All language subtitles for My.Cat.from.Hell.S7E08

This cat is a completely crazy cat. He's
a beautiful cat and I love him, but

he's crazy.

He thinks his teeth can get into any
part of my body that he can.

And he will not let go.

My friends like to tell me that I'm in
an abusive relationship.

We recently moved in together.

With his cat, Nico, who is crazy.

Not crazy.

Misunderstood. Nico, get out!

She hates the sound of the microwave
button.

She'll swat at me, hiss at me. She'll
draw blood. I'm the other woman.

But I didn't expect the other woman to
be a cat.

If Sid gave me the ultimatum, I would
have to choose Nico.

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.

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... You
can't always focus on the cat's needs,

right? We all have needs in this family.
And cat guardians have reached their

emotional limit. This is the last straw.
Killed me. I'm their last hope.

I just love him so much, and I know he's
got a good side.

Cats have nine lives, but humans only
have one.

Oh, my God!

I am back in my hometown of New York
City.

New Yorkers live with four million cats,
and that's my kind of town. But with

four million cats come four million cat
problems.

My first stop in New York is at the home
of Anne Breen and her cat Calvin.

Ow! Calvin!

Now Calvin's a biter, but with a
difference. When he bites Anne Breen, he

doesn't let go.

Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!

To be honest with you, it's like nothing
I've ever seen. So I'm going to get

over there right now before Anne Breen
winds up in the ER.

I'm Anne Breen. I have a cat named
Calvin that's 13 years old. I've had him

entire life. He's so cute. He's a
beautiful cat, and I love him.

But he's crazy.

Okay, next cat to completely crazy cat.

He's very attached. He needs to be all
over me and he sits on me. But then he

quickly turns vicious.

He sinks his teeth, his front claws, his
back claws, everything into any part of

my body that he can.

And he will not let go.

But simply, he beats the crap out of me.

Calvin! My friends like to tell me that
I'm in an abusive relationship because I

always have scars and scratches and
sometimes open wounds.

These are all red from everywhere he was
fighting.

I know Ambry loves him so much, but it's
like an abusive relationship.

Calvin!

I'm terrified of him.

Terrified. And I would say consensus
among my friends is that I'm absolutely

insane for keeping Calvin.

But he's mine. I love him. Now Calvin is
urinating all over my new apartment and

new furniture.

The attacks are getting worse, and
they're in my face a lot, too, so I'm

about my eyes.

I just can't keep living this way. I
don't really know how anyone could

fix him.

Stop!

You're my last hope.

Hi. I'm Jackson.

Ambreen. Ambreen, nice to meet you. Come
on in. Thank you.

Gorgeous here, man.

Now, I got to tell you something. The
video that you sent me, it is truly

horrifying.

He's older, yeah? Yeah, he's 13.

When did the attack start?

When he was a year and a half old.

Okay. He has this thing where he likes
to, like, pounce on my head if I go to

bed before he wants me to.

He got me on a blood vessel because it
gushed all over my bed.

Wow. people tell me that i'm completely
crazy for having kept him for this long

and for still keeping him i mean after
13 years when something's in your life

like you're attached to it no matter
what i can't imagine how you have

these attacks for 12 years now at some
point you just think it's normal in a

really odd way this defines an abusive
relationship because she's kind of

dismissive about what's going on here
and while i'm happy that she spared a

life, and this cat would have been dead
years ago if it wasn't for her, there's

still something really wrong about it.
Wow, that's a big one, man. Oh, yeah.

Have you ever wound up in the ER? No,
not yet.

This is total intervention.

80 % of all cat bites get infected.

Now, it's only a matter of time before
something really bad happens to Ambreen.

Do you have any idea as to when an
attack is coming?

When I'm sleeping, I mean, anytime.

In the middle of the night?

An obvious question, but do you ever
think about just closing the bedroom

Oh, yeah. He meows so loud, he will not
let up.

Okay.

I'm hearing horror stories about Calvin
attacking while Ambreen is sleeping, and

yet she insists on letting him sleep in
the room. It's crazy.

You can't live like this anymore.

Hey, friend.

Yeah, like this is the stare down.

Hi.

Now I'm starting to get really stressed.

He's starting to tense up, which
normally means he's going to bite me.

What do you do?

