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My cat's name is Chloe.

God, she's very aggressive.

Chloe is a bully to Ketone. And to us.

Ketone is the innocent party. I'll take Chloe being a biatch over your cat

taking a dump any day.

Jordan would never get up Chloe.

Nope. Would it be better for Ketone to be in a different home?

I don't want that to happen. I don't have any other solution.

Ducati. We have a cat named Ducati. She is a piss pot.

Ducati left us a nice gift. She peed in all of those shoes.

We spent the last several years remodeling this house into our dream

And immediately the peeing started and the remodel came to a stop.

It's just a little pee.

The soap is covered in plastic. It's not what I had envisioned when we started

this project.

I tear those scents out of magazines and stuff them into pillows. That way,

whenever Ducati would jump up there, she would smell that scent and off she

would go.

This isn't working.

If it comes down to it, Ducati and I will go and live in Texas.

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.

Whoa!

Ow!

Ow!

I'm on my way to go see Julie and Jordan, and they're not so nice cats.

I'll be right back.

Apparently, Chloe loves to beat up on Julie's cat, Ketone, and Julie and

if they try to intervene.

I'm going to go over there right now and see if I can stop this bloodshed.

Wish me luck.

I'm Julie.

I'm Jordan. We've been together for three years, and we just got married

recently. We have two cats.

My cat's name is Ketone. My cat's name is Chloe.

Hey!

Ow! Oh, my God.

She's very aggressive.

Ow!

She will bite you, scratch you, hiss at you.

I'm afraid to pick her up.

So the solution we have is to put these plastic claws on.

Caps. Chloe is very aggressive towards ketones.

We have to keep them separated at all times.

Ketone has been very stressed out. It's caused her to have accidents.

Keytone is the innocent party. She's not doing anything wrong.

Really?

I'll take Chloe being a biatch over your cat taking a dump any day.

Jordan would never get up Chloe. Nope. She's my little girl. I adore her.

I haven't ever told you this, but I think, would it be better for Keytone to

in a different home?

I didn't know that, and that really hurt to hear that. I don't want that to

happen.

I want nothing more than for us to be a big, happy family.

We need help.

Hey, how are you? Hi, Jackson.

Julie. Julie, good to meet you. How are you? Good to meet you. Hey, man. Jordan.

Jordan, good to meet you, man.

So, guys, tell me about your cat problems.

My cat, Chloe, is very aggressive.

And we think what she is causing Ketone, her cat, to do for the past six months

is to do her business on the ground in the bedroom. So Chloe has been banished

to the back of the house. Oh, no.

Ketone has the front of the house. They don't get along.

Honestly, I'm afraid one of them's got to go, and I don't want to get rid of

Chloe. Why is Ketone the one who's going to leave the house and not Chloe?

Chloe's not the one pooping outside the box.

Chloe's the one causing the pooping outside the box.

But that puts you in the unenviable position of the person who will get rid

their cat.

I don't want to.

But?

But I don't have any other solution.

Julie's willing to rehome her cat in order to keep peace in the house, but

worried about the stress that's going to put on their relationship.

There's a lot riding on this, but the fact that Keytone's pooping outside her

litter box tells me that the problems in this house are pretty severe.

Okay, who belongs to this part of the house?

Well, this is ketones area.

Okay, so one thing I'm not seeing is anything that says a cat lives here. The

way that cats define their world is by what they own.

When there's nothing here to own, what?

They own us.

They own you, but they don't own stuff.

Here's the thing. If cats don't have anything to call their own, they're

to strike out at things inappropriately.

They have to have territory.

So this is Chloe.

Hello, my love.

How are you?

I'm psyched to meet her right off the bat. If you guys don't mind, can you

us alone for a couple minutes? Sure. All right, good. I'll give you guys a

holler, okay? I hope she doesn't hurt Jackson.

But again, he's used to difficult cats.

It is my cat from hell, after all.

Hi, baby.

Hi.

Hi there.

Good thing we got soft paws on those paws, right?

Can I come pet you?

Good girl.

Hi, babe.

It's okay.

Good girl.

Boom!

She went after me. And I mean, I didn't see it coming. This is her true colors.

