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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. The main problem I have with Mr. Weasley is his

destructiveness.

He's destroyed a lot of my belongings.

There's not an inch of this place where he doesn't go. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

I'm kind of at that point where I feel like opening the door and saying, go.

I have never played with a cat who has collapsed. Oh, my God, what just

happened? This is an emergency.

I'm actually really freaked out right now.

I'm scared. I mean, I just saw a cat collapse on the floor.

I want to make sure that they put this cat through every possible test.

Max is kind of a problem child, especially with other cats.

So it's gotten worse and worse and worse. And then he started marking.

So Max, he got relegated to living on the screen porch.

We just can't keep him in the house anymore, so he stays out.

That's his life.

I'm really not sure what we need to do at this point. He's basically living in

cage.

I'm Jackson Galaxy.

Oh, my God, I love my job.

The animal behavior that guardians call when they're dealing with a difficult

cat.

That really ups the stakes a little bit here.

I'm out to prove that there is no such thing as a bad cat, just a cat that

my help. Thank you.

I'm Karen. I have an eight -year -old Himalayan Persian, and his name is Mr.

Weasley.

He's just the most precious little thing ever, and, I mean, I absolutely adore

him. Mr. Weasley.

But the main problem I have with Mr. Weasley is his destructiveness.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Since day one, he scratches all of my couches. He's destroyed a lot of my

belongings, and he's already destroyed three of my rugs, proving to me I can't

own a rug as long as I own him.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

My days are long.

I'm pretty exhausted when I get home.

And he wants me to be on the second I get home and to not stop playing with

until I'm ready to go to sleep.

It's really, really hard for me to handle sometimes because he's all over

place and he needs constant attention.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Because if I'm out too much, he'll definitely show me that

he's upset with me by destroying something else.

Don't, Mr. Weasley.

I have put so much time, so much energy trying to make him happy, and I'm close

to giving up on him. I just don't think that this is going to work out.

Okay, we're done.

I'm on my way to connect with Karen and her cat, Mr. Weasley. Now, from what I

understand, Karen feels that Mr. Weasley's mischief is just getting to be

much for her. He's ripping up furniture and generally causing chaos every time

Karen turns her back to the point where she just doesn't feel like she can have

a life anymore.

Now, is that the case, or is Mr. Weasley reaching out for help? I got a hunch,

but let's go find out.

I've got to do a secret now. How you doing?

Hi. I'm Jackson. Good to see you. I'm Karen.

Good to meet you, Karen.

Look, there's a cat.

Hi there, Mr. Weasley.

First thing I'm struck by walking into this house is how small it is. It's

really tight in here, and we've got a cat with a lot of energy. I see that the

second I meet him. What's going on with Mr. Weasley? Well, he's incredibly

destructive, and I think he gets bored really easily.

Hey!

You're saying he's just, he's everywhere? He's everywhere.

Which is odd for a person.

Those guys are usually kind of the, hey, bring me food, you know, kind of guys.

My apartment looked a lot different before him, but I've had to adjust.

Where the knives are right there, there used to be salts and peppers and like a

whole thing was filled. And now there's nothing because he knocked them all off

and all the salts went on the ground and all the lids broke.

There's not an inch of this place where he doesn't go. So show me what's been

destroyed.

Well, this right here, I have no control over that. I've tried really hard. I

tried everything everybody told me to. So he scratches furniture?

Yes. Okay. What else? What's mainly destructive is what you don't see.

I've gone through three rugs. I actually cleaned up the carpet a couple of

months ago, but in my bedroom, he, okay, I'll tell you a quick story. Whenever I

use mouthwash, it really bugs him.

And even if I have, like, music on or anything, he'll claw at the carpet while

I'm using my mouthwash. So while you're making that mouthwashing sound. Yeah, he

doesn't like, oh, he hates that sound. I have to go in the bathroom sometimes

and lock myself in there because he'll literally jump on me and have his claws

on me. You know that I'm going to have to see that, right?

You know that.

Can we go do that?

Honestly, so far I've heard, like, four firsts. I've never heard this stuff

before ever. He's really weird about that. But I had to, like, clean up the

carpet. All right. So and it's so funny because I'm watching him as we're in

here. I'm watching him like just get into everything.