You're going to just let this happen?

I kind of have to let it start at this
point, because if I were to remove him

right now, he's going to claw in.

Calvin is starting to settle in for this
sort of love fest with Ambreen, and he

may attack.

I mean, I'm scared.

Oh. Okay.

I can't stand this. What disturbed me
the most about watching Ambreen's

to Calvin was there was no reaction.

And that really concerns me.

So, over here is one of his favorite
urine spots.

Any idea why he's peeing right here?

I mean, I do travel a lot.

How often do you travel?

At least every other week sometimes.

Twice a week.

Does he attack you more after you've
been away?

Yeah. Do you have a pet sitter that
comes by?

If it's more than three days, then I'll
have someone stop by. But you leave him

for three days in a row.

That's a problem.

It's a huge misconception that you can
go away for two or three days at a time,

leave a bowl of food and some water for
your cat, and think they're going to be

okay. They're social creatures.

Separation anxiety is manifested in
symptoms like defecation, urination

the house, and excessive meowing.

all things that Calvin has exhibited.

Now, the only thing left for me to do is
to actually interact with Calvin.

But before I do that, I got something I
gotta take care of. Hold on a sec. Now,

I've never worn anything before to
protect me against the cat.

Calvin!

All right. Whoa, what is that?

This is my bite -proof suit.

Knowing how hard Calvin bites, knowing
he has no control over it, and that once

he bites, he clamps on, Man, this thing
right now is the only thing that's going

to save me.

Hello, buddy.

Can I touch?

Aha.

Okay, so now we got the bite hiss,
right?

Can I pet?

Okay, okay, okay. Gotcha.

The thing about Calvin is that he acts
very differently with me than he does

with Ambreen. With me, he goes, bite,
flap, gone.

But with Ambreen, it's I love you, I
love you, I love you, chomp. The only

I've seen a cat fight and hold on to
something is when the cat's trying to

that something.

But I don't think he's trying to kill
her. Just the opposite. It's like he's

trying to hang on to her. How food
motivated is he?

What is that?

Good boy, can I feed this to you?

Now, if I can get Calvin to eat,
especially for me, a stranger, that

demonstrates that he could make...
Positive, consistent, present choices.

If not, well, then I've got to rethink
this whole thing.

Oh, come on.

Look.

It's okay, buddy. It's okay.

Okay, okay.

Wow, you can feel him right through the
gloves.

Okay, listen, look.

Food.

If I needed proof that something is
going on in this poor boy's head that's

-normal, that would be it.

Food bite, food bite, food bite.

In all the years that I've been doing
this, I've never seen that.

Let me go change out of this, and I'll
give you some homework. Sounds good. I

desperately trying to come up with a
formula that equals Calvin.

I'm not a vet.

But Calvin, I'm sure, has some sort of
chemical imbalance as well as extreme

separation anxiety.

Whenever Ambreen leaves, his anxiety
increases. And when she is here, he

literally clamps onto her out of fear
that she's going to leave again. I mean,

this is crazy.

The first thing that I want to do is get
your boy to the vet. We've got to get

Calvin to the vet because I've seen pain
cause all kinds of unpredictable

behavior. Okay, listen, look.

Food. But if it is a chemical imbalance,
more than likely, we're going to have

to get him on some mood -stabilizing
medication in a hurry. Now, normally, we

have a peeing problem in the house. I'm
going to say add litter boxes. But I

just think that the peeing is going to
clear up once we take care of this

overriding separation anxiety.

Now, the next thing is make sure that
you start looking for a pet sitter.

Every day you're gone, there's somebody
in here spending at least an hour a day

with him so that there isn't a notable
absence.

I want Ambreen to get a pet sitter. If
we can just get the pet sitter to spend

some time with him, I think that his
aggression is going to decrease.

Now, I am thoroughly uncomfortable with
you sleeping in the same room as him. I

got to ask you to lock him out of the
bedroom and ignore his meowing.

I just don't think that it's going to
work.

I mean, he just is so loud and he does
not give in.

That's how it's going to have to be.

Ambreen can't be sleeping in the same
room as him. It's just too dangerous.

I'll be back in a few weeks. Try to stay
safe.

I'll talk to you soon.

