat out here like she owns the place. Guess

what? She does.

She owns Little's territory.

By the way.

There we have the air canisters. Right. The problem is, this doesn't stand a

chance against that. Right.

Sherry, what are you thinking about?

Well, we can't control this whole yard. It feels out of control, actually.

When we were all outside, my heart just kind of dropped a little bit because I

felt like, is this hopeless?

You know, are we never going to be able to keep the neighbor's cat out of our

yard? I want to actually talk to you for a little bit. Mind if we take off for a

minute? Absolutely. Okay, come on.

Let's walk over this way.

Sherry's face at that moment was so pained, so conflicted, I felt like I had

lost her.

So, obviously we're seeing things that are so concerning. Where are you right

now in this whole process?

Are you seeing that you're closer to the euthanasia than you are to the solution

at the moment?

It comes down to the decision where if I want my family and my life, that I

might have to euthanize my cat in order to get that.

That would kill me if to put it down.

His little is my family as well. Yeah.

So what do you need from me today?

This process and feel okay about it. Keep working with it.

I know it's hard.

Hang it. Okay.

We got a lot more work to do.

I want to give you guys homework. Let's go meet up with Darren and let's go for

round two and hope for the best. Okay.

All right, come on.

So, what a day.

We've got a lot of work to do. Here's what I want you to do. I want to block

her vision to the outside, okay? So when she's standing, she can't see out. I

want these guys to block sight lines so that poor Littles doesn't get taunted.

Now the next thing is, when you see her start to get a little worked up, boom,

toy. Diffusing that kitty time bomb with play is going to be crucial to everyone

in this household.

All right, for the last time I was here, I asked you guys to fortify the

backyard. So to keep us from failing this time, we're going to use a lot of

different variations.

We are going to use water.

We are going to use sound. I want them to use the automated sprinkler and get a

motion -activated alarm to help deter unwanted animals.

It was great to be with you guys again. Thank you again, Jackson. Take care of

yourself, man. I'll talk to you soon, okay?

The stakes here are still high.

We talked about putting her down.

That's still on the table.

Well, we need to get it to a place where I feel confident about having people in

my house. She has to be cured.

And now it's time for a kitty bit.

True or false, cats can retract the claws on all four paws?

The answer, after this.

True or false?

Cats can retract the claws on all four paws.

The answer is false.

Cats can only retract the claws on their front paws.

This helps the front claws stay sharp for climbing, hunting, and self

So I'm outside of Darren and Sherry's house for my final visit with them and

their cat, Littles. The last time I was here, euthanasia was still on the table,

even though the idea was tearing Sherry apart.

That would kill me if they put her down.

This time I'm hoping to see a cat who's social. No threat of violence

whatsoever, because her very life depends on it.

Hi, Jackson. Hey, how are you, man?

Hey, Jackson, how are you?

I'm great. Good to see you. Good to see you.

Thank you. But the real question is, how are you and how's Littles?

Littles is 100 % better.

You won't recognize her.

And because Littles is better, we're great.

Seriously, tell me. Okay, so the homework.

From the minute we did the sight blockers and the sprinklers and the toy,

redirection of energy.

Very positive.

Yeah.

That's so cool.

That's so cool.

Fantastic news all the way around, and it was time to take a look at video

homework. And I think, Jackson, you're going to be in for a big surprise.

Cool. All right, let's take a look.

This is right after she had seen one of the cats outside, and we directed her

aggression with the toy.

Look at that.

Wait, what's going on here? This is family dinner.

This is our surprise that we wanted you to see. We had a house full of guests.

What the?

What?

That was a big surprise. They threw a dinner party, and Littles was a part of

the party, observing people in a very relaxed, comfortable, confident way. I

mean, come on.

Yeah. Whoa.

We were speechless, too.

I feel we could have family over now. The barbecue we had just proved that. So

don't feel like I have to choose between my cat and our family anymore.

I have never been happier.

Yes. All right, guys. Let's go to the backyard first.

Perfect. Go on.

Okay. Oh, cool.

All right. Right on. So you guys have created a really beautiful, strong

-looking boundary.

Let's just see if I can get around this thing.

So that works.

And then once you get here, we have this down.

Oh, my God.

Between the motion -activated alarm system and the Havahart sprinklers, if I

were a cat, I would want nothing to do with this yard. Let's go hang out with

Littles a little bit. All right. Now I want to see Littles. Knowing that she's

changed so much, I'm just hoping she won't try to beat me up.

