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I have a crazy cat named Frankie. He's a
nightmare.
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I'm frightened to go around this cat.
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One time she's actually slept in her car
just to get away from him. It's put a
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wedge between us.
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We can't live together because of the
cat. It's me or the cat.
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Blinky is pissing everywhere.
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We are living in a litter box.
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Okay, pee on my bananas.
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It's daily pissing. Kitchen counters
were hit. Kitchen sink.
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Even all my dishes.
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I'm in shock. I'm waking up and I've got
pee on my head.
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I really thought Debbie really was
overreacting to a couple of urinations
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and there. You're even questioning if
he's peeing on me. Yes.
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That's not good for me. Our relationship
has been affected. I thought about
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leaving a couple of times.
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If this gets worse, we won't last.
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If it comes down to rehoming him. I
don't want to rehome anybody.
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That's what we'll have to do.
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I'm Jackson Galaxy.
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I'm a musician by night and a cat
behaviorist by day.
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I've met cats with all kinds of
problems.
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But I've never met one I couldn't help.
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In my career, I've worked with thousands
of cats, one -on -one, analyzing their
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behaviors and retraining them and their
guardians.
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When relationships are at an end, you
can't always focus on the cat's needs,
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right? We all have needs in this family.
And cat guardians have reached their
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emotional limits. This is the last
straw. Killed me. I'm their last hope.
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I just love him so much, and I know he's
got a good side.
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Cats have nine lives, but humans only
have one.
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Oh, my God!
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Hi,
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bubs.
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It's okay.
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It's okay.
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It's a long, long way to go see Chrissy
and Jason and Chrissy's cat, Frankie.
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Frankie hates everybody, but he
especially hates Jason.
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Now, these guys want to take their
relationship to the next level. Jason
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imagine that happening as long as
Frankie's in the picture. Now, my job is
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keep Frankie in the picture.
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I'm Chrissy. And I'm Jason. And we've
been together about four and a half
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And I have a crazy cat named Frankie,
but he's my baby and I love him. He's
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awful.
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I've had Frankie for about six years.
I've had him ever since he was just a
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weeks old. There was a stray cat that
had kittens, and I fell in love with the
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black and white one. He's always been
kind of a troublemaker.
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Oh, he's a nightmare.
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I'm pretty much the only one that he'd
like. The cat doesn't like anyone else.
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I'm about 6 '1", about 240 pounds, and
I'm frightened to go around this cat.
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He bites, he scratches.
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Frankie attacked my foot one time, and
my foot got ripped apart pretty bad.
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He wakes me up 20 to 30 times throughout
the night. He claws at my head over and
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over and over again.
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It's been a living hell. One time she's
actually slept in her car in the garage
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just to get away from him.
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It's put a wedge between us. I don't
spend the night ever because I know he's
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going to wake me up all night.
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We can't move in together.
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He's my baby, and I can't imagine living
without him. We can't live together
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because of the cat.
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Something's got to give.
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It's me or the cat.
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Hi. Hey. I'm Jackson. How are you?
Chrissy. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet
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So, I know the basics. Okay. I know that
we've got an aggressive cat on our
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hands. Yeah. My cat's name is Frankie,
and he pretty much attacks anybody that
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comes into my place.
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Jason has to put on the oven mitt just
to touch him. I just had a look on
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Jason's face. I just learned to stay
away.
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What's the worst damage he's ever done
to a person? I took him to get his nails
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trimmed, and he bit the groomer so bad.
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Blood was just gushing out everywhere.
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I was freaking out, and I'm pretty
traumatized from it.
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Chrissy tells me that she's actually
traumatized because Frankie attacked
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someone. That tells me that she doesn't
trust Frankie, and that is something
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we're going to have to work on.
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He wakes me up throughout the night, 10
to 15 times a night.
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10 to 15 times a night? Yeah, it's
really bad.
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To the point where I won't stay over.
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We've been together four and a half
years.
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Seriously, you won't even stay over here
because you can't sleep? No.
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She's actually slept in her car a couple
of times to get away from him.
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I know.
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It's crazy.
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When I hear that someone is sleeping in
their car so as not to be woken up 20
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times from their cat, that tells me the
cat's running the show.
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What happens if I fail? I don't see any
other alternative but to find another
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home for him.
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No, I'm not going to just throw him on
the street or take him to a shelter
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he could get killed. So I'm going to
keep him.
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I feel like it's put a hold on our
relationship in a lot of ways. I think
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probably would have already been
engaged.
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and this is kind of holding us back.
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Wow. It just makes me sad to think that
my cat is preventing me from moving
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forward in my relationship.
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Yeah.
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I've had him for so long, and I'm so
attached. I can't pick. I don't think
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fair for you to put me in that position.
You know, I think it's a little weird
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that you would choose a pet over a very
important relationship. I'm not saying
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that I'm going to choose him.
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This is where I feed him. Okay. Right
here. So he gets... This spot, he gets
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very territorial. When people come in,
he doesn't know. That's some bad traffic
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planning right there. So I walk in the
house. Hey, guys, how are you? Oh, cute.
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Keep your distance because he's
unpredictable.
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What's the feeding schedule with him?
It's hard because there's never a set
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eating schedule. So he has no sense of
when food is actually supposed to
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You can see how, in terms of food, he
already has an insecurity about it, but
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this may actually.
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Feed into it. You take a cat like
Frankie, who's clearly territorial, and
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you feed him in a place where there's
constant foot traffic happening, you're
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going to make them more insecure.
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And add to that his lack of schedule,
the insecurities around that, you've got
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recipe for disaster.
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Okay. Oh, there's our boy Frankie.
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He's a beast, man.
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That's a lot of cat.
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What's up, buddy?
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Hi.
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The thing that makes it difficult right
now is that he's trapped himself.
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Now I'm starting to see the tail go.
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The tail gives warning that he's not all
that psyched with what's going on. You
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see that he's staring at my hand? Yeah.
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Can I touch your paw?
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Come on, buddy.
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This is, again, part of pushing the
challenge line.
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Look. The reason why I really need to
push this cat's challenge line right now
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is all of the aggression that I'm
hearing about seems like overowning
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So I wanted to make sure that I had him
in his home base and I started invading
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it. Then we could see truly how
defensive he was.
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Ow.
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Ow.