When Jackson said that he had never seen
anything like Calvin in his 20 years of

doing this, I was like, oh, God, you're
my last hope.

Like, I really hope there's something
that you can do to help.

All right, I'm back from my second visit
with Ann Breen and her cat Calvin, and

I've got to tell you, I've never seen
anything like this before.

Last time I was here, I was convinced
that Ann Breen was going to wind up in

ER, but she wasn't taking that idea
seriously.

At some point, you just think it's
normal.

I got a chance to look at Ann Breen's
video homework, and I saw she went to

vet. I'm anxious to find out what's
going on with Calvin.

I also saw this horrifying series of
attacks.

Amber. Hi.

So hopefully today I'm going to walk in
there, and she knows that this is a

dangerous situation, and she's ready to
do something about it. I've already

watched your video homework, and man.

Let go.

The really bad one was one night at 4 o
'clock in the morning.

I just got attacked while I was
sleeping.

He got my arm, and he got my face.

You obviously love him so much. But it
really concerns me that you're getting

attacked on your face in your sleep.

This is exactly why I asked you not to
let him sleep in your room.

I just can't. I am worried about your
health.

The attacks on Anne Breen are just
unacceptable.

And at the same time, Anne Breen will
not be separated from Calvin. She won't

sleep with the door closed. If she
doesn't take these attacks seriously,

don't know how I'm supposed to fit into
the equation.

Okay, so I sent you to the vet. What did
the doctor say?

The vet basically gave him a clean bill
of health. He looked very good.

The vet put him on some sort of
behavioral medication.

What's he been like since you started
giving him the meds?

It's only been three days, and he's
totally different.

He's not himself.

I don't want a sedated cat.

This specific medication takes about six
to eight weeks to achieve proper blood

saturation levels. This is actually
good.

We're seeing that he's not as desperate
for you. That need for you, I think,

triggers him.

Each cat is going to react differently
to these types of psychotropic drugs.

And Breen wanted Calvin to change,
that's why she called me. She doesn't

him to change too much because she likes
some of his behavior. The bottom line

is, that kind of needy behavior could be
part of his problem.

Has he peed on the rug at all?

About three times. Three times since the
last time I was here. We know there's

not a medical cause behind his peeing,
so that tells me that it's separation

anxiety. Now, I also asked you to get a
pet sitter for him. That's one thing I

didn't see on video homework.

I have one lined up. I just haven't
gotten to her yet.

I specifically told Ambreen to get a pet
sitter, and she didn't do it.

Calvin's chemical imbalance takes the
separation anxiety and turns the volume

to 10. Echo.

Just like last time, there's this weird
emotional disconnect. I'm being affected

more than Ambreen is.

Where's our boy? Oh, there he is. What's
that?

Come on, buddy.

Good boy.

Come on, man. Let's see you go. Good
man.

In my experience, normally a cat that's
sedated wouldn't be able to play and

hunt and catch things the way Calvin is
doing today. He's very focused and very

content on catching that toy and not
attacking me or Ambreen. To me, that's

progress.

Good boy. Now that you're here, how
about a reward?

Last time I was here, I offered Calvin a
treat, and he just snapped at me

instead. Food.

Believe me, the last thing that I wanted
to do was put my hands in this cat's

mouth. But for the sake of Calvin and
for the sake of Ambreen, it had to be

done. How about a reward?

Come on, take it.

There it is.

Oh, this is pretty monumental.

Good boy.

Today I learned that Calvin is capable
of focus and he's capable of decision

making that doesn't end up in someone
getting shredded. And it's important

Ambreen see it through because I know he
can change now.

Here's what I need. And I know you're
going to have traveled by the next time

I'm here.

Somebody has to be here with him because
my belief is that your separation from

him feeds in to the behavior.

I am starting to understand the severity
of my situation, and I can't continue

to live in my constant fear that my
cat's going to beat me up. Another

what I want to do is I want to set him a
place on the couch that's not on you.

So hold on.

So, here you go.

This is a self -warming bed. There's a
material, reflective material in here,

when he lays on it, his own body will
heat it up. Oh, cool.

He can be close to her and not on her,
and that's really important.

Now, I want you to treat play like it's
his job. When a cat is hunting, they are

just singular.