Fangs come out. The hiss comes out. I really did not expect it.

Chloe is definitely violent, but I'm noticing she's even more violent when I

touch her backside, and that worries me because it seems like she could be in

pain.

So, let's do something different, all right?

We're getting up on the wrong acrylic paw here.

Now that Chloe's completely worked up, I need to see if I can get her to eat and

not attack. That will tell me that her violence is behavioral. That's something

I can work with. If she doesn't eat, well, then we're in trouble.

I want to see you be a little nicer.

I want to see if this helps.

Come on.

Come on.

That's my baby.

Great. Food is working. Now I'm the good guy. I feel like I got a good beat on

Chloe. Now I want to meet Ketone, and I've got to see these two cats interact.

Hi, Ketone.

So this is the scared cat.

Come here.

Come here, baby. It's okay.

Jordan, I'd like you to go get Chloe.

Yep. How are you feeling right now, knowing that Chloe's coming in here with

her? Well, she's a bully. The bully is coming.

Come on in. And just shut the door behind you.

She just punched me in the face.

Wow. In the moment that Jordan was holding Chloe, she looked awfully

uncomfortable. Now it occurs to me.

But yes, she's older, she's probably arthritic, and every time you touch her

back end, she's going to say, ow.

And how's she going to say ow? She's going to bite you. She's going to swipe

you, and she's going to hiss. And I think that that's what we're seeing. Put

down next to you.

All right, now.

Okay.

Ooh, girlfriend.

Chloe is freaking out. She's growling. She's swiping at Jordan. I look over at

Ketone, and this cat is starting to panic.

I actually think that one of Ketone's biggest problems is Julie, because Julie

is keeping her in the role of being the victim. As long as she keeps her in that

position, Ketone will keep acting the part. Now, I realize that the humans

more homework to do than the cats, so it was time to give them that homework.

Julie, one thing that disturbs me is that you're afraid of Chloe.

I can't have it. So play with her. Give her those little treats.

allow her to explore a relationship with you based on something that's actually

mutually beneficial.

I want Julie to show Chloe that she can be the source of good things, like play

and food and not fear.

And if Ketone sees that Julie is not afraid of Chloe, I believe Ketone will

follow her lead. Now, second thing. Hold on a second.

Whoa! So, guys, this is the beginning of catification, right? Wait, hold on.

Okay. These are scent soakers, okay? So these... Oh, hold on. Oh, I forgot

something.

We're going to catify your world, okay? These are scent soakers, right?

Cats get to rub up against these things. They get to scratch on these things.

Cats mark territories by rubbing their scent glands onto things. So Jordan and

Julie need to put the scent soakers throughout the house.

as well as institute an open -door policy. And that way, there'll be no

territory or Ketone's territory.

These cats will quickly get used to each other's scent and share territory

together. I firmly believe that these cats will not spend their lives beating

each other.

The only way for the cats to do this is by instituting an open -door policy.

Okay? So no more. Good. No more closing doors.

Last thing, my feeling is that Chloe has arthritis.

My friend, Dr. Mahaney, I'm going to send him over here. He's a holistic vet,

and he's going to do a workup on her, but I think it's going to be a really

thing for her. It's not uncommon for cats of any breed to develop arthritis

they get older. Since Chloe's an 11 -year -old cat, this would make sense,

it would also explain some of her aggression.

When cats are in pain... they can be much more violent. And I will see you in

couple weeks, okay? Okay. We have done everything we can to try to stop this,

and we're out of ideas. And I'm afraid that one of the cats might have to go,

and I'm not getting rid of Chloe.

All right, I'm back from my second visit with Jordan, Julie, and their cats

Chloe and Keto.

Now, the last time I was here, we had Jordan's cat, Chloe, bullying Ketone so

badly that she resorted to hiding in the bedroom. It was causing her so much

stress that she was pooping outside her box. Now, Chloe was even bullying the

humans so badly.

Ow! God!

That Julie was afraid to go near her. And I don't blame her. She even got a

piece of me.

Now, I got a chance to look at the video homework, and I saw that they laid out

all the scent stokers which were supposed to encourage Ketone to come out

hiding and feel safe.

We finished catapultation.