Well, look who's here.

Little's looks pretty secure with Sherry, but I've really got to see if

going to be aggressive with me in her territory.

So I'm just watching her walk.

So you guys just, like, sit still like statues, right? Yeah.

Are you okay?

Are you all right? I think you're okay.

Oh, excuse me? Are you kidding me?

Come here. You want to come?

Come. All the way up.

That's a good girl.

When Littles got up on the couch and sat next to me, I had to just release my

entire past with her.

That is no easy trick. Believe me.

Come here. You want to come?

Come. Oh, look.

Oh, my God.

Look at her.

Look at the smile on your face. I mean, this is absolutely a different cat.

And when I first met you, the thing that was hanging over us was you were

talking about having to euthanize Littles.

Tell me at this point, is there any part of that that's still on the table?

That is not an option anymore.

Wow. I could not be happier.

Littles owes her life to you, actually. So, thank you. You're welcome. It's so

great. So great to hear that from you. I didn't save Littles' life. I gave these

guys the tools so that they could do it. This is why I do what I do.

Littles' life.

is worth something.

Every cat's life is... Every cat's life

is worth something.

Hey, man, that was fantastic.

That was awesome.

You're absolutely welcome.

Bye, Sherry. We feel like we have a new cat now. Totally different.

And it's just amazing to see this change in little... And hey, have fun with

your new cat, okay? Yeah, we will. Thank you.

I'm here in Austin. I'm going to go see Kate and Cameron. They've got a cat

named Whiskey, and the guy's pooping out some Texas -sized turds.

No place is sacred.

About a year into his life, he just stopped using the litter box.

I'm going to go out and see if there's anything I can do for these guys.

I'm Kate. And I'm Cameron. And we've been married for three years.

We are the proud owners of a cat named Whiskey. When we got Whiskey, I had no

idea what I was in for.

Whiskey poops all around our house.

He is pooping.

It's very random.

He just pooped on the stairs.

There's more right there. On top of the dining room table, under the dining room

table. In the living room. Laying in our laps.

He pooped right in between my legs. I was disgusted. Nothing is sacred.

He pooped on my pillow.

Whiskey is the cat from hell.

I don't want to be the one to pick it up. I think that he should pick it up

more. Not it. No, that's not fair.

She absolutely picks it up more. It's not fair.

I think she should do it. I don't do anything. It's her cat.

God.

We know that we're a certain point away from wanting to start a family.

We're ever going to have a child with. He would have to be confined to a single

room. And I really don't want that to happen.

When it comes.

To choosing between whiskey and a baby.

I can't think about that.

I can never get rid of him.

Hi. How are you? I'm Kate. Hey, Cameron.

Hey, Cameron.

We're good to meet you, man. Nice to meet you, too. How are you guys?

We're good.

Oh.

What brings me to Texas?

We have a cat that poops all around our house.

Okay. He'll usually stop for a second, position, poop, and then just take off.

He'll do it while he's running? Yeah.

Anywhere but the litter box?

Dining room table, dining room.

Well, so... Yeah.

I know, and that's the sad thing, right? He'll do it and run, and that's what

those scratches are. What do the vets say?

They...

Haven't been able to figure it out so far. We've done... No theories? No

nothing? No. You hope that it's not pain.

Now, I haven't met Whiskey yet, but when a cat poops and runs at the same time,

now that tells me this cat could be in pain. And that concerns me. I tend to

feel like I'm the one that picks it up more in general.

We've instated the not it game.

The not it game. Not it.

No.

I called it. I can't deal with this.

I hate picking it up. It smells. It's disgusting.

There's resentment underneath. She's sick of picking it up. The stress

of cleaning up after the cat for this long, it's got to be bad in there. We

would like to start a family, and to have a cat that does that with a

woman or a child that will be down on the floor is just not an option. What if

didn't come over here today?

Whiskey would have to be confined to a single room.

We really don't have any time to waste on this, so let's get moving. Come on,

guys. When Kate and Cameron told me that they're going to start planning a

family and they're going to keep Whiskey confined to a room which he's not

fixed, the stakes went through the roof because that's no life for a cat. What

do I need to know in here?

He'll typically poop anywhere in this space. There might be poop under the

couches.

And down here.

Oh, there it is.