These cacti have little holes in them,
and you just put treats in, he bats it

around, and the treats come out. All
right, I'm out of here. You get

you call me? Yes. All right, take care.

I've been dealing with this with Calvin
for 13 years, so as much as I want

Jackson's help, of course there's a part
of me that's just skeptical.

We'll see, but I'm still skeptical.

And now it's time for a kitty bit.

Hi, we have a question to ask.

What does it mean if Ruby rubs against
my leg when I'm feeding her?

The answer, right after the break.

And now it's time for a kitty bit. What
does it mean if Ruby rubs against my

leg? When I'm feeding her.

What she's saying is, I love you, I love
you, I love you. They spread their

scent all over you. They'll rub up
against you in between your legs.

headbutt you, their scent glands there.
They're saying they own you, which in

cat language means, I love you.

I'm here for my third and final visit
with Ann Breen and her cat, Calvin.

Now, the last time I was here, I started
off the day horrified by what I saw on

her video homework.

Now, I got to watch your video homework
this time, and I saw that Calvin is

using his litter box. That tells me his
separation anxiety is starting to go

down. I see that he's playing, which is
great. I just hope that he stays focused

on that toy and not on Ambreen. I also
saw that Calvin loves his heated bed.

Hopefully, he's sleeping there and not
with Ambreen.

She also got a pet sitter that's
wonderful.

Now we've got to put it all to the test.
I'm going to meet Ambreen outside as

she comes home from a business trip.
Hey.

Hi, Jackson.

How are you, Ambreen? Good. How are you?
I'm good.

Hopefully all of our work has paid off,
but will that separation anxiety get

triggered? And will if you just go off?
I mean, there's no telling right now.

You nervous?

A little bit.

I mean, it's the first time I've had the
cat sitter watching him, and it was for

a bunch of days, so I'm interested to
see how he reacts.

Interested. All right, that's code for
nervous.

Go on in there.

Walking into that apartment, my mind is
racing because I'm thinking about all of

this horrifying stuff that I saw before
I ever even met Ambreen.

There's our man.

Now we're going to play it ultra cool,
right?

Hi, Callie.

All right, we're not going to make a
huge deal of this. It's just like you

gone for an hour.

Let's come on over here.

All right.

So, we walk in.

What's up, Calvin? How you doing? He's
like, what's up?

That's a great start.

No attack so far. It was wonderful. But
don't forget, this is the first time

that Calvin's been left alone with a pet
sitter, and Ambreen is coming home

after a trip. This could lead down a
very bad road very quickly.

Hold on now.

See, the thing is, I can't trust this
until he's laying down.

He's got that choice to make right now,
man.

Is he going to go after you or me or
will he lay down?

And cue the lay down.

High five.

Cue the lay down, man.

Ah, Calvin.

I love you. When Calvin laid down in
that bed, man, that was one of those

moments I hoped for. He made that choice
to be present with the two of us and

not over -own Ambreen, not to come after
me, nothing.

Tell me how the last couple weeks have
been. It's great.

It's great.

I don't worry about attacks really at
all.

At all?

At all.

Oh, yeah.

Calvin hasn't even come close to trying
to attack me since he started the new

routine of playing every day and having
his own separate bed.

And the pet sitter has been great. And
thanks to Jackson's instructions, he's

more content.

He looks good to me. I can't believe
it's taken me 13 years. Last time I was

concerned that medication was too much
and maybe he was getting sedated. Now

seeing the old Calvin, but in a good
way.

It's almost like you don't know how bad
something is until it's not happening.

And Breen's saying that she didn't
realize how bad it was until it stopped.

I've been waiting for her to say that
for the longest time. She was basically

battered woman.

And now she's seeing how bad that
battering was.

Calvin's also not urinating anywhere
anymore.

It's another change.

Yeah, it's totally connected.

The fact that Calvin's not peeing
outside the box anymore tells me that he

secure about his environment. That he
doesn't have to own Ambreen through

marking the territory.

I'm going to come on over here, and I'm
going to sit next to him. In order for

me to be able to walk away from here
today, to know that you're safe, your

friends are safe, the unpredictability
is down, I've got to see if he's

receptive to touch and my presence.

Calvi.

I'm absolutely threatening right now
with my hand above him like that.

Hi. Can I give you a pet?

You want to explore?