Hello. I also saw that Dr. Mahaney made a house call to see if Chloe did in fact

have arthritis, which is why I thought she was lashing out unexpectedly.

From the looks of it, she's not very happy to see him.

All I'm hoping for now is that we get Chloe to chill out and ketone's

up. Otherwise, Julie's going to feel like she has no choice but to rehome her

because Jordan refuses to give up Chloe.

How are you?

I've been fine. Thank you. And of the utmost importance, how are things going

with Chloe and Keytone?

Better. Really? A lot better. Good.

Keytone has taken advantage of every single sentence occurred.

And Keytone started using the litter box again.

Love that.

It's so nice not having to clean up poo off the ground.

Yes. And not have to close all the doors. Oh, you kept open door policy?

Absolutely. Completely.

Oh, my God, that's amazing.

Ketone not pooping in the house anymore is absolutely incredible.

I mean, Jordan and Julie are able to build her confidence by widening her

territory with the open -door policy and laying out all the scent soakers.

Because of this, Ketone's confidence is up. She doesn't feel the need to poop

outside her box anymore.

Last time I was here, I asked you guys to have a visit with Dr. Mahaney to see

if she was actually arthritic. What was the diagnosis?

She has arthritis.

Okay. Dr. Mahaney's visit was really helpful in also with the treatment.

Afterwards, she seemed to really feel a lot better. It seems like she's

accepting our treatment.

Now I'm carrying her more like a football.

And she's like, wow.

And she calmed down.

Sure enough, it is arthritis. He did cold laser acupuncture on her, which is

pretty revolutionary. And as long as that cat continues Dr.

Mahaney's treatment, Chloe will not need to be medicated. And what's even better

is she's not swiping at Jordan anymore.

Since the last time I was here, have there been any attacks?

Chloe is still acting like the den in the back is her territory.

And she's guarding that territory?

She is. And there was one instance where she just...

Took off and attacked Ketone and chased her out. Just when I was getting excited

because Ketone is now exploring the entire house and she's feeling

there's the backside of that. Chloe's staying back in the den and guarding it

from Ketone. She won't come out. And now we've got a brand new problem on our

hands. Chloe didn't start acting this way until Ketone came along.

So if things don't improve, I think we're going to have to rehome Ketone.

That's not okay with me. It's not fair that she has to leave.

Okay. You know, you guys have been great in terms of stepping away from the

ledge on this one, but obviously there's still a ledge.

Well, I will admit that I haven't been playing with Chloe as much. Why not?

You're scared of Chloe.

Yeah.

Julie and Jordan are giving me great information, but I'm not liking the fact

that Chloe is staying back in the den and guarding it from ketone. I'm also

liking that Julie is still fearful of Chloe.

So I want to get up and visit Chloe in the den.

Julie, I want you to try a slow blink.

So, let's soften it up.

And then a slow blink.

Now to her.

There you go.

I love the way he's settling in right now.

Okay, Julie, I want you to go in for a pet.

Very nice.

Good going.

Oh, wow, she likes that.

It seems like the slow eye blanks are working because Chloe's looking

comfortable. And what's even better is that Julie is able to get her to trust

her by using my slow blank technique.

Now's a perfect time to see how she reacts if we bring ketone in the room.

had Julie go get her. So you just sit right there.

Remember me?

He's terrified to be in here.

He's terrified to be in here. You're exactly right.

Chloe's coming over. I don't like how she's doing that stalking move.

Try to challenge her forward.

I've just watched Chloe completely overown the den, and I'm watching Ketone

slink away from the den. I start to realize that the problem is the place,

entrance to the den, where we've got to concentrate.

Okay, guys, ready for some homework?

Yep. So the first step of the peaceful union here are my spirit essence

remedies. They're just holistic flower essence remedies. First thing we have is

self -esteem remedies for ketones. Then, bully remedy would be for Chloe.

Finally, you've got Peacemaker.

Peacemaker goes in the group water, and you mist it all around the sandstone.

Okay? And speaking of which, I want you to take a lot of the major scent soakers

and bring them into the DMZ. I want a DMZ, the demilitarized zone, which is an

area where it doesn't belong to either cat.