It's as if he doesn't live here like that. He's exploring things like this is

the first time. You know what I mean? I mean, it's really, really funny about

him. Hey, buddy, what are we doing?

OK, so I'm going to back away here because I surely don't want to be.

In a way, while this happens. Yeah, this is going to be last.

Mr. Weasley.

Yeah.

And

he

goes in the litter box.

So from now on, Karen.

Any time that you don't want him to pee on the carpet, do the mouthwash. He'll

go right into the litter box.

There you go. Problem solved. Got to go. Bye -bye.

That is hilarious, man. But I did see something really interesting, which is

that as soon as he started doing that motion, you can see he stopped and

grooming. So that's one of those self -soothing mechanisms, as is.

The scratching. So that's really interesting to see.

I mean, every morning with the mouthwash.

In the evening, he's usually doing his own thing. I don't know why, but in the

morning, he hangs on to me.

And that's when... And I don't mean to torture him, so I put music on. And I

have the water running so that he doesn't... Hear the mouthwash? Yeah, I

do that.

And times when I don't, I have to lock myself in the bathroom.

Look at him, man.

You know, at the very least, he's a very confident cat, and that's great. What's

up, Mr. Weasley? Nice tie.

You said that you adopted him. I did.

Do you know his story before he came to you? It's very limited. I guess he was

living with a family before. I adopted Mr. Weasley about three years ago, and I

only know that his previous family couldn't handle him, and so they dumped

at some shelter.

I think he's...

lonely like he hyperventilates a lot he has like anxiety issues i think wait

hold on what do you mean he hyperventilates he's sitting on the

out and i'm just like it freaks me out because i don't know what that's all

about in fact it does freak me out when a cat randomly starts panting not

because they're exercising or not because anything stressful is happening

calls for concern.

It could be an indicator of a serious problem like respiratory illness, heart

disease, even a blood disorder.

On the good side, I mean, from eight years old, he is really active. He looks

like he's in great shape.

I'm beginning to get an idea about the challenges with Mr. Weasley, but I need

to know more about Karen to see how I can help her with this high -energy cat.

So you come home, you know he's bored. What's your go -to? I have toys that are

like this, and I'll go like that, or sometimes he likes this.

shoelace type thing we'll just play with this this usually will entertain him

for a while oh he doesn't really care about any of these here why are they

so karen says she does play with her cat and then she shows me her toys and they

consist of string and one beat up toy come on that is not anything that's

to occupy or thrill any cat i think that he would like me to have so much more

energy than i actually do have it's annoying to me i feel like a single mom

sometimes there's only so much i can play like i do not want to play all the

time and lately as of the last like six months or so i'm just like you know what

i don't think i'm i i can do this anymore like i cannot just come home and

with him for like six hours

Let's say I didn't come over here.

Are you saying that there's a chance that you would rehome it? I've been

seriously considering it lately. I know how horrible it is to rehome cats like

this, but I'm kind of at that point where I feel like opening the door and

saying, go.

Go. Wow.

All right, well, that's a whole new twist on things.

It's getting to be too much.

Karen's actions versus what she's telling me are two totally different

I mean, she's obviously made an effort to curb Mr. Weasley's behavior through

catification with cat scratchers, toys, and cat trees. But on the other hand,

she's telling me that she's ready to open the door for Mr. Weasley, and

concerning. I'm afraid that she's given up on him, and if that's the case, I'll

find Mr. Weasley a new home.

So I guess I need to know your level of willingness, because if you want to dig

in, we should. If not, I might as well go and take Mr. Weasley with me.

Well, I would, actually, because I've invested a lot of emotion into this

animal. I can't see anyone else. That's a funny way of saying you love him.

Since Karen's telling me she's committed, I want to show her how to

Weasley's energy through high -value play.

Now, high -value play isn't about just letting him run around.

It's about the hunt. It's about focusing in on his prey and letting those primal

instincts out.

You see this, what he's doing right now?

That's great, too. Cat exercise doesn't necessarily mean just running laps

around the house. This level of, like, attention that he's paying to this right

now is perfect.

Watch. See if we can get him down from the table again.

I've never gotten him something like this before.

Right? Because he's a ground prey cat.

Many Himalayan cats are known to be bush wellers as opposed to tree wellers who

like to play up high. And that helps explain why Mr. Weasley is running all

across the floor and is so interested in causing destruction with the furniture

and the carpet.