Oh, I get kisses?

I get kisses?

There's my man. Wow.

Hey, Calvin.

I'm loving this.

How do you feel? Great. Yeah. After 13
years, to have Calvin in this normal

state is a complete miracle.

My concerns that Calvin would, like, end
up putting me in the hospital are,

like, totally gone at this point. You
hung in in a way that I've never seen

anyone else hang in.

this cat would have been dead 12 years
ago. He means so much to me. I mean, I

put up with him for 13 years, and to
feel like I can actually love him

being afraid of him is just, it's
something I never thought would happen,

can't thank you enough for it.

My pleasure. I'm leaving here today
knowing that the person I'm leaving is

the person I met, and the cat is nowhere
near the cat that I met.

You guys take care of each other, and I
will talk to you real soon, all right?

All right. Bye, Embry. The new Calm
Calvin is just so much more relaxing for

to be around. They say animals help
increase your lives, and now I can

say I feel that way. I can't believe
he's changed.

Oh! We recently moved in together.

With his cat, Nico, who is crazy.

She'll swat at me, hiss at me, draw
blood.

I just can't live with this cat.

If Sid gave me the ultimatum, I would
have to choose Nico.

No!

Ow! No.

I'm on my way to go see Josh and Sydney
and Josh's cat, Nico.

Now, Sydney just moved in with her
boyfriend, but Nico has been anything

welcoming. She's biting and scratching
and hissing, and Sydney's made it clear

that she can't live like this. Josh has
made it clear that Nico's going nowhere,

and I'm going to go over there before
someone gets torn apart.

I'm Josh. I'm Sydney.

We live in New York, and we've been
dating for about two years. We recently

moved in together.

And we've been living with his cat,
Nico, who is crazy.

Not crazy.

Misunderstood.

Ow! Hey, stop it.

Nico is eight and a half years old.
She's a tortie, and she is aggressive

Sydney. And that is creating a whole
world of problems.

Oh! She'll swat at me.

She'll hiss at me.

Sometimes she'll scratch me. Sometimes
she'll draw blood.

She gets very anxious about food,
whether you're trying to feed her or if

there's some sort of exciting snack on
the table. And then she lashes out.

swiped food off the table multiple times
and just gobbles it down.

I feel like this damn one is trying to
get my boyfriend to help me with this

evil cat.

Hey, I just want to go over here.

There's a rivalry for your affection.

Like, I'm the other woman.

And look who's in my spot.

But I didn't expect the other woman to
be a cat.

I think that kind of overreacts every
now and again. I mean, you know, it's

the end of the world. I live here now. I
just can't live with this cat.

I love her, and I cannot give her up.

She's not going to be a second -class
citizen in my apartment.

Our apartment.

I thought this would be a good step
forward if we want to start a life

but this is a real big stumbling block.

Hey, man. Hey. How are you? I'm Jackson.

Josh, come on in. Thank you so much.

Hi, Sidney. Sidney, good to meet you.

Well, I know we've got an aggressive
cat.

Yeah. That's all I know. So tell me
more.

I moved in recently.

A lot of her behavior is sort of getting
in my way, attacking me, kind of

hissing at me.

Does she sort of predate you guys? Yeah,
I've had her for eight and a half years

or so. I got her as a little baby. She
was three months old.

And we started dating a little less than
two years ago. Do we know anything

about her life before that? She was a
stray. Somebody had brought her into the

vet. Was she...

A quote -unquote normal kitten?

Not really. She was always very
aggressive and anxious.

She definitely has a special bond with
Josh. I'm the other woman in her mind.

You know, it's a really slippery slope
to start talking about jealousy and

I don't think Nico really cares that
Sydney is sharing this territory and

she happens to be a woman. I don't buy
it at all. Tell me what else.

She gets very anxious around food. Okay.

Even when you're trying to feed her, she
just starts meowing and hissing and

jumping on the counter.

Hissing while you're trying to feed her?
Yes. Cats that are born and have their

first couple of really formative months
on the street know that food is a

valuable resource they have to fight
for. So it's something that stays with

for a good long time.

I just can't live with this cat, and I'm
worried about that.

I'm not going to get rid of Nico. That's
not an option.

If Sid gave me the ultimatum, whether it
was between her or Nico,

I would have to choose Nico.