So the first thing we're going to do is relocate the scent soakers to the DMZ,

to the door of the den. That way, every time a cat walks by it, scratch,

scratch, I live here. I own this place. We don't over -own.

We don't under -own. Last thing, what I want you to do is work on leading Chloe

out of the den. We've got to show her that the rest of this house is ownable

livable and full of fun and excitement.

And, Julie, you need to step up your play with Chloe.

All right, guys, I'm going to take off, though. If you have any questions at

all, you call me, all right?

All right, good luck to you. I am nervous that now that we're pushing the

boundaries, if they get into an altercation, maybe Ketone will go back

old ways.

If Ketone goes back to her old ways and... She's got to go.

Ketone has earned her place in this family just as much as Chloe has.

And now it's time for a kitty bit.

Up to how many vertebrae earn a cat's back? Is it A, 48, B, 53, or C, 65?

Find out the answer after this break.

Up to how many vertebrae earn a cat's back?

And the answer is B, 53.

Cats have 53 vertebrae, as opposed to humans, who only have 34.

I'm here for my final visit with Julie and Jordan and their cats, Chloe and

Ketone.

Now, when I first met these guys, Chloe was attacking Julie and Jordan. Ow!

And Ketone any chance she got. And Ketone was so stressed out that she was

pooping outside her box. It was so bad that they had to separate these cats and

keep the doors shut. I watched Julie and Jordan's video homework, and I got to

see them using spirit essences, one formula for Chloe to help keep her calm,

another for Ketone to help raise her self -esteem.

All right.

I also saw that Julie and Jordan moved all the scent soakers into the new

demilitarized zone.

Now, my hope is that Chloe's not overguarding that den area anymore. Now,

walking in today, I got to see that Julie and Chloe have a bond. I also have

see that Chloe is not beating up ketone all the time because these guys have

actually talked about rehoming ketone, and I can't see that happening.

Hey, Julie. Welcome back. Thank you so much.

So, guys, since the last time I was here, have there been any attacks

whatsoever?

Nope. Get out of here.

No attacks on ketone and no attacks on rust.

Good. So much better. The last time I was here, Chloe was guarding that den.

How's that going? Great.

Ketone will venture in there from time to time. Chloe is not coming after

when she tries to step in. Ah, good dude.

What do you think it is about all the work that we've been doing that led to

Definitely the scent soakers because you're right, there wasn't anything in

house that they could own.

When I first met you guys, ketone was so stressed out.

How are things now?

Great. Seriously.

No accidents, no poops on the rug.

Ketone has not had an accident.

Or I should say incident because let's face it, it's not an accident.

So Julie, talk to me about...

Your fear level when it comes to Chloe, are you still afraid of her?

No, I'm not afraid of Chloe.

At all?

She showed me a different side.

Playing with Chloe and giving her food and keeping up with Chloe's acupuncture

treatments to help with her arthritis has helped a lot.

Everything that Julie and Jordan are telling me is great, but I have to see

these two cats together. I've got to feel that ketone is safe, and I've got

feel like she's got a home here. And the only way I can know that... It's the

devious two cats interact together in the office, which is the demilitarized

zone, without any negative interactions.

So,

Jordan, now's the time to start breaking out that toy. Julie, just get her

comfortable on her scent soaker. I've got Jordan playing with Chloe, trying to

get that momentum out of the den and into the DMZ.

Good girl.

No. I want to see these cats sharing space and no violence in this house.

Come on, baby.

Come on, you.

Oh, my God.

That's it.

This is what I need.

Now, as far as I was concerned, I'm watching a game -changing moment in the

relationship between Chloe and Keytone, because we got Keytone looking at Chloe

not like a victim. She's just looking at her, and Chloe goes, I can't get away

with what I used to. I'll just look away.

In that moment, a dialogue began between these two cats, and now things can

really change here.

First day that I met these guys, first of all, Keytone was terrified.

And to see her like this is just exactly what I wanted to see.

Chloe, the first day I met her, was not all that nice.

She can be who she wants to be as long as she does exactly that, which is hang.

That's incredible.

I mean, seeing ketones like this has got to make you feel better.

Honestly, she is a changed cat.