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No, no, no. Not done yet.
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Ow. Wow.
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Now.
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Oh, ow.
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Ow. Okay.
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Ow.
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Ow. Okay, you're stuck.
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Every time he swipes at me, he gets
stuck in my skin.
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Sorry. It's fine.
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Okay, my hand's still shaking.
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Oh, God.
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It's okay.
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What's happening?
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I'm just scared for you.
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Don't be scared for me. I've seen him
hurt so many people, and it just
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me. I do this every day.
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And normally I would tell you to leave
the room, but it's just as important for
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me to see what's going on with you. And
I think that Frankie's feeding off your
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nervous energy. I turn around and
Chrissy is getting very emotional. She's
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freaking out.
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She couldn't handle seeing me get beat
up by her cat.
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When she starts crying, when the cat is
striking out at me, when Jason is just
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standing there helpless, now we have the
picture.
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Frankie's feeding off their energy,
plain and simple.
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Would you like to smell something that
belongs to me? I call this the cat
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handshake. I want to introduce myself in
a more peaceful way. My scent is all
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over these glasses, so I'm just going to
let him sniff it.
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I think that if we can show him the
world is a safe place, then all is good.
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That's my boy.
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That's my boy.
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Yes, it's okay.
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It's okay, my little man.
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When I was talking to Chrissy and Jason
in a calm way, everyone calmed down. I
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used that as an opportunity to very
matter -of -factly start to pet Frankie,
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just as I suspected at that point, no
attack.
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Ready to get some homework?
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Let's start with one thing, and that's
feeding.
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It's three meals, and Jason, I want you
to do the feeding. It's important that
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Jason do the feeding because I want
Frankie to see him as a positive force
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his life by associating him with food.
The next thing that I'd like you to do
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is... take his feeding station, and move
it to a place that's completely out of
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foot traffic. The goal is, over time, to
defuse this hot spot, which should be
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able to decrease the attack of the door.
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So the next thing I'm going to have you
do is this.
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This is a walking vest.
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Okay? Now here's the thing. I already
see the fear in you.
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You are going to get your boy in this
thing. That's your homework.
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You don't have to worry about taking him
for a walk. None of that.
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Frankie is a large cat, and he could use
a little exercise.
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So let's get him into a harness and get
used to wearing it. We can work on the
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actual walking later.
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And another thing that I want to sink
into as we go along is your fear of
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getting hurt.
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Your reaction to what happened to me in
there was pretty extreme. And that's
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something else we want to break down.
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Good to meet you, ma 'am. Pleasure to
meet you. Thank you.
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And we will talk to you guys in a few
weeks, okay?
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I hope that we've done enough by the
next time we meet him. If it doesn't
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with Jackson, if he doesn't improve,
something's got to give. He's got to go.
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I'm here for my second visit with
Chrissy and Jason and Chrissy's cat
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And the last time I was here, I was
dealing with...
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Plain and simple, a territorial,
aggressive cat.
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Now, I watched their video homework, and
I saw that Chrissy did change the
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location of the feeding station, which
is really crucial because that brunt
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was a huge hot spot.
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The only thing I really didn't like was
Chrissy's energy when they were trying
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to get that harness off of Frankie. Ah,
I'm scared.
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It's okay. No, no, no.
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She was panicked. I've got to see a
little bit more balance in order for us
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clear these last couple of hurdles.
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Otherwise, we're behind the eight ball
already.
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Tell me right off the bat, since the
last time I was here, have there been
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violent instances at all? A little bit.
A little bit. Yeah, not as much. So if
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he was at a nine aggression -wise the
last time I was here, give me a number.
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Maybe like a six to five for Frankie.
That's great. We'll take a five right
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Good. What about the homework worked for
you? Definitely moving the bulls.
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That was definitely a hot spot right
there. He doesn't really lash out in
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area. That's a pretty big deal right
there. Wow, fantastic.
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And Jason, part of your homework was
establishing a feeding schedule. So tell
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how that's been going. It went well.
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Great. I'm less afraid of Frankie than I
was before, and I think a lot of that
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has to do with the food schedule.
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But it felt good to have a big change
where he suddenly was interested in
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hanging around me. For the most part,
it's been a big improvement.
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Beautiful. Good to hear. No, that's
really, really good. It's clear that a
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of improvements have been made with
Frankie's behavior.
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Chrissy's been sleeping through the
night, and the new feeding schedules
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Jason feel a lot more comfortable with
Frankie. But what I saw in the video
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homework was that Chrissy is still
feeding Frankie's aggression with her
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negative energy.
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So now, where is he right now? He's
right up here. He's in here.
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Expose him a little bit more. Okay.
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I mean, we totally want to say to him,
like, this is not the hidey hole. Here
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goes.
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And on cue. There you go.
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Now it's going on. Now it's going on.
Good.
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Nice going.
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So now he's out in the world a little
bit.
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And the next thing that we're going to
want to do is the harness.
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I saw in the video homework that
Chrissy's nervous energy around Frankie
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especially obvious when she's trying to
get him into the harness. I want to
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watch her try to put that harness on and
walk her through how to approach her
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own cat with confidence.
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All you're doing is getting him around,
boom, around, boom.
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Sorry. What's going on? I don't know.
What?
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I'm scared of being bitten.
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Have you bit you before?
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No, just because of what happened to the
lady at, you know, the groomer. At the
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groomer at the store.
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Yeah. But that is, you got it.
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I watched her get attacked and run out
of the place with a towel covered in
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blood. I'm not doubting that it was a
traumatic thing.
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It's just that we got to think about
what's it going to take to get you past
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groomer. She has to work through her
fears, work through the traumas that she
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suffered watching Frankie hurt other
people.
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And Frankie has to go along with the
plan.
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Are you ready? Okay.
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Jackson wants me to put the harness on.
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I don't know. I'm a little nervous.
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You've got to do it when you're not
trying to chase after him. Yeah, let
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Okay. Go. Now go.
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I just want to, like, practice in my
mind. Yeah.
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Yeah, if you want those two sides.
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Frankie, he's fine.
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Pick him up, bring him back over here.
He's really mad, though. No, he's not. I
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don't know if this is a good time. Are
you sure?
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No, I don't think he is mad.
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I think part of my hesitancy when our
relationship is due to Chrissy's nerves.