Okay. Talk to me about the whole feeding
ritual that we got going on here. Well,

to get a little distance between me and
Nico, I figured out a couple things. One

of them is she hates the sound of the
microwave button.

I will just go over here.

the button and just open and close the
door a couple times. And then there's a

little bit of feet stomping and sort of
talking loudly and then probably seeing

the microwave stomping.

Maybe both.

This dance that Sydney has to do every
time the cat goes in the kitchen is

ridiculous.

Josh, the first time you saw this
technique, your response was?

I have no idea what she was doing and
sometimes I feel bad, but other times

like, you know what?

Just toughen up. But you ever come in
here and be like, well, this is what you

should do?

Not really.

Josh was very dismissive. He basically
said, toughen up. It's a little

oversimplifying, and he's not taking
into consideration that he's got an

-and -a -half -year relationship with
this cat, and that's why he can do what

does. Sidney doesn't have that
advantage, so I want to see this feeding

that often results in aggression without
Josh there to diffuse the situation.

In comes the cat.

Go ahead and put it down for me.

All right. I want you to just walk
through her while she's doing this.

And I also worry about my fingers
sometimes.

Oh. Now, what if you were to pick it up?
Now, normally I wouldn't ask a guardian

to take away food from a seemingly food
-aggressive cat, especially when they're

eating. But this is a unique case. I
need to push the challenge line with

so I can see how afraid of Nico she
truly is.

Wow, Sydney, you have been completely
traumatized by this cat. You can't pick

that dish, can you?

Sydney is demonstrating so much fear.
She was assuming that she was going to

beat up, which was causing a more
extreme reaction.

Oh, boy.

You're not messing around, girl.

I can't respond to her being aggressive.

I just want to feed you.

Ouch,

ouch, ouch.

If you do that, this goes away.

You're not going to get this if you
growl.

I was not going to be intimidated by
Nico. I pulled it back and I said, you

what? You're not getting this. And
instantly, she sat down.

First time I've seen this cat not on
guard.

Now I know we're getting somewhere.

No?

Nothing. You have a choice.

There's food here or you beat me up. One
or the other.

Right now, she's actually being very
kind of obedient.

And I dig that. Now comes the fun part.

Nico's getting totally overstimulated.
She's hungry. She's demanding.

This is the definition of the challenge
line. This is about trying to work

through what could be completely
reflexive actions. So I wanted to see if

get Nico to eat out of my hand.

Now, when she makes a move for me, which
she may, I'm just going to take it

away. Go ahead, babe.

Oh, boy.

Go ahead.

There you go, my love.

Nico is waiting for the next command.
It's almost like a dog would do. I know

that this is something I could work
with. And now it was time to give these

some homework.

We found out today that this cat can be
trainable. So first thing is I need you

to start performing.

Basic body checks.

You're always afraid of what's going to
happen. The unfortunate thing with cats,

they're like energetic mirrors.

Whatever you bring, they're going to
shoot right back at you. If you're

Nico's going to be tense.

The second part is the trainable part.
The first thing that we have is this.

This is your Nico tool belt.

There's all kinds of fun stuff in here
for her, from catnip kickers to crinkle

balls. Two little mice. I'm hoping the
tool belt will take away the fear,

replace it with a sense of empowerment,
and at the same time train the cat.

Oh, but wait, there's more. All right.

This is your clicker spoon. The idea is
that this gets really long, so you can

keep her at a distance. Whenever she
goes for the food and she's not

not doing the hissy thing.

Instead of hearing the sound of
microwaves slamming all the time, the

I want to hear is from the clicker. When
she gets the quiet and then she gets

the cat going for the spoon, click. You
act a certain way, you get rewarded.

All right, guys, it's been wonderful
meeting you. If these homeworks don't

and Nico's behavior doesn't change, that
would just make living here terrible.

We would have to make some radical
change.

I can't get rid of her. That's not in
the cards.

So I'm here for my second visit with
Josh and Sydney and Josh's cat, Nico.

Sydney just moved in a few months ago.
Hey!

Welcome! And Nico has made it very clear
that she wanted no part of Sydney.

Now, I watched their video homework. I
got to keep Sydney using her tool belt,

which is great because it serves two
purposes.