That's amazing, guys. She's still hanging out.

How are you feeling at this point with what's going on? Way better. We're

finally a united family, and now we're having fun with them. Is Keytone safe

here? Does she have a home here?

Keytone's not going anywhere.

Amen.

I really couldn't have imagined that we would get this far so quickly.

It's truly a miracle.

All right, guys, I'm out of here.

We are so excited to be one big happy family. You know, it's been a long time

coming, and we're finally there.

Thank you so much, Jackson. You saved our cat and saved our family.

Ducati.

When I see Ducati peeing, I get very angry. Why do you do that? You're peeing

all of those shoes. I don't know how long I can put up with this. If it comes

down to it, Ducati and I will go and live in Texas.

Ducati! Why do you do that?

Alright, I'm in gorgeous Laguna Hills, California.

Take a look around.

This is some pricey real estate.

Adrian and Latham live in one of these houses with their cat Ducati, who is

peeing all over that house and ruining it. And Adrian's over it. I'm going to

head over there right now, see if I can help restore some sanity and save this

house. I'm Latham. And I'm Adrian.

We've been together for 17 years, and we have a beautiful Bengal cat named

Ducati. Ducati is our problem child. She is a piss pot.

Ducati left us a nice gift.

Repeat in all of those shoes. That stain right here, that's from Miss Ducati. Do

it again underneath the counter.

We spent the last several years remodeling this house into our dream

we're in the final stages of the remodel when we decided to buy a cat, and

that's when all the problems started.

She has peed on my things. She also hits the beds and the couches.

I don't know what it is. Whenever she feels that underneath her paws, oh my

this is a place to go take a tinkle. Lathan was a lot more tolerant of the

behavior. She's our little sweetheart.

She's our little baby doll.

When I see Ducati peeing, I get very angry. Ducati, why do you do that?

Asim gets upset because I'm angry at the cat, and I'm upset, so it puts stress

on us. I am at wit's end. This home was built as a show place, and it's always

covered up with plastic.

It's not what I had envisioned when we started this project.

I don't know how long I can put up with this.

I just inherited a ranch house in Texas, so if it comes down to it, Ducati and

I, we will go and live in Texas.

Hey, Jackson, I'm Adrian. Welcome to Laguna Beach. Thank you so much. Come on

in. Hi, and I'm Latham. Latham, good man. Good to meet both of you guys. How

you? We're doing great. Glad you're here.

So beautiful house you have here. Thank you.

But tell me about your cat troubles.

Well, we have a cat named Ducati that has been peeing and marking around our

newly remodeled home. Okay. And when you say...

Teeing around?

I mean, is it once a day?

It is a daily routine.

When did you guys get Ducati? We've had her now two and a half years, and she

was an angel for about two weeks, and then it goes downhill from there. You've

been dealing with this for two years?

Yes. How have you been putting up with this?

Well, I wanted a dog, but, like, it had nothing to do with a dog in the house.

I am a Leo the lion, so I figured I needed a cat to go with my personality.

And I did my homework that Bengals are very dog -like.

They're not that dog -like. You hear that idea just thudding to the ground.

Yeah. A Bengal is a cross between a domestic feline and an Asian leopard

But when people talk of them being dog -like, what they mean is in their social

behavior. They like to play with people. They're connected with people. I get

that. But they're also very, very, very much cat. Is there a ticking clock here

in terms of Ducati?

Maybe we have another house to have Ducati live there. Seems to be a viable

option. I think she would really love it in Texas, don't you?

I don't know.

We would have a long -distance relationship.

Okay,

now I know.

Latham is making jokes about moving away with Ducati, but at the same time, I

can tell that's a theory.

Adrian is at his breaking point, and Latham is sending him a clear message

he's not willing to give up Ducati, even if that means their dream home is

destroyed by cat peeves. This is to be my retreat, and I envision this to be

just the perfect space.

It is. It's a beautiful space.

Well, it's not what I envisioned, because I wasn't expecting this. This

piece of tarp you keep on here all the time? Yes, and the pillows above your

head can't be on the couch.

So you keep these guys?

Up here all the time? Yes.