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Yeah, he's mad.
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Chrissy, I'm not going to let this rest.
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She's got to pick him up and get it
together.
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You're acting as if you don't know him.
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I'm just scared. I've really seen
Frankie hurt people.
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He's a little confused right now, but
he's not mad. His eyes aren't dilated
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his ears aren't back. Really, he's fine.
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Come here.
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Exactly. Bring him right over here.
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I can probably fix it a little bit more.
Exactly. Now let's fix it.
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Keep moving. You're doing beautifully.
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Let's fix that one under his head now.
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Chrissy, I'm holding him.
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Okay.
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Frankie, we're going to just do this
really quick, honey.
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How am I not afraid of him and you are?
Because my hand's near his mouth. Move.
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Listen, listen, listen, listen.
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Can we do this, babe?
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Here we are.
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That's my boy.
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That's my boy.
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And now he's in.
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Chrissy, you're the problem.
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Okay, I'm not even kidding right now.
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I can see that Chrissy really wants to
change, but she's been letting the
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that she's seen Frankie do in the past.
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Color the future. If she can't learn to
trust that Frankie's not going to attack
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her or others, it becomes a self
-fulfilling prophecy.
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Now it's time for homework, okay?
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So let's start with the fire drill. So I
wanted to take Jason and Christy
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through something that I call the fire
drill. Now just like with the harness in
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the living room, do an action that may
or may not be dangerous, but plotting
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things out five steps ahead and
repeating them over and over makes you
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something with confidence and without
any emotion.
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Second step is catifying the place. So I
want you to get another cat tree like
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that one, beds and scratchers, and put
them outside the major lanes of traffic
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so he has places he can own.
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And with everything you're doing with
the harness, I feel absolutely secure
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you should be able to start getting him
out to go for short walks.
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Okay. And the last thing, I want both of
you guys staying over here. Jason, that
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should help you establish a better
relationship with Frankie. Okay.
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Great. All right, guys. Thank you,
Justin. Take care of yourselves. Take
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Bye -bye.
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Bye. I feel like Chrissy's been a little
nervous, like we saw today with dealing
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with Frankie. It makes me pause and
think, well, if we do take a big step
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what's going to happen? Because
Chrissy's not going to let go of the
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I'm not going to put myself in a
situation where it's dangerous all the
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And now it's time for a kitty bit.
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Jackson, why does Cat P show up under a
black light?
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The answer, right after the break.
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And now it's time for a kitty bit.
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Jackson, why does cat pee show up under
a black light?
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The light waves that black light emits
are just outside the range of human
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perception in the ultraviolet range.
Now, why does cat pee glow? That's
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what sets off a black light is
phosphorus. And that goes for human pee
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anything with ammonia and phosphorus in
it.
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All right, I'm out in front of the My
Cat From Hell trailer.
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Got my handy black light.
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We're going to go blacklight the
bathroom.
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Come on.
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Ready for this?
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Let's do this.
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Oh, that's so disgusting. Did you do
this, man? Is this you?
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That's nasty.
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That's gross. I'm out of here, man. I'm
going to pick a cat from now on.
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So I'm here for my final visit with
Chrissy and Jason and Chrissy's cat
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The last time I was here, Chrissy's fear
was informing every last move she made
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when it came to her aggressive cat. Now
I got a chance to watch some of their
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homework and I saw Chrissy putting the
harness onto Frankie and she got him for
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a walk. Now that's just one of her fire
drill homeworks. Now walking in today, I
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want to see that there's been no
violence whatsoever.
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If that doesn't happen...
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Chrissy and Jason aren't going to take
their relationship anywhere because
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won't sleep over here. All right, guys.
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Just tell me straight out since the last
time I was here, any attacks, anything
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I need to know about.
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Thankfully, no.
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No attacks.
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Okay. And a round of applause for
Frankie.
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Nice going, my son.
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Nice going.
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Coming quite a long way from the Frankie
that we're used to.
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One of the most important things I gave
you was the fire drill. Is that working
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for you? It is. When I go to put the
harness on, he's feeding off my
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and it's been really good. Yeah! Oh, my
gosh, I know.
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I was shocked myself.
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The homework assignments that I feel
worked amazing with Frankie was we got
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a cat tree, we got him a scratching
post, and I feel like those are his
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where he feels confident, comfortable.
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The fire drill...
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It seemed to help a lot, too, to have a
plan.
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I think for Chrissy that made a big
difference.
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Now, how are you guys doing at this
point? You guys are both going to stay
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You're going to get through the night.
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Tell me what happened.
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No, it's been great. It's been really
good. I'm so happy he can spend the
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now. Success!
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Now that Frankie has places to call his
own in the apartment, it's really
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changed his behavior. So I feel much
more comfortable staying at Chrissy's
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house. Congratulations. I'm glad that
it's going really well. We've also got
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some exciting news to tell you, too.
What's your news?
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We're engaged.
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Congratulations.
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Thank you.
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Well, looky there.
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It's amazing to think what just getting
cat problems under control can do
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because it reverberates all the way to
their relationship and beyond.
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Everything sounds fantastic.
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Now, there's some stuff I really want to
see before I leave here. I want you to
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go get Frankie, put him on the couch
next to Jason. We know that Chrissy has
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real primal fear of Frankie hurting
someone she loves.
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I need to see Frankie able to settle in
next to Jason with nothing happening.
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This is the test.
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I'm excited.
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And a little nervous.
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It's okay.
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Just come out.
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Here comes Frankie.
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He's in the tree. I'm trying to get him
out.
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I want to see this, actually.
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I need Chrissy to take control here and
get over her fear of her own cat.
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When you start making your drill right
now, imagine that you've got to get him
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out of here. I'm going to back up and
allow you to make that plan.
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If Chrissy keeps hesitating, Frankie is
going to feed off that fear and he will
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regress. If Frankie lashes out right now
that things are in big trouble, Jason's
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going to see this behavior and think
there is something to fear from this
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So she's really got to set an example
here so Frankie follows through.
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Come on, baby.
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You can do it. Come out, okay?
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Come on, Frankie.
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Come on.
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Oh, got him.
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Don't rush yourself.
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This is your cat. This is Jason's cat.
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You sit down.
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Put him down in between you two.
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Hi, Bubs.