Look at him go. See, now we got him going. And every time he jumps up on a

table, that's a little more energy expended.

And down we go again.

And then I can't even see him.

And I can bet he's coming.

Watch it disappear.

Oh, my God. What just happened?

Oh, my God. He's down. I'm working with Karen and her high -energy Himalayan

Persian with Sue Weasley.

As I'm showing her proper playing techniques, Mr. Weasley suddenly

I'm really worried. He's never been like this before.

Let's get this cat to a vet, like now.

Okay, copy that.

Weasley is responsive, but he's drooling a little bit on the floor. He's clearly

in distress.

What do you mean, one second?

It's not a good scene. Whatever the nearest hospital is, we're getting him

There is, I know, I know there is this one here.

Hey, Jessica, we got a place.

They're asking how his breathing is. It's shallow.

Here, I got it.

We're not dealing with the rest of this. Let's go.

I've never seen him drop like that.

Just drop.

The wobbling, like he was drunk almost.

He's never done that either. That's not normal at all. Now he's panting again

right now.

I hope it's not his heart.

I know this would be a great hospital. I know that he's in good hands, but I'm

scared. They don't want cameras in here. They don't want to be filmed. They want

to do what they do. They want to be a hospital. I want to make sure that they

put this cat through every possible test. So they're going to give him a

check. They're also going to do the blood test, and they're going to do a

x -ray. We've got a real competent doctor in there. He seems optimistic.

I don't think anybody has played with more cats on the face of this planet

me, and I have never played with a cat who has collapsed mid -play.

And now we just wait. I'm freaked out right now. I'm actually really freaked

right now because I've been worried about him from the beginning with the

panting. But this today just ramped it up for me. And now I feel like a

overprotective parent.

So we heard from the vet a few hours later, and they didn't find anything

seriously wrong with Mr. Weasley. Maybe a little bit of asthma, but that's it.

So now they're going to send his x -rays and scans to a radiologist to get his

opinion. But we can take Mr. Weasley home as long as we keep him calm.

Weasley, why'd you have to freak us out so bad?

Welcome home.

So as we get back to Karen, the stakes might actually be the highest they've

ever been for what I assigned for homework. I can't take any risks with

Weasley's health.

Now that Weasley's settled in, we have to find a way to get that energy out

doesn't involve heavy aerobic activity.

Okay. So the first thing I want to talk about is the concept of cat TV. Cats

spend a lot of time looking out the window.

So, you know, if he can get to the window and he's looking out, that's

I'd also like you to get an aquarium.

I'd like him to have something to watch, something that focuses his energy

without bringing up his heartbeat at the same time. Another thing, I want you to

create a PlayStation for him, right? You can use puzzle toys where he has to...

work at it to get the treat out. So let's use that to get him to pull toys

as opposed to chasing things around the house.

I love this cat and I'm definitely willing to change my apartment into a

lady apartment now. You know, all of that sort of speculation and theory and

maybe I'm done with him. I feel like that doesn't exist anymore.

You're his mom and that just came screaming out of you.

I agree completely.

I'm not. I mean, I can't rehome him.

Again, we're a little duo.

You are a little duo.

Earlier today, I met a guardian who was ready to give up on her cat. But when

she was afraid that she might suddenly lose him, it became very clear that she

wasn't ready to part with him. And honestly, that was pretty heartwarming

see. That was about enough adrenaline for one day. Thank you so much for your

help. Goodbye, Mr. Weasley.

Say bye.

The best part of today was seeing parents' true love for her cat come out

the chips were down.

The hard part is waiting for these test results to come back to see what Mr.

Weasley's future looks like. But whatever those test results look like,

there for Karen and Mr. Weasley. I promise you that.

I'm Sean.

I'm Jenny, and my cat is Max.

My cat is Cheeto.

Now, Cheeto is just a big love muffin.

But Max is kind of a problem child, especially with other cats.

Jenny moved in with Max, and they immediately just started butting heads.

Since we moved to California, we were hoping that it would get a little bit

better. We thought if they started off on a neutral ground that they might

to get along.

But it's gotten worse and worse and worse. And then he started marking.

So Max, he got relegated to living on the screen porch.

Because of the marking, we just can't keep him in the house anymore. So he

out. That's his life.