Nico gets toys that come out of it.
Sydney...

feels more comfortable around Nico.

I also saw the long spoon feeding
exercise, which became the short spoon

exercise. That's exciting. But I also
saw Nico really going after Sydney's

I'm going to have to address that later
on because Josh has made it clear that

he will pick his cat over his
girlfriend. Guys, tell me.

What? Are you telling me what's going
on?

She's sitting next to you, which is
pretty cool.

Tell me how things are going since the
last time I was here.

I think I definitely have been able to
see certain progress.

She's been more receptive to when I try
to play with her with some of the toys.

Your body language is still very much
like I don't trust this cat.

Remember I was talking about doing body
check? Right.

And now would be that time. Yeah, well,
I could certainly move my arm more

towards this.

Perhaps, or maybe uncross my legs a
little bit.

And don't forget the breathing part.

Oh, yeah. You send fear, you receive
fear. That fear is still clearly there.

How's it going with the clicker spoon?

There is still some sort of combative
moment.

One time in particular, she really went
after my foot, and she was, like, really

kind of starting to claw at me, and then
I yelled at her.

Ow! Ow!

I don't like her calling Nico profane
words.

I understand your reaction to that
situation, but I also kind of want some

sympathy from you. Well, I think there
could be sympathy if you chose your

better. I don't know. There's this
battle between the two ladies.

You know, just this little moment, it
shows you there's tension bubbling

underneath this relationship. There are
stakes involved here because Josh has

made it clear that he will pick his cat
over his girlfriend.

So let me tell you what I want to do.

We're still having a little bit of a
sticky situation when it comes to the

feeding. So today we're going to try the
feeding exercise, but we're not doing

it in the kitchen. That kitchen is gone.
We can't use it anymore. It's loaded

with negativity and anticipation and
fights.

What we're going to do is we're going to
start feeding in the study. And then

from there, we'll spread it out all over
the house. All she knows now, the space

doesn't give her the food and the
satisfaction Sydney does.

You want to sit?

All right.

What are we doing?

Hey there. What are we doing? Are we
going to get some food?

Oh, I know, I know.

I know it's tempting.

Hold on.

Just a little bit. Okay.

Lead her back toward the floor.

See what you're doing right now? See how
you're moving away from her? You move

toward with the food. She'll follow the
food. There you go.

Follow the food.

You see?

Get another little piece.

And don't forget, you lead because you
have the food.

Okay?

Lead her forward.

All right. How about that? There you go.
Good girl.

Are you breathing through it right now?
Are you good?

You seem okay.

Mostly, yeah. Pretty good, pretty good.

Now we take another risk. I want you to
try hand feeding her.

Now, last time I was here, I was able to
feed Nico out of my hand. So today, I

want to see if Nico can trust Sydney
enough to take food out of her hand. I

to see if Sydney is strong enough to
offer that food. And I don't know if

one of them is ready for that. Drop a
little in your hand. Take a little bit

your hand.

Go ahead. You can move the piece.

There you go.

Now just go to that piece.

Look.

How's that?

Look. Down here. Down here.

Look. Down here.

Do you see it?

Oh. Hey.

Try it one more time with just putting
it in your fingers.

Just be smooth.

Be smooth.

Getting work, huh?

How are you feeling right now? A little
nervous.

Exactly.

You guys have developed this sort of
push -pull relationship.

As you went back, she got more
aggressive.

Your ability to take control of this
relationship is the key here. I was

that Sydney wasn't able to get Nico to
eat out of her hand, but I'm not

discouraged, and I don't want Sydney or
Josh to be either.

Today, we learned that we have to work
at Nico's pace.

I also learned that Sydney is still
working through her fear. I'm just

that both of these ladies can get on
board and start looking at one another

positive light and not as the enemy.

The first thing I want to do is instead
of just feeding her out of your hand

again, I would like you to put the spoon
in your hand. And then eventually when

you feel comfortable, then away goes the
spoon.

I also want you to just continue with
the whole body check thing. I can't

underline how crucial it is that Sydney
gets through this exercise and gets

through it with confidence. And if she
doesn't, I don't see a way that she

cohabitates with Nico.

The last part of the homework, Josh, I
want you to get involved in this, okay?

All right. Help talk her out of the
situation.