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Frankie.
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That's all there is to it.
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We win!
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We win!
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Chrissy is the key here.
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Chrissy's fear came out over the last
couple of times I was here.
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She's finally let it go. She's finally
able to live in the present moment with
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her cat and now her fiancé.
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I am, I'll say it again, I'm so proud of
you. You've done such amazing work.
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Well, we can't thank you enough. Thank
you so much.
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It was great spending time with you. It
was such a pleasure.
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I feel like I've grown so much and I
feel like I'm going to continue to get
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better as we go along.
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Frankie's calmer. He's happier.
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He treats Jason a lot better. It means
the world when somebody like Jackson can
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come in and say, you're doing a good
job. And now Frankie and I are buds, and
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our future's bright because of it. And
I'm just so excited that we're all going
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to be a family.
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Frankie is pissing everywhere.
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Look, it's pee on my banana.
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It's daily pissing.
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I thought about leaving a couple of
times. If it comes down to rehoming
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don't want to rehome anybody.
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That's what we'll have to do.
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I'm on my way to go see Debbie, her
boyfriend Brian, and their four cats,
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including the four -legged pee machine,
a .k .a. Blinky.
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After years of multi -cap bliss,
suddenly their house is soaked from top
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bottom with Blinky's pee.
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They're completely at the end of their
rope, so I'm going to head over there
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before this couple is separated by a
river.
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A pee, that is.
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I'm Debbie.
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I'm Brian.
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And we are living in a litter box.
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Okay, pee on my banana.
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We have four cats, Blinky, Clyde,
Baxter, and Coco.
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Blinky is five years old. He's a rescue
who we got from the shelter. And he's
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the one who's pissing everywhere.
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I wanted to go take care of my mom. She
had a heart attack and open heart
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surgery. When I came back, the whole
place had been hit. My bedroom had
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The paint was peeling off the walls. The
headboard was ruined.
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Kitchen counters were hit. Kitchen sink.
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Even all my dishes.
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I said to her, how could you have not
known this was happening?
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I couldn't smell it.
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Didn't seem that obvious. I walked into
that room and you knew. It's daily
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pissing everywhere.
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You're even questioning if he's peeing
on me.
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That's not good for me. I really thought
Debbie was overreacting to a couple of
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urinations.
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This is what greets me this morning.
Pee.
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The last time we were able to sleep in
the same room together is at least seven
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months ago.
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Our relationship has been affected.
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If this gets worse, we won't last.
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If it comes down to rehoming Blinky. I
don't want to rehome anybody. If that is
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what Blinky needs, that's what we'll
have to do.
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Hey! How are you? I'm fine. How are you?
You Debbie? Yes. Hey, I'm Jackson. Good
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to meet you. Nice to meet you.
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I'm so excited Jackson's here. I hope he
can fix my house, fix my kiddies, fix
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our relationship.
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All right, guys. All I know is that
we've got P.
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Let's fill in the blanks. What's going
on here? We currently have four cats.
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00:24:48,370 --> 00:24:52,850
We have Blink, Slide, Baxter, and we've
got a senior, Coco.
459
00:24:53,050 --> 00:24:56,130
Coco. How did they come to you? They're
all rescues. Good.
460
00:24:56,570 --> 00:25:01,390
Our five -year -old cat, Blink, has
started peeing everywhere in the house.
461
00:25:01,430 --> 00:25:03,990
There's no place that's safe, not even
my head, when I sleep.
462
00:25:05,290 --> 00:25:06,290
Oh. Yeah.
463
00:25:07,050 --> 00:25:09,450
How many times has that happened? Eight
times.
464
00:25:09,770 --> 00:25:10,970
What? Eight times.
465
00:25:11,230 --> 00:25:12,230
And you? No.
466
00:25:12,590 --> 00:25:16,110
I just really would be like, please,
please, pee on Daddy.
467
00:25:16,350 --> 00:25:18,350
Sometimes I wake up and I just start
crying.
468
00:25:19,120 --> 00:25:22,900
I'm crying just thinking about it. Cats
pee where our scent is the strongest,
469
00:25:22,940 --> 00:25:26,960
and they do that a lot of times out of
territorial insecurity. What Blinky is
470
00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,160
demonstrating when he does pee on her
head is that...
471
00:25:30,380 --> 00:25:32,940
Territorial insecurity turned up to 10.
472
00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:36,640
It started when my mom had a heart
attack and open heart surgery.
473
00:25:36,860 --> 00:25:39,220
Wow. And when I came home, I found pee
everywhere.
474
00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:40,560
But you were still here.
475
00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:45,320
I was. He was here, but then what he was
doing was like ignoring the problem or
476
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:49,220
not seeing it. Neither one of us use the
master bedroom anymore because if I
477
00:25:49,220 --> 00:25:54,280
sleep in there and I lock him out, it is
nonstop meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.
478
00:25:54,500 --> 00:25:57,260
Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.
479
00:25:58,760 --> 00:25:59,760
I'm tired.
480
00:26:00,140 --> 00:26:01,140
I'm stressed.
481
00:26:01,940 --> 00:26:02,940
I'm sorry.
482
00:26:04,360 --> 00:26:07,020
And this has been going on now for... At
least seven months.
483
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:13,800
Emotionally, you seem much more at a
breaking point than you. Am I reading
484
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,720
wrong? Oh, yeah, no, you're exactly
right. It's affecting her a lot more
485
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:22,680
is me. I didn't really see the piss in
the kitchen and in the front room.
486
00:26:22,980 --> 00:26:28,480
There was puddle. I even accused her of
fabricating the urination on her head
487
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:29,480
when she was sleeping.
488
00:26:31,210 --> 00:26:35,670
How do you not notice that something
like this is happening to your life? I
489
00:26:35,670 --> 00:26:39,310
just imagine Debbie coming back from her
trip and the argument that must have
490
00:26:39,310 --> 00:26:43,730
happened that day. Brian, do you think
that the problem is as severe as
491
00:26:43,730 --> 00:26:44,730
outlining?
492
00:26:47,750 --> 00:26:48,750
Not really.
493
00:26:49,370 --> 00:26:50,430
Well, that's a problem.
494
00:26:50,630 --> 00:26:54,190
The fact that Brian is so dismissive of
the severity of the problem here is
495
00:26:54,190 --> 00:26:57,530
nothing short of alarming. I mean, I
know that I haven't been inside yet.