Cameron, can you just move the chair for me here?

There it is.

Poop will get like kind of flung under there from him kind of like moving and

doing his running thing.

Almost hollow.

Did you see this? It is, yeah.

Poop of the consistency that it sort of bounces like marbles under a couch.

Should be sending up red flags.

You're telling me the vet looks at this and says this is normal? And we haven't

gotten any information from them about that something is wrong with him. Are

kidding me? A clean bill of health is what's coming out of him?

I have never wanted a second opinion more than I want one right now.

Occasionally, there's some blood around it.

Why wouldn't there be blood around it? Think about this. If this came out of

of us, it would hurt.

Exactly.

I started to feel really sad for Whiskey, knowing that he was in that

So, what do we have left to see?

Bedroom. Bedroom's next.

All right, now let's take a break real fast.

You're going to show me that? I'm going to wash my hands real fast, okay?

So, bedroom. The fact that he still leaves deposits everywhere leads me

downstairs again. Cameron, can you move the bed?

Look at that.

Did you have any idea that this was back here?

I did, yeah.

Have you given up?

Yeah.

It was incredibly embarrassing to have all of that poop shown under the bed.

Time to give you some early homework. Kate needs a vacation from Poop Patrol.

Guess what, Cameron? You're it.

So are you happy knowing that I'm going to be picking up more cat poop?

I'm very happy. Very happy. Good.

I need to find Whiskey. Where's he at? He is probably in here hiding somewhere.

I knew that Whiskey was hanging out in the bedroom, so I sent Cameron and Kate

out.

I got a toy.

Hi.

Whiskey, my love.

Can I get you to play with me?

My first impression, the cat's timid. If Whiskey does indeed have a medical

condition, this will affect his behavior. I need him to come out from

bed so I can see what I'm dealing with here.

Hi, bud.

How you doing?

Come here, my baby boy.

Hi, mister.

It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.

You're adorable.

Yes, you are. You're adorable.

Whiskey came out from hiding, and not only that... He settled into my touch

beautifully. He really responded to cheek and neck touching. Matter of fact,

soon as I scratched him under his chin, insta -purr. Now that tells me that

Whiskey's a friendly cat, but he's in pain, and that keeps him from being the

happy, healthy cat I want him to be.

That was fun.

The first thing we're going to do is we're going to have a second opinion

I know that we're not dealing with territory problems or dominance issues

anything like that. This is a cat that's been in pain for years, and we have to

relieve that pain, get another opinion, get an ultrasound done, a full blood

workup, and make sure we know what's going on in this body. The second part

the homework here, nutritionally, right? You're going to switch to a wet diet,

okay? Okay. That dry food, that's what it looks like coming out. If he has wet

going in, it's going to be a little better quality coming out. He feels

He will act appropriately. and hopefully who's using a litter box, but it's

going to take time for sure. So in the meantime, Cameron, you're it.

You are the guy picking up the poop. Cameron's going to start picking up more

the cat poop. Poop duty.

All of the cat poop.

Lots of poop duty.

All right, guys, that's it. I'm going to leave. Thank you. Great to meet you.

Thank you. Good to meet you.

Thank you so much.

Take care. I would be really sad if the homework doesn't end up working. I don't

know if I can deal with whiskey not being a part of our lives.

All right, I'm back in Austin. I'm outside Kate and Cameron's house for my

second visit with them and their cat, Whiskey.

Now, the last time I was here, Whiskey was pooping everywhere but the litter

box.

Cameron and Kate are putting off having a family because of the unsanitary

conditions. And if things don't improve, Whiskey will be locked up in a room for

the rest of his life. And to say the least, this is putting a stress on their

relationship.

This is one of the worst cases of cat pooping I've ever seen. It's everywhere

this house.

Now, I watched their video homework, and I saw Cameron picking up poop, which I

know is making Kate happy. Yay.

Yay. And I saw Whiskey at the vet, and I can't wait to hear what the outcome is.

But the one thing I didn't see was poop in the litter box, so I have no idea

what I'm walking into.

Well, hey, sir.

How's it going? How you doing, man? Good to see you again. Come on in. Good to

see you, too.

So, guys, tell me, how's Whiskey? Is he pooping in the box?

No, he's still pooping in a lot of other places.

Out and about.

The good news is he's not pooping under the bed or not seeing poop there

anymore. Wait, wait, stop there.

That's good news.