Has she peed on these pillows? Yes. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Because, I mean, once

they get inside pillows, you can wash them a hundred times. Well, we put

scented...

Oh, is that what that is?

Latham takes those cards out of the magazines with the clone samples and

them in the pillow. Get out of here, man!

You actually hit something I've never seen before, man. I've got to give props

for inventiveness. I mean, Latham is on top of it. If you show me something that

has to do with cat pee that I've never seen before, score for you. What do you

have here?

Well, whenever the cat gets where it's not supposed to, it will...

Give them a little shock.

I got to tell you, I hate these things so much. Once we start getting desperate

enough that we're, like, shocking the cat, then we know that we're barking up

the wrong tree, so to speak. I mean, folks, there's got to be a better way to

deter your cat than to shock them. There's got to be a better no, and

got to be a yes behind that better no.

So one other area that Ducati likes to pee in is underneath the stairwell here.

Recently, we've added another litter box here.

Okay, I'm going to get down in here.

Yeah, we got pee right up against here. You can see it dripping down. She marks

the perimeter. Why?

Because clearly something out there is bugging her.

So that's what we're going to have to start looking at, okay? We're in the

above Laguna Beach here. There's a host of animals out here, any number of which

Ducati could be responding to. Now, speaking of Ducati, it's time to finally

meet her.

There we have it. What are you doing?

So, this is the lady of the house? It is.

I'm going to grab my case here. Now, here's the thing. For her, play equals

equals the reason that she's alive in the first place. We're going to start by

being a bird.

Watch this.

She's a Bengal.

She's got a play.

Built for speed, not for distance.

So when Jackson played with the Coddy, I was just shocked. It was the side of

the cat I'd never seen before.

If she is naturally exhausted, and that is hunt, catch, kill, eat, groom, sleep,

then she will not be patrolling the boundaries, peeing or scratching,

marks someplace. That instinct won't be as sharp.

Now, I bestow this upon you, first and foremost, because your homework is going

to be getting to know Bengals.

and in a much deeper sense.

Bengals absolutely stand out from other cats. These guys are hunting machines.

For the next couple of weeks, I want Adrienne to play every day with Ducati,

getting into her rhythm, running around, being the bird, being the prey, so that

she can chase him and also establish a bond with him, which is really

Now, for you. Your homework begins with this.

I want you to construct what I call Bengal Boot Camp, okay?

You start with this. This is a sunny seat, right? You can put them around the

house so that you can actually construct a cat superhighway where you can lead

her with one of these toys up and around, up and down again. We are

out to the best of our abilities. The second thing is I want you to put up a

sight blocker in that window under the stairs so that when she looks that way,

she can't see out the window because I guarantee you one thing.

When she looks out that window...

More often than not, she's seeing something that's making her crazy, and

why she's barking everywhere.

Should I just close my case right now and just take you with me? You want to

come with me? All right, guys, I'm out. If you have any questions, please call

me, all right? Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you for coming. Great to

you. I'll see you in a few weeks, okay? All right.

I have put up with a lot with this cat, and I made a commitment to try, and

that's the reason why we called Jackson.

But if she continues peeing, we have to get rid of her. I cannot go on like

this. This is not the way I want to live for the rest of this cat's life.

really hoping and praying that we don't have to move to Texas.

All right, I'm here for my second visit with Adrian and Latham and their cat

Ducati. Now, when I first visited, Ducati was peeing all over their newly

remodeled home. They had all of their furniture covered in plastic, and they

were trying all sorts of odd things to disguise the problem.

Adrian was at the end of his rope, and Latham was willing to try anything to

bring peace.

Hopefully, Ducati is peeing less, and Adrian no longer wants to ship her to

Texas. But we will see. I gave them a ton of homework. Now, they built Dangle

Boot Camp. They put site lockers over the floor to ceiling windows under the

stairs. And Adrian is playing with Ducati every day to tire her out.

But has all this worked?

How are things going with Ducati? Tell me all about it. Well, um...

She only peed one time. One time. One time. My five. After all of this.

That's fantastic.

Are you kidding me? No, I can't believe it. Well, I'm skeptical, but it's true.

Are you kidding me? I am. We went through such a long period of

just two weeks of a dry spell doesn't convince me. I feel encouraged, but I'm

not convinced.