496
00:26:58,030 --> 00:27:00,950
I can already tell it's bad. The guy
needs a serious wake -up call.
497
00:27:01,150 --> 00:27:03,470
It smells like pee in here. I know.
Immediately.
498
00:27:03,970 --> 00:27:04,970
Oh, my God.
499
00:27:04,990 --> 00:27:08,910
The smell, when you first walk in there,
will just knock you off your feet.
500
00:27:09,010 --> 00:27:10,090
You've got plastic.
501
00:27:10,630 --> 00:27:11,630
More plastic.
502
00:27:11,930 --> 00:27:15,590
You've got throat pills that are
completely covered in plastic.
503
00:27:16,330 --> 00:27:17,330
Who's this?
504
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,220
This is Blinky. You're Blinky.
505
00:27:19,900 --> 00:27:22,680
We are just sort of swimming in your
stank over here.
506
00:27:23,020 --> 00:27:26,920
Since all of the pissing has started,
he's going back and forth and back and
507
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,640
forth and back and forth. And he just
looks like a nervous wreck of a cat.
508
00:27:30,860 --> 00:27:33,380
Well, there's Baxter. Hello, my little
friend.
509
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:34,600
Just put him down.
510
00:27:35,740 --> 00:27:41,560
And, wow, he is the opposite of Blinky.
Baxter knows that Blinky is patrolling.
511
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,040
He doesn't want any part of it. What
goes on outside this window?
512
00:27:44,460 --> 00:27:46,200
There's neighbor cats and there's stray
cats.
513
00:27:46,420 --> 00:27:47,580
I feed them right out there.
514
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,820
I move the food to in front of the
garage where you can't see it. You know,
515
00:27:51,820 --> 00:27:55,280
you're watching me look at you right
now, right? You can't even look me in
516
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,500
eye right now, can you, Debbie? You have
a feeding station basically right over
517
00:27:58,500 --> 00:27:59,500
there. That's one of them.
518
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,000
Where are the other ones?
519
00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:02,560
The other one is in the backyard. Where?
520
00:28:03,260 --> 00:28:04,500
Outside that second door.
521
00:28:05,380 --> 00:28:06,380
I'm sorry.
522
00:28:06,460 --> 00:28:10,300
The cat who feels like their territory
is being completely invaded.
523
00:28:10,910 --> 00:28:14,550
pees around the perimeter and patrols
the perimeter. This is war.
524
00:28:14,750 --> 00:28:19,610
Debbie's trying to do something good for
the community cats, but instead she has
525
00:28:19,610 --> 00:28:26,310
created a circle of feral cats right
outside her home. And now we're seeing
526
00:28:26,310 --> 00:28:28,310
retaliation. So this is the cat
sanctuary.
527
00:28:29,530 --> 00:28:32,910
That is Coco, my senior. He's 16 years
old.
528
00:28:33,310 --> 00:28:38,570
And here's Clyde. There's Clyde. These
guys are the indoor -outdoor cats.
529
00:28:38,830 --> 00:28:43,410
They come and go as they want. And I
have a cut through here.
530
00:28:43,630 --> 00:28:44,630
Yeah.
531
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,080
A cut through on the screen.
532
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:50,500
I'm not a big fan of letting cats go
indoor, outdoor at will. It's just too
533
00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:53,420
dangerous out here. If they can come and
go as they want.
534
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,940
Yes. You know where I'm going with that,
right? Other cats have come and gone.
535
00:28:57,300 --> 00:28:58,900
I've even had raccoons in here.
536
00:28:59,940 --> 00:29:03,260
You know it's time to make a change in
your life. When you wake up and there's
537
00:29:03,260 --> 00:29:07,700
like a 12 -pound raccoon rustling next
to your bed. Do these cats get to go in
538
00:29:07,700 --> 00:29:09,260
the rest of the house with Blinky and
Baxter?
539
00:29:09,690 --> 00:29:12,790
No. They want to go out, but I don't
want the others going out, especially
540
00:29:12,790 --> 00:29:14,590
Blink, because he's going to get himself
killed.
541
00:29:14,810 --> 00:29:19,670
Not only is Debbie creating two separate
worlds between the cats in the house,
542
00:29:19,750 --> 00:29:23,930
but she is making the problem worse when
she was trying to just slap a bandage
543
00:29:23,930 --> 00:29:24,629
on the problem.
544
00:29:24,630 --> 00:29:26,570
Okay, so have you seen any pee in here?
No.
545
00:29:26,830 --> 00:29:29,770
All right, so here's what I want to do,
because we know Blinky doesn't get in
546
00:29:29,770 --> 00:29:32,890
here at all. Well, I figured I needed to
take the black light to the rest of the
547
00:29:32,890 --> 00:29:37,050
house. It was going to be painful for
both Debbie and Brian, but we've got to
548
00:29:37,050 --> 00:29:38,050
what we've got to do.
549
00:29:39,830 --> 00:29:40,830
Oh, no.
550
00:29:40,870 --> 00:29:44,290
Yeah, there we go. I got a look in every
nook and cranny here.
551
00:29:44,850 --> 00:29:47,090
Man, look at that.
552
00:29:48,190 --> 00:29:49,190
Oh, my God.
553
00:29:49,390 --> 00:29:51,670
I mean, there is not a dry spot now.
554
00:29:52,450 --> 00:29:53,450
More there.
555
00:29:53,550 --> 00:29:57,030
As the height of the urine got taller, I
was getting a little pissed.
556
00:29:57,290 --> 00:29:58,990
I was thinking, that little son of a
bitch.
557
00:29:59,290 --> 00:30:00,290
Man alive.
558
00:30:01,250 --> 00:30:04,290
How did it get up there? What? Are you
kidding me? Oh, my God.
559
00:30:04,990 --> 00:30:06,670
Guys. Can we burn the water cooler?
560
00:30:06,910 --> 00:30:11,630
I can tell by seeing these pee patterns
exactly how stressed out a cat is.
561
00:30:11,770 --> 00:30:15,110
Because the pee goes up like that, like
a splatter up the wall.
562
00:30:15,570 --> 00:30:17,570
How are you feeling seeing all the
proof?