That's good news. We like that, okay?

Under the bed was a nightmare, so that's done.

Tell me, what from the homework from last time has worked for you? The wet

was better, and his poop was a little bit softer.

And the result is better poop.

Mixing in wet food has definitely been what we needed to do. He loves it.

Did you guys get to the vet?

We did.

Talk to me. They did an ultrasound.

And we're seeing some mildly enlarged lymph nodes.

Along the colon? They said that they can't get a good enough sample unless

do surgery, and they wanted to cut them open and do a full biopsy that way. I'm

terrified of surgery.

I think that when we're dealing with what could be irritable bowel disease,

last thing I would want is exploratory surgery. I'm not a vet. That's just my

gut feeling.

All right, guys, I don't want to waste time. We've got a lot of work to do

Let's walk around the house. Okay. Let's go.

Take you in. The last time I was here, Whiskey was pretty tense. He was

under the bed, probably because he was in pain. Today, he's walking around.

seeming much more confident.

And we have a Whiskey. Come here, my man.

Come here, my man.

I like not having to dig him out from under the bed, and he seems to me to be

quite all right.

We put him on a different food.

And suddenly he's like, oh, my God, I feel better. I don't know why I didn't

think about it before, but the past couple of weeks he has been far more

lovable. Do you see this?

Yeah.

He's such a good boy. You can tell that your relationship with him, Kate, is

pretty tightly bonded. Yeah, and that's why the surgery scares me so much.

I love him like I would love my own child.

Yeah. I'm completely terrified, and especially the thought of him being cut

and having surgery done.

We both care about Whiskey very much. He is definitely a very important part of

our family. I obviously hear your fear. Your fear is here. That gets me

thinking. Okay.

I want to go downstairs, give you guys some homework.

Okay. All right. Come on, guys.

Now, I'm not a vet.

I just don't like the idea of exploratory surgery at this point.

I'm going to bring in a friend of mine who's a vet. I'm going to get another

opinion. Hold on one second. I got something for you, okay?

Okay.

So, let's start with litter. I've given you examples of a whole bunch of

different types of litter.

We've got a clay blend.

We've got a walnut base.

We've got sand.

Try to figure out what he's attracted to. I know Whiskey isn't ready to poop

the box yet until his medical issues are resolved, but when he is ready, we have

to provide him with the right environment.

And we're going to let Whiskey tell us what kind of litter he likes.

I want to go pretty much completely holistic right now. This goes on his

in his water. This is just a natural, holistic way to bring down stress.

All right, guys. We've got a lot of work ahead of us, but it was great to be

with you guys. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Hang in there. Hang in there,

Thank you. I'm assigning homework to help Whiskey's behavior, but until his

medical issues are resolved, we're not going to have a happy ending.

Be calm.

All right, I'll talk to you later. Thank you, Jackson.

Bye. We are very invested in making sure we do everything we can to make these

homework assignments work.

Our happiness is at stake.

All right, I'm here for my final visit with Kate and Cameron and their cat,

Whiskey. Now, on my first visit, Whiskey was pooping all over the house, on the

couch, on the stairs, on the dining room table, on their bed, even on their lap.

And they were hard like rocks. So I immediately thought that this was a

issue. To say the least, this is tearing Kate and Cameron apart.

Not it. No, that's not fair.

And Cameron told me that if whiskey wasn't fixed by the time they started a

family, that they would keep him confined to a room for the rest of his

The first day I met Cameron, he had really removed himself from the

I had to bring him in to this problem.

Also, I saw Whiskey playing with one of his new litter samples. Now, I know,

until his medical issues are solved, he's not going to use the litter box.

But the fact that he likes this litter tells me that when he's ready, maybe

he'll start using it.

Part of their homework was to get Whiskey a second opinion with a vet I

recommended. So before I go to Kate and Cameron's house, I'm going to stop by

Dr. Spitz's office first to hear his diagnosis.

Dr. Spitz, how are you, man? I'm well. Good to see you.

So, let's talk about Whiskey.

Whiskey is in pain.

His ultrasound shows an inflammation that parallels that colon. The

diagnosis is a colitis.

Does colitis fall in that world of IBD, irritable bowel disease?

Yeah, it does. Okay. Dr. Spitz's diagnosis is that whiskey has IBD, or

bowel disease, which is an inflammatory condition that can be incredibly painful

if left unmanaged. So this explains why whiskey runs when he poops and can't

manage to use the litter box.