I fear also that he's just going to become more and more estranged from us,

detached from us, not as loving, and may just want to leave entirely.

He's a great cat. I love him.

But he's basically living in a cage.

And I feel really guilty.

Now we're trying to integrate these two. But it's been so long since Max has

truly been in and a part of the family that it's like we're starting from

scratch. And I'm really not sure what we need to do at this point.

But if we start now, there's still a chance.

So I'm about to meet up with Jenny and Sean and their cat Max for the first

now that their cats do not get along. And one is living in seclusion.

I just want to help these guys out really badly.

Hey, how you doing?

I'm Jackson. Sean. I'm Jenny.

Jenny and Jackson. Nice to meet you.

So, tell me what's going on here.

Jenny moved into my house in Virginia about six years ago.

I'd already had my cat, Max.

I already had Cheeto. It was his house until Max moved in.

It's sort of Brady Bunch because he had Cheeto, I had Max, and when we came

together and moved in together, it was just like, no.

Things got really bad. We moved back here in 2014, and we

thought that that might actually help the situation, starting off on fresh

ground, neutral territory.

But he became more territorial.

He started marking.

And started marking. Wow.

But about eight months or so ago, I was diagnosed with throat cancer, and I just

couldn't physically, mentally deal with any of the cat stuff.

I was in the hospital and undergoing radiation and all that kind of stuff. So

Max was relegated to living on the screen porch.

Wow.

Cheeto sort of gets the preferential treatment, but it comes down to

and Cheeto doesn't mark.

I'm finally at the point where I feel like, okay, I'm physically.

And mentally able to deal with it. But now it's been so long. It's like we're

starting from scratch. Where do we even begin?

These guys have lived through a lot. Sean has already survived cancer.

The cancer is in remission now, which is great.

The cats are still separated.

How long has it been since the last time Max lived in the house?

Eight months. Yeah.

Crap. Yeah, exactly.

Let's say he wasn't banished, and I were to take my black light around this

place, how bad would it be? Before he was completely banished, I did just

We're probably a dozen places at least.

That's a ton.

So ultimately, it was a perfect storm, cat -on -cat aggression, cat marking,

a guardian's serious illness that resulted in Max being banished to the

I thought you meant Max. Yeah, he's right out there. I mean, we know where

is. Right, right, right. All right, let's go get him.

Well, look who it is. It's a Max. It's the Panther. Hi, Bob.

Hello, my buddy boy.

Hey, Max.

And this is Max's world.

This is Max's world.

Wow, man.

Look at him right now.

He's right at the door.

Yeah, that's his routine. He looked like, you know. He wants in the house

badly. He would love to be in the house. He does.

Max needs to be a part of this family.

What they felt was their only alternative.

Was not a real good one for Max.

And the longer this goes on, the harder it is to fix. Right. You haven't tried

at all to bring him back. We have.

Oh, you have? Yeah. I follow him the entire time. He doesn't mark if I'm

Does it look the way I'm seeing him right now, that kind of pacing, that

caged animal look, right?

Exactly. He just, you know, he's pacing, sniffing, looking for Cheeto.

He will ambush Cheeto if they're together in the house. It's clear that

wants to be part of the social unit, and he's being banished from it.

That is going to have negative psychological effects, whether you're

cat. During the day, he goes outside.

He's got the run of the yard.

Can we go outside?

Yeah. Yeah. Neck of the woods.

Literally? I can't imagine them lasting too long out here. Well, yeah, you're

right. I mean, you can hear the coyotes at night. Yeah, look at that. If you can

get out, you know that someone can get in. Right. I'm a little scared about

that. You know, you guys have a cat problem right now, but if you let this

out long enough, you won't have a cat left because the coyotes will take care

that. I got everything I'm going to get from the humans and the territory.

Max is the only one who could tell me the rest of the story.

Where's my boy?

Hello, my boy.

Hi, Max.

Hi, Max.

I hear you've had a pretty tough go, huh?

Max is definitely feeling threatened by me, and he's retreated into his one

little cat tree. It's heartbreaking.

This is a cat who wants to be part of the family, and right now just doesn't

know where he belongs.

Hi, Max.

There we go.

There we go, my hungry boy.

What is that?

Oh, Max.