563
00:30:17,890 --> 00:30:18,890
I'm overwhelmed.
564
00:30:19,110 --> 00:30:22,430
And I can see I have a lot of work to
do.
565
00:30:22,630 --> 00:30:23,750
I was like going, wow.
566
00:30:24,150 --> 00:30:26,170
I told you. Because I didn't think it
was that bad.
567
00:30:26,990 --> 00:30:28,310
The first thing I'm going to do.
568
00:30:28,780 --> 00:30:33,020
is give you a present. My blacklight.
I'm going to give you a CO2 cleaner that
569
00:30:33,020 --> 00:30:35,600
really like using. Go around, clean up
everything.
570
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:39,440
Then, every night, you're going to do a
sweep of the house.
571
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:44,920
And wherever you see a new spot, clean
it and move on. Okay.
572
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:49,460
When Debbie left to take care of her
sick mom, Blinky became insecure.
573
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:53,720
And now I think he's peeing because of a
threat from all of the feral cats
574
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,840
outside this house, as well as the
unknown coming from the cat sanctuary.
575
00:30:58,140 --> 00:31:02,560
You have effectively made two different
territories here. I know. And the guys
576
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:07,060
never meet. So all you can do if you're
a cat is perceive that there's an enemy
577
00:31:07,060 --> 00:31:09,780
on the other side of that wall, not a
friend. So we're going to break down
578
00:31:09,780 --> 00:31:14,200
wall. Feeding time happens on either
side of the sanctuary door and every
579
00:31:14,670 --> 00:31:17,450
These guys are only going to get food
when they smell each other, and then
580
00:31:17,450 --> 00:31:20,190
eventually we're going to start breaking
that wall down visually as well. There
581
00:31:20,190 --> 00:31:24,130
is a complete separation between the two
groups of cats in this house, and now
582
00:31:24,130 --> 00:31:25,850
it's time to get these four cats
together.
583
00:31:26,410 --> 00:31:30,750
Next thing is, we're going to prevent
the ferals from coming in, and I want
584
00:31:30,750 --> 00:31:32,270
to start moving your feeding stations.
585
00:31:32,490 --> 00:31:37,770
Find a spot that is far enough away from
this house that the presence of those
586
00:31:37,770 --> 00:31:38,619
cats won't...
587
00:31:38,620 --> 00:31:42,340
threaten your cat i love the fact that
debbie feeds these cats and takes care
588
00:31:42,340 --> 00:31:46,240
them i don't so much like the fact that
she does it right outside the walls of
589
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,900
her home and blinky doesn't like it
either take care of yourself okay all
590
00:31:49,900 --> 00:31:53,620
great to meet you man and call me if you
need me i have no idea how i'm going to
591
00:31:53,620 --> 00:31:59,160
clean this whole house from all this pee
the homework is overwhelming but it's
592
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,540
got to get better it just has to get
better i can't live like this
593
00:32:14,090 --> 00:32:17,690
So I'm here for my second visit with
Debbie and Brian and their pee machine,
594
00:32:17,950 --> 00:32:22,190
Blinky. The last time I was here, I
learned that Debbie had two cats, Blinky
595
00:32:22,190 --> 00:32:26,630
Baxter, living inside the house, and two
other cats, Clyde and Coco, living in
596
00:32:26,630 --> 00:32:31,210
what she called the cat sanctuary, and
she had several other feral cats coming
597
00:32:31,210 --> 00:32:36,050
onto her property for food. As a result,
Blinky was peeing all over the house,
598
00:32:36,130 --> 00:32:37,890
and Debbie and Brian were at the end of
their road.
599
00:32:38,870 --> 00:32:42,450
Now, I watched their video homework. I
did see that the feeding exercise was
600
00:32:42,450 --> 00:32:45,710
working beautifully. I could see all
four of these cats eating peacefully on
601
00:32:45,710 --> 00:32:48,930
either side of the door, and I think
it's time to start really integrating
602
00:32:48,930 --> 00:32:53,810
home. I also saw them clean up every
ounce of pee, and now we'll have a clean
603
00:32:53,810 --> 00:32:58,670
slate. However, I saw a lot more bad
than good. I saw Blinky peeing
604
00:32:58,870 --> 00:33:01,990
Walking in, based on the video homework,
I'm a little worried.
605
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:07,480
Now, when I left these guys, I told them
specifically that they had to move the
606
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:11,280
feral cat feeding stations away from
this house. What's the first thing I
607
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,400
food bowl right outside their front
door.
608
00:33:13,660 --> 00:33:14,700
How are things going?
609
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:19,440
It's pretty much the same as it was two
weeks ago.
610
00:33:21,420 --> 00:33:27,740
Now, I got to bring this up. There is a
bowl of food and water right in front of
611
00:33:27,740 --> 00:33:28,419
your house.
612
00:33:28,420 --> 00:33:30,300
I moved it.
613
00:33:30,820 --> 00:33:34,460
Remember, it was three steps from your
front door. Well, I did move it. It's
614
00:33:34,460 --> 00:33:38,040
sitting in front of the house. When I
say away, away.
615
00:33:38,340 --> 00:33:41,560
Where? Where away? It was right in front
of. First, it was on the step.
616
00:33:42,060 --> 00:33:43,060
Oh, my God.
617
00:33:43,180 --> 00:33:46,740
I don't know what's going on here, but
whatever it is, I've got to get the
618
00:33:46,740 --> 00:33:52,160
from her because I am trying to find
Blinky's truth. One of the most insane
619
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:57,720
things that I had heard in a long career
was how he had peed on your head not
620
00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:01,460
once, but multiple times. Please tell me
that hasn't happened since the last
621
00:34:01,460 --> 00:34:02,460
time I was here.
622
00:34:04,660 --> 00:34:09,260
It has not happened. Blinky is calmer
because he's begun to associate the
623
00:34:09,260 --> 00:34:10,760
two cats with good things happening.
624
00:34:11,100 --> 00:34:13,469
Therefore... He stopped peeing on her
head.
625
00:34:13,929 --> 00:34:15,110
That's good news.
626
00:34:15,429 --> 00:34:20,850
You don't look happy. I felt like all
the homework I was doing got me zero
627
00:34:20,850 --> 00:34:25,570
results. I was expecting for the peeing
to at least diminish.