It's about the pain.

So with that, we can go with a treatment plan and see his response. That would

be great. And go from there.

What are we looking at where we can say, all right, he's getting better, or no,

we've got to go on to something else? I think that you should give me about two

weeks. We should notice something.

Good. Great to see you, man. Likewise.

All right. I'll talk to you soon.

Bye -bye.

Now that Dr. Spitz has positively diagnosed whiskey with IBD and has a

action with meds to get the inflammation down, it's time for me to check in with

Cameron, Kate, and Whiskey and see how they're doing.

Hey, guys.

Hey. How are you? Good. Good to see you. Good to see you. Cameron, good to see

you, brother.

So, guys, I've been thinking about you a lot.

You've been spending some time with Dr. Spitz. How does that feel for you guys

to hear that news?

It is the first time that we've had forward progress.

Ah, good.

We know that there's a medical condition now that we're treating, so that really

is the part that's giving us the most hope.

So we have meds. We have a liquid that you're supposed to use a syringe to put

in his mouth. That's been painful.

Painful? Painful for me.

You know, a few claws in the hand.

He clawed Cameron really bad.

It was a big fiasco.

We're supposed to administer a B12 shot.

We really don't feel comfortable pushing a needle in him.

If Kate and Cameron can't administer the meds, Whiskey doesn't have a chance.

Let's head inside and check everything out. Come on. I've got to make sure that

they have it down, Pat, before I leave today.

Here's the thing I can tell you about vitamin B12.

It doesn't really sting that much. We don't have to worry about it. The other

thing is the needle itself.

Not that big a deal, okay?

I'm pretty scared to do the injection shot because neither one of us have

injected an animal with a needle like that before.

I'm not sure how it's going to go. So you want to make sure that as you put it

in, your hand is right there, right? You're ready to go. You try that.

Oh, wait. I'm going to do it? Yeah.

Let's get to it. Go ahead and grab them. Okay.

What you want to do with Whiskey is first get him into a really secure

Then you're going to take the scruff of his neck and pull it up a little bit.

You're going to make sort of a tent with the skin in the back. And then the

needle comes in. If Cade hesitates or puts the needle in halfway and doesn't

fully administer the shot, well, then Whiskey doesn't get his meds. He'll be

even more traumatized than he is right now.

That's the last thing we need. So here's what we're going to do. First thing,

I'm going to create the tent here, and you're going to give him a shot.

I'm terrified, but I just kind of thought in my mind, you're helping him.

All right, right in there.

And make sure you're under the skin.

Wow, look at you go, girl.

Boom, parallel to the spine, shot goes in.

Whiskey never knew it hit him. It was over. She did an amazing job.

Okay, your turn, buddy.

Come on in. Now it's Cameron's turn to give the oral medication.

I'm going to scrub here.

There we go. We get every drop in. It gets resolved. He comes back with that

look on his face like, yeah, I got it. It's all taken care of now.

Boom.

Yay. Boom. See, guys?

Very nice.

Very nice.

The task of giving whiskey medication doesn't seem nearly as daunting now.

The success here is that we know he is not going to be in pain anymore.

To be able to leave him knowing that in a couple weeks' time, it's going to be

over. I promise you this.

This case is an absolute success. Why?

We have a diagnosis that we are going to make this cat feel better. We know that

that's going to happen. And they can bring a baby into this world and know

it's a sanitary world. And most importantly, Kate, as a concerned cat

knows that her boy is not in pain anymore.

When he uses that box, I want you right there with a camera. Okay. Because I've

got to see that stuff. We will. Now.

I'm going to leave you guys. It has been an amazing experience. I can't even

tell you. Us too.

All right. Thank you so much. Take care.

I think today was absolutely a success. A huge success.

Please let me know what's going on, all right? All right. All right. Bye -bye.

See you, Jen. Bye. I see a really good future for whiskey and for us.

Oh, my God. Whiskey just pooped in the litter box.

Whiskey finally pooped in the litter box.

Feels good to have positive results. We kind of saw him getting a little bit

better with the medicine. He was much happier.

Yeah. And then, sure enough, he went in the litter box and he pooped. It was

amazing.

You don't wake up and look around like, hey, where's the poop? I don't want to

step on it. It's awful.

And we'll keep doing what we're doing, and we should be good.