He's got innate confidence that I believe if he were allowed back in the

he'd be exhibiting. Right now, all that confidence is squished as small as his

territory is.

If we can find a way to give Max confidence in his territory, especially

vertical space off the ground, I'm confident that he'll be much less likely

have a conflict with Cheeto. At this point, I want to introduce a challenge

that has nothing to do with Max.

This is Sean and Jenny's challenge line. There's only one way that I can see

what I need to see, and that is I just want to let him in.

Is that cool?

Okay. After spending eight months in exile, I need to see for myself how Max

responds to this territory and to Cheeto.

I mean, there could be a worst case scenario right now. We open up these

Max has access to Cheeto. Number one, he feels threatened and he just paints the

walls with pee. Number two, he feels threatened and he beats the heck out of

Cheeto.

Let's go.

Hi, Max.

Hi, buddy.

I really want some good news for Karen, but I'm really nervous to hear this

diagnosis. It's some kind of obstruct.

I just want to let him in. Is that cool?

Okay. Hi, Mac.

Hi, buddy.

Look at how panther he is. Oh, yeah, absolutely.

I know.

This is a cat.

Exploring a territory for the very first time. He's absolutely on high alert

right now.

Hi,

bud. Look at that.

Very interesting.

If Max had a problem with Cheeto, he would have gone after him, but he

and that tells me that we're dealing with territorial insecurity, which

explains the marking.

He's a very expressive tail talker. So when the tail is down.

It's down parallel to the ground. That's sort of the exploratory posture.

So as opposed to, if he were to walk in here, tail up like that. Right.

That's, I'm totally comfortable. Everything's cool. Look at the tail

His tail goes up when he went in there. Yeah, exactly, right? The second he

crosses that threshold, boom, he's up again. So I think I've gotten all the

information that I need.

And now I think it's time to give you guys some homework.

First things first, we bring him back in here.

Now, the first way we're going to do that is base camp expansion.

Right now, the catio is his base camp. Right. Right? So all of the things that

smell like him, effectively, are out there.

So I want you to take those things and bring them in. So if he's walking in

room and he smells his litter box, he's like, that's right, and he keeps

walking. It's mine. It belongs to me. If Max smells his own scent strong enough,

he won't feel the need to pee all over things.

I also want you to do your best to desensitize that threshold, that

If you notice today, different cat as soon as he crosses that threshold.

Yeah, very much. So when you're playing, make sure that you use the doorway in

and out again, in and out. Mental barrier.

Exactly. Finally, and this is a big one, we're going to reintroduce Max and

Cheeto using food and play diversions so that over time they build a positive

association with one another. By using play and treats as a distraction, the

cat's focus is redirected, preventing them from staring each other down, which

would definitely lead to a battle. We were a little nervous about Max being

loose in the house.

But we're absolutely going to do the work. I mean, Jackson is our last hope

this point.

For Sean and for Jenny, succeeding in this endeavor with Max is actually

than just him. It's about their life, taking it back and putting the pieces

together again. So they need to reintroduce him to this house,

to Cheeto, get everybody functioning as a family again, because this can't go

on.

I'm walking in to check up on Karen and her cat, Mr. Weasley. The last time I

was here, I had one of my scariest experiences ever since I started doing

job. Mr. Weasley collapsed and had to be taken to the vet. Today, hopefully,

there's been good news in how this cat's been doing with my instructions.

I got to tell you, I've got a little post -traumatic stress from the last

we saw each other, man. Yeah, me too.

How's he been?

Well, he had another little episode the other day. What happened? Well, he was

playing in the bathtub, and he collapsed.

The same exact way, like in my arms, collapsed.

It was pretty scary. He looked incredibly weak, really lethargic. A

minutes later, he got up.

Ate his food, ran around the house, and he was normal. So it was just a really

weird thing, and it really scared me.

Did the reports come back from the vet?

Well, I did talk to the vet, and they said that he has some heart issues,

unfortunately, and that he needs to see a specialist and have further testing.

Before we get into anything, I got an idea. You mind if I make a quick call?

Okay. I'm just going to step out for a second. I don't want to let on right now

that I'm concerned, but I'm really concerned.

So I'm calling one of the top hospitals in Los Angeles where I know the

cardiology department is top notch. I need to get in to see a cardiologist

today, if possible. I know it's kind of hard. It's something that I don't think

can wait.