Adrian is skeptical, but I am so impressed with Ducati's progress.

This is a cat who was peeing every single day. And now it's just been one

in two weeks. Now, I need to determine why she did it. We did go out of town,

and she does have anxiety when we're out of town. So the one time she did pee on

the couch, and luckily it was covered, but it happened while we were gone.

The good news... about that is that at least we're not sitting here going, wow,

that's random.

And now we can really zero in on that. Guys, how's Bengal Boot Camp going? I

think it's cool and great. We put up all the sunny seats. Judging by the smile

on your face, Ducati must be using it. Yes, and Adrian is playing with Ducati

all the time, and I just love it. Ducati is a cool cat. I've really grown to

like her, but she's not a dog.

She's never going to be a dog. No, she's never going to be a dog. Why, you're a

hard guy to please, man. I mean, I love dogs, don't get me wrong, but she is

uber cat, and I've got to get you to love that part of things.

All right, let's go on in, walk around, and see Ducati.

Okay. So we head into the living room, and let me tell you something. I

have been any happier.

Bangle Boot Camp.

Look at this, man.

This is fantastic.

We have sunny seats that have turned into stairs that wind up on the top of

armoire. And I couldn't wait to check out every little piece of it. She loves

it. There you go.

Yay!

Woo -hoo!

That rocks right there.

Oh, it gets better, though. This is huge.

I know, look. We have pillows.

We have no covers.

Seeing Ducati walk around Bengal Boot Camp, there's so much more of a

confident energy about this cat. And that's why she's not peeing anywhere.

Wow. She's going up to her sky bar. Let's follow her. Follow.

Follow the cat.

This was my other part of the boot camp. I built two of the sunny seats here and

then there, and then I added this board where now Ducati can walk back and

forth. That is brilliant. Look at that. One simple piece of wood up here.

This is so brilliant, though. One thing, if I had to make one suggestion, you

see what she's doing right now? You see where she's looking? Where is she

looking? She's looking at a dead end, right? Your highway has a dead end.

So I would just, I mean, only because you guys have done such an amazing job

with this, you can connect your two places. You're going to turn my house

habit trail.

I am turning your house into a cat superhighway, and I'm proud of it. I

over to Adrian, and he started giving me some flack. The guy did not want one

more shelf.

In his house. I mean, the thing is, we're talking about one shelf here. I

for you it feels like Habitrail right now. Remember, by working her out here,

expanding her full sense of territory, you're kind of making sure that your

stuff doesn't get peed on again. I thought we were building my dream house

our dream house, but I think we may be building Ducati's dream house.

I'm not sure yet.

We have Ducati in here. I'm going to grab a toy just like the one that I gave

you guys the last time I was here.

And... See what you can do for me here. There you go.

It's all yours.

The last time I was here, I made it really clear to Adrian that I needed him

play with Ducati. But in the video homework, I got to see he wasn't quite

getting it. He was kind of doing the old I'm not a cat guy swinging a toy thing.

And that worries me. Keep it moving. Don't let her stop.

I need you to get her moving. I think Jackson caught on that I'm not always

doing my homework the way I'm supposed to. Nope, not like that. I need you to

move her all around the room. You have to be the bird.

Play is so important in this case. If Adrian can't get Ducati to that point of

boiling, panting, well, then she's going to get her energy out in other, more

destructive ways. She's going to go back to peeing around the house. You've got

to get into the mindset of being a bird.

There we go.

Nice, nice.

We've got a little bit of hard breathing here. She wants to go into pounce mode

and you have to be like in constant action.

Look at that. Look at the way she's hunting.

Keep it moving. Keep it moving.

I love it. Nice jump.

Wow. I've never seen her that tired. We have full on panting. We have a tired

cat. You feel good about the tools I gave you.

I do. I do.

Adrian's got it. He's finally learning to be the bird. This is good news.

Okay, guys.

Ready for some homework?

Yes. Sure. Hold on. I got something for you.

Here we go. Yep.

These are catnip cozies, right? Now, here's the thing. We're dealing with

cozies. The catnip cozies are to address the reason behind Ducati's one

accident, separation anxiety.