Josh is very good at saying, you know,
you're doing this wrong, or stop talking

like this to my cat.

He needs to be able to give Sydney the
tools that she needs to stop the

frustration from happening in the first
place. They also need to start working

as a team, so the next time I come here,
it can be a house united, not divided.

I'll be back in a few weeks, all right?
Great. I feel like Nico and I have made

a lot of good progress, but we'll need
to get some work done before I really

feel like I'm in this apartment and a
part of this.

We're not there yet.

I don't know what to tell you.

I'm here for my final visit with Sidney,
Josh, and their cat, Nico.

Oh! Now, I'm hoping that this time
around, Sidney is much less afraid while

trying to feed Nico.

Oh! Hey. I also hope that she and Josh
are finally working as a team. Hey, man.

Hey. Because if not, Josh has said that
Nico is not going anywhere.

All right, guys, but tell me, since the
last time I was here, Sid, have you been

attacked at all?

Um... There's some, like, mewing, but
she doesn't attack the way she used to.

Yay! I mean, that's big, man. From the
day I met you, the fear level that you

had around her was big.

Do you feel that pervasive fear anymore?
Much less. It used to be that I always

felt like I had to be on my toes around
her, but now she starts to snarl. I know

it'll just stop at that. That's pretty
major stuff right there.

Between the feeding and the clicker
training, I do feel much more empowered

able to cope with this cat. It's taken a
lot of stress out of our living

situation. The last time I was here, I
pushed your challenge to the nth degree.

Be smooth.

Be smooth.

How far have you gotten since then with
the spoon to the hand?

That's been going pretty well. She has
definitely eaten out of my hand.

She's actually respecting kind of the
routines we're building.

All right, butt on the floor. Butt on
the floor. Like that. Good.

I could even call her obedient.

You're able to feed her, and that's
great, and I'm really proud of you for

All right, Josh, the last time I was
here, I asked you to be Sydney's

Talk to me about that. It's kind of nice
being able to share her with Sydney. To

have Nico and Sid get along definitely
warms my heart. And now that we're on

right path, I think we could definitely
have some sort of family unit.

All right, guys. Now, I love that you've
been working as a team.

Now, before I leave here today, you've
got to prove it. What I need to see

is, first and foremost, Josh and Sydney
acting as a team. So I asked Josh to go

lead Nico in and hand her off to Sydney,
who's going to do that hand -feeding

exercise one more time for me.

Keep her. Keep her. There you go. Keep
her wanting a little bit more.

And hand off that spoon.

Josh, move away.

Josh, move away.

You take the spoon.

A little bit. Good. Give her a little
bit more.

Make sure she goes where you want her to
go. Come up here. But what I need

Sydney to do is own the relationship
with Nico and own her role.

If she moves backwards, she will get
attacked.

Towards your head. No, no. I don't want
to knock it.

There you go. Hey, Nico. Now feed her a
little lower. A little lower. There you

have it.

Now bring that towards your lap.

Towards your lap.

There you go. What I would love for you
to do is put the treat in your hand.

Have her eat it out of your hand.

I needed to push Sydney to that place
where Nico was eating out of her hand,

because if she could tackle that
successfully, if she could move forward

her fear, it would all be stripped from
her mind, and then Nico would have that

space to be able to trust Sydney.

Tell her again to sit.

Sit.

Sit. Relax.

Body check.

Oh, boy.

It's okay.

Yeah. Don't lose her.

Have that treat just waiting down.

In my hand, though. Yeah, when she wants
it.

Relax. Allow her.

That's it. You got it. You got it.

That's right.

Good girl.

Excellent. Very cool.

Good job.

There it is. Good job, Nico.

Look at that. That's beautiful.

Boom. Sydney takes control.

It's everything I needed to see and
definitely everything Josh and Sydney

to see. Guys, I'm really proud of the
work that you've done.

Awesome. I'm out of here.

The stakes on day one were pretty high
because I moved in, I've been living

for a few months, but I still just
really didn't feel like I was living

Whereas today I feel like I can actually
live in this house and be a part of it

instead of just an intruder.

I'm really happy that my two most
important ladies in my life can finally

along as a little family, as a little
team.

And if I could give some advice to
people, I would say try to listen to

other and try to work together.

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