628
00:34:26,270 --> 00:34:28,190
This is a process.
629
00:34:28,409 --> 00:34:29,409
There's no miracle.
630
00:34:30,010 --> 00:34:32,750
I mean, if I gave Debbie the impression
that I was going to walk in here and
631
00:34:32,750 --> 00:34:36,690
wave my magic wand and everything was
going to be better, then it's my bad.
632
00:34:36,690 --> 00:34:40,969
we've got four cats in here, we've got a
world of ferals out here, and a house
633
00:34:40,969 --> 00:34:45,630
that is being completely torn apart by
pee. This is going to take some time.
634
00:34:46,190 --> 00:34:50,870
I know Debbie's having issues, and I
really, I don't know what to do about
635
00:34:50,909 --> 00:34:51,909
It's causing tension.
636
00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:52,968
Is it? Yeah.
637
00:34:52,969 --> 00:34:55,850
It's very stressful. It definitely hurts
the relationship.
638
00:34:56,510 --> 00:34:58,990
Do you blame Debbie for...
639
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,380
What's going on here in terms of
bringing in all the cats?
640
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:12,220
Well, Debbie, however, I honestly
thought about leaving a couple of times
641
00:35:12,220 --> 00:35:14,020
because... Really? I didn't know that.
642
00:35:14,340 --> 00:35:15,980
Oh, well, yeah.
643
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,860
Now, if things don't get better by my
final visit, would you consider rehoming
644
00:35:20,860 --> 00:35:21,860
Blinky?
645
00:35:25,420 --> 00:35:26,880
That's what we'll just have to do.
646
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:35,060
I don't find it acceptable to give up on
him.
647
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:41,960
It's amazing to think that the concept
of rehoming Blinky could start tearing
648
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:45,540
this couple apart, but I see it
happening right before my eyes. That
649
00:35:45,540 --> 00:35:49,320
discord isn't good for the couple, and
it's not good for anybody in the house,
650
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:50,259
especially Blinky.
651
00:35:50,260 --> 00:35:53,300
Now it's time to show these guys the
solution that I've got in mind.
652
00:35:53,690 --> 00:35:57,770
I have some friends at a company called
Perfect Fence. We're going to build a
653
00:35:57,770 --> 00:36:02,030
fencing system that will basically
enclose this entire yard.
654
00:36:02,490 --> 00:36:06,310
So your guys get to play in the pond,
and they get to climb things. You don't
655
00:36:06,310 --> 00:36:09,110
have to worry about them getting out of
here. Now, this is all, of course, with
656
00:36:09,110 --> 00:36:13,470
your buy -in. From everything that I've
seen, I am convinced that the problem in
657
00:36:13,470 --> 00:36:16,250
this home is not in this home. It's
outside this home.
658
00:36:16,670 --> 00:36:20,410
If we can keep the ferals off the
property and keep Debbie's cats on the
659
00:36:20,410 --> 00:36:24,250
property, sharing space both inside and
outside, I think that Blinky's going to
660
00:36:24,250 --> 00:36:26,310
be much happier and a much more
confident cat.
661
00:36:26,710 --> 00:36:28,850
I just need Debbie and Brian's buy -in.
662
00:36:29,230 --> 00:36:32,750
I'm busting my ass doing this pond and
everything, and I think it's gorgeous
663
00:36:32,750 --> 00:36:33,790
just the way it is.
664
00:36:34,110 --> 00:36:38,430
So I hear a perfect fence, and I think
to myself, oh my God, fencing all over
665
00:36:38,430 --> 00:36:39,430
the place.
666
00:36:39,670 --> 00:36:40,609
What the hell?
667
00:36:40,610 --> 00:36:44,830
Blink wants out. He struggles to get
out. He is so unhappy.
668
00:36:45,130 --> 00:36:47,730
I want him to enjoy the yard just like
we do.
669
00:36:49,110 --> 00:36:50,110
I want it.
670
00:36:51,470 --> 00:36:52,470
There you go.
671
00:36:52,550 --> 00:36:53,810
There you go. Yep.
672
00:36:54,890 --> 00:36:59,050
Didn't mean to cause more strife. One
thing is perfectly clear. Like it or
673
00:36:59,270 --> 00:37:00,270
Debbie calls the shots.
674
00:37:00,650 --> 00:37:04,170
Brian's already admitted today that he's
had thoughts about leaving. I just hope
675
00:37:04,170 --> 00:37:07,850
that he can see this process through
because we still have a lot of work to
676
00:37:07,850 --> 00:37:12,540
here. First and foremost, I want you to
really commit to eliminating any feral
677
00:37:12,540 --> 00:37:15,740
feeding stations from your property. I
still want Debbie to take care of these
678
00:37:15,740 --> 00:37:19,140
feral cats, just not right here. Do it
across the street.
679
00:37:19,460 --> 00:37:24,180
I'd like you to move the feeding of all
four cats out into the house. I want you
680
00:37:24,180 --> 00:37:28,520
to test the waters a little bit. And
finally, get your four cats
681
00:37:28,970 --> 00:37:31,810
This is just a hunch, but I'm telling
you, I think it's going to work. These
682
00:37:31,810 --> 00:37:35,770
four cats can eat together in the same
space. Then the territory gets unified,
683
00:37:36,050 --> 00:37:38,910
and I think that's really going to help
solve this problem with Blinky. All
684
00:37:38,910 --> 00:37:39,910
right, guys, you got your homework?
685
00:37:40,090 --> 00:37:41,090
Yes.
686
00:37:41,210 --> 00:37:42,210
Hi!
687
00:37:42,650 --> 00:37:45,050
I love it. I got a parrot on my
shoulder.
688
00:37:45,410 --> 00:37:48,310
Between the first visit and today's
visit.
689
00:37:48,810 --> 00:37:54,250
I had unrealistic expectations of the
kitty miracle worker. Now I know that
690
00:37:54,250 --> 00:37:58,670
going to take a lot longer to fix that
problem. Take care, guys. Bye. Bye -bye.
691
00:37:59,010 --> 00:38:01,930
I frankly think this will be a complete
failure.
692
00:38:14,860 --> 00:38:19,000
I'm here for my last visit with Debbie,
Brian, and their cats, Blinky, Baxter,
693
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:20,240
Clyde, and Coco.