And it's something that I'd like you to put on. There's little catnip pouches in

here. You can just drape it over yourself and just sit someplace that

your scent gets in it. Then the cat can complement your scent with theirs. So

when you go away, your scent is still strong.

Now, I want you to flesh out the end of the cat superhighway in the living room.

Then, Adrian, you're going to step up your game playing. I do want to make

that you can get Ducati to that panting place.

Now, just to show you that I'm the kind of good sport that I profess to be, I

would like to give you your catnip cozies.

And I'd like all of us to try it on.

Kitty, kitty, kitty.

Oh, look. There's Ducati. There you are.

Good girl.

How do you like the cozy?

How do you like the cozy, huh?

She's like, oh, you are three crazy men.

All right, guys, I'm going to take off. All right, I'll talk to you soon, okay?

Thanks, Jackson. Bye, guys. See you soon. We've made a lot of progress the

couple of weeks, but I'm still not sold.

Ducati's not going to backslide. That was just a phase.

That wasn't a phase.

Two weeks is a phase. Two years is a pattern.

All right, I'm here for my final visit with Adrian and Latham and their cat

Ducati. Now, when I first met these guys, Adrian was fed up with Ducati

all over their newly remodeled house.

Ducati! And he wanted her out.

The last time I was here, we were making some great head waves. I watched the

video homework that I last assigned them, and it looked great.

Adrian was doing a great job playing with Ducati, and Ducati seemed to be

enjoying the cat in a cozy that I left to alleviate his separation anxiety.

Now, it's time to see if they've passed the big test.

So, guys, tell me, since the last time I was here, has Ducati peed?

Well... No. No!

Yay!

Nothing. Bottom of the stairs?

Nothing. That's unbelievable. I gotta tell you, it's a huge relief to hear

Ducati hasn't peed. She went from peeing all over the place on a daily basis to

only once the last time I was here, and that, I suspected, was due to separation

anxiety. We went... On a little trip the other day and... Nothing. Nothing.

It's done.

Quite a transformation.

We came back and she was fine. She was sitting on the catnip cozy and she was

okay with us being gone. My learning curve had to go from knowing how to play

with the dog to knowing how to play with the cat. Right. And once I got used to

that, then I started to enjoy it. And so now I have a different kind of

relationship, a cat person and a dog person.

I have got a star pupil in Adrian, the guy who admitted he was nothing but a

guy, didn't even get cats. Through this process, not only gets them, but he gets

the difference between dog and cat, what to expect out of them and how to get

what you want, and he likes them. That means I won this battle for sure.

Okay, so the last time I was here, your big assignment was to connect the dots.

I wanted to see the superhighway.

So tell me what you've done. So I've added this beam here or this panel here.

Oh, my God. Look at that. Where Ducati can have a nice relaxing stroll along

beam. Yeah, yeah. And down and around and make a complete circle.

That's so great.

Here she is now. Here she comes.

Hi, girlfriend.

What a charmed life this cat lives at this point, man. It's pretty amazing.

Throughout our time together, I assigned Adrian and Latham very specific tasks.

Latham was the builder of the couple. This was the guy who had to make sure

house was truly catified.

Adrian was a guy who just didn't have a relationship with Ducati. So I needed

him to build a bond. Both Adrian and Latham in their individual jobs have

absolutely been stellar. And because of that, at the end of the day, Ducati is a

happier cat.

Hello, my love.

There was a point where I was just regretting ever getting Ducati. But as

turns out, there's nothing wrong with the cat. It was me. I was the one who

needed to learn how to treat a cat.

I never thought we would get as far as we've gotten as fast as we've gotten

there. The interaction with him and the cat is just really wonderful.

On that note, guys, I'm going to leave. It's been wonderful, and I wish you just

all the best with your cat. She's just wonderful. Jackson, we can't thank you

enough. Absolutely. It's been my pleasure. Yes, thank you very much. Take

all right? I had my legs crossed, my fingers crossed, and my arms crossed

Jackson would be able to help Adrian with the cat career.

But, you know, I have come to really like cats. It's true.

I'm still a dog person at heart, but I do like cats too now.

Can we get another one? No.

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