694
00:38:20,730 --> 00:38:24,110
Now, the last time I was here, the cats
were eating together well, but there was
695
00:38:24,110 --> 00:38:28,030
still a lot of peeing going on, and I
was shocked to discover that Debbie was
696
00:38:28,030 --> 00:38:31,070
still feeding those feral cats way too
close for comfort.
697
00:38:31,290 --> 00:38:34,350
I got a chance to look at Debbie and
Brian's video homework, and I was really
698
00:38:34,350 --> 00:38:38,130
happy to see that all four cats were
eating together with no door separating
699
00:38:38,130 --> 00:38:41,170
them. I also got to see that the perfect
fence has been installed.
700
00:38:41,390 --> 00:38:45,510
Now, today, what I don't want to see is
pee inside. I don't want to see feral
701
00:38:45,510 --> 00:38:49,730
cats anywhere near the cat sanctuary,
and I hope both of the cats and the
702
00:38:49,730 --> 00:38:51,150
humans... are getting along.
703
00:38:51,510 --> 00:38:52,750
Big fingers crossed.
704
00:38:53,030 --> 00:38:54,030
What's going on?
705
00:38:57,850 --> 00:39:00,170
They're getting a lot better. A lot
better?
706
00:39:00,390 --> 00:39:01,390
Yay!
707
00:39:02,830 --> 00:39:07,870
Oh, that's good news. In terms of the
pee, it's slowed down to a manageable
708
00:39:07,870 --> 00:39:08,870
place with him?
709
00:39:09,030 --> 00:39:14,450
It stopped in the house. I mean, that's
a huge thing. I haven't had any pee in
710
00:39:14,450 --> 00:39:17,370
this room in at least three days.
711
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:22,660
So I am thrilled. I'm beyond thrilled. I
can have my life back. We slept in our
712
00:39:22,660 --> 00:39:25,660
room together last night. Now that's a
miracle. Yeah. No wonder you're smiling.
713
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:26,880
Okay.
714
00:39:26,900 --> 00:39:31,500
My relationship with Debbie has improved
greatly by just the cats getting along
715
00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:35,020
and her getting her house back. The pee
is definitely very minimal. I mean, and
716
00:39:35,020 --> 00:39:37,040
even the smell has been reduced greatly.
717
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:37,799
All right.
718
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,380
Now that things are contained in here, I
want to go outside.
719
00:39:40,660 --> 00:39:41,660
Let's go. Let's go.
720
00:39:46,180 --> 00:39:47,200
Look at that.
721
00:39:47,630 --> 00:39:49,070
That's what we wanted, man.
722
00:39:49,290 --> 00:39:50,870
We got cats outside.
723
00:39:51,390 --> 00:39:53,230
We got fencing up.
724
00:39:53,590 --> 00:39:56,230
Look at how killer this looks, man.
725
00:39:56,650 --> 00:40:01,390
It's a sanctuary yard now, not a room.
The concept of that sanctuary, is it
726
00:40:01,390 --> 00:40:04,370
gone? Yeah, it's a bedroom. Say that
again?
727
00:40:04,590 --> 00:40:09,270
It's the guest bedroom. It's a guest
bedroom. The cat sanctuary yard has
728
00:40:09,270 --> 00:40:10,370
benefited the cats.
729
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:12,280
So much. They get to go outside.
730
00:40:12,660 --> 00:40:16,480
They get to watch the birds. They get to
chase butterflies. They sit near the
731
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,200
pond and look at the fish and love it.
732
00:40:20,460 --> 00:40:26,000
So the best thing that I've seen is
Blink. He's sitting. He's quiet.
733
00:40:26,220 --> 00:40:29,660
There's not that constant guarding, the
parading around.
734
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:32,280
And that I knew was the key to this
whole thing.
735
00:40:32,620 --> 00:40:36,640
The fence is designed with a 45 -degree
angle at the top, keeping the cats from
736
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:40,880
being able to climb it. That way, no
cats can get out and no ferals get in,
737
00:40:40,980 --> 00:40:44,060
which will give Blinky the peace of mind
he so desperately needs.
738
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:48,100
Oh, he has relaxed a lot. He wanted to
just go outside and be free.
739
00:40:48,300 --> 00:40:53,380
In the beginning, I had my reservations,
but then I realized that she's
740
00:40:53,380 --> 00:40:57,380
definitely a lot happier and that the
cats are a lot happier, and naturally,
741
00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:59,700
that's going to make me a lot happier,
too.
742
00:41:01,030 --> 00:41:04,050
What has gotten him into that mellow
place?
743
00:41:04,310 --> 00:41:08,910
Not feeding the ferals and the strays so
close to my house. And him having the
744
00:41:08,910 --> 00:41:12,690
freedom to come and go as he wants has
made a big difference. And he tires
745
00:41:12,690 --> 00:41:13,690
himself out.
746
00:41:13,850 --> 00:41:14,850
On cue.
747
00:41:15,310 --> 00:41:19,970
On cue. I love you so much. He's happy,
this is all. Before Jackson came out, we
748
00:41:19,970 --> 00:41:22,830
were at a point to where our
relationship was definitely suffering.
749
00:41:23,050 --> 00:41:24,590
I actually did see.
750
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:28,660
A different Debbie last night. And we
did something last night. Oh, yeah. That
751
00:41:28,660 --> 00:41:30,700
we haven't done in a really long time.
752
00:41:30,940 --> 00:41:33,140
Yes, we slept together in our bed.
753
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:38,460
On this note, happy human, happy cat,
happy home.
754
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:44,280
Jackson's out of here. Before Jackson
arrived, I really felt very hopeless
755
00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:49,540
around here. And now I've got my life
back. And I'm enjoying my kitties.
756
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:50,760
Thank you, buddy. Take care.
757
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:54,160
It's been an honor working with you
guys. Jackson, thank you very much for
758
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:57,980
saving my little family over here, my
kitties, and bringing us all together. I
759
00:41:57,980 --> 00:42:00,220
really, really greatly appreciate it.
See you, Blake.
760
00:42:04,220 --> 00:42:08,340
Now you can find out how the cats I've
helped are doing today. Check out my new
761
00:42:08,340 --> 00:42:13,300
series, How Do You Like Meow?, available
only online at AnimalPlanet .com.
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