Yeah, an hour.

Thank you so much. Okay, we'll be there in an hour.

All right, thank you. Take care.

Amazing.

Got an appointment. Oh.

Within the hour, we're going to go over to BCA. We're going to go see the best.

An amazing team over there, so that's good. While we wait for the appointment

with the vet to learn more about Mr. Weasley's medical condition, I want to

down with Karen and go over the homework, see how everything else is

So let's take a look at what you've been up to.

That's what I like to see. Yeah.

He likes that. Chilling out, watching the cars, his favorite. And his fish.

Oh, my God, and he's pawing at it. Oh. Must have that. That's great.

Weasley is in heaven.

Oh, cool.

Exactly what I wanted. Good.

Now, has he been doing as much?

Craziness in here? No.

Everything being in this room, he now focuses on this room more than the

kitchen, which is what I was concerned about. That's an amazing point.

Do you notice the spices on the spice rack?

I'm so proud of that. I'm able to put spices on there now because he doesn't

for it. Also, now he only scratches the scratching post. He doesn't scratch my

furniture. You made the value of this area.

so much higher to him that this area is out.

The whole work looks great. Mr. Weasley loves his play space, and he's addicted

to the aquarium.

And this was exactly the idea, to keep him occupied in as passive a way as

possible. We've got to get to the vet. Okay. Come on, buddy. We're going for a

ride. Here we go, yo.

He's like, every time I see the bald man, I go to the vet.

There's a 50 -50 thing going on in my head as I walk out of this house. Number

one, I'm just so relieved that we are definitively going to get answers today.

Of course, on the other hand, what are those answers? What are we going to find

out? You're doing great back there, buddy.

I know. I'm really impressed with you.

Hey. Hi, guys. Hi. Dr.

Allen. Hi. Dr. Allen. Hi, Karen.

Hi. Nice to meet you guys. Okay.

Hello.

So I start telling Dr. Allen about everything. I tell him about the

I tell him about the panting. I even tell him about the previous visits to

vet. Let me tell you, he's writing up a storm.

Now, I really want some good news for Karen, but to be honest, I'm really

nervous to hear this diagnosis.

He's got a pretty loud heart murmur.

So murmurs are found that's created by turbulent blood flow, and that

is caused by a variety of things, but in most cats, it's due to some kind of

obstruction.

The echocardiogram is an ultrasound of the heart. It will actually show us what

is causing the murmur. It will also show us how severe it is and what we can do

about it. What the doctor is basically telling us is that Mr. Weasley's future

hinges on this echocardiogram, which is going to tell us the severity of the

heart murmur. My heart really goes out to Karen right now, and my fingers are

crossed that this is all going to be okay.

All right. There's the heart.

I'm not a vet, and I don't know what Dr. Allen is seeing in these tests. I just

know he's being real quiet.

Okay. We're getting a look at Mr. Weasley's heart, but mine is in my

right now. Is this treatable or terminal?

I have no idea what he's looking at, but Dr.

Allen's silence is making me nervous.

This is the aorta. That's the major blood vessel. It takes blood to the

We're getting a little bit of obstruction here right under the aorta.

pretty common in cats. It gets severe, especially during episodes of adrenaline

release.

Could be enough to cause the episode that you saw. Okay, so what I'd like to

actually, is start him on a beta blocker. And a beta blocker is a

that blocks the effects of adrenaline on the heart. And what's happening, I

think, during periods of stress, the adrenaline comes in and it causes the

to beat very hard.

What's happening is it's narrowing this area right under the aortic valve.

So the wall is a little bit thicker than it should be.

If we start them on a beta blocker, it will slow down the heart rate, weaken

heart muscle a little bit, reduce the amount of obstruction, which should

improve the blood flow, and you shouldn't have to worry about those kind

episodes again.

What great news. We finally know what's wrong with Mr. Weasley and how to treat

it. The doc even said that we can start slowly introducing exercise after two

weeks. I can feel the weight lifting off my shoulders, and I know that Karen can

as well. And Mr. Weasley has had just enough stress for one day. It's time to

get him home.

All right. Sit down.

And there you go.

So, Karen, how are you feeling after all that?

I feel really glad he's going to be okay with a little bit of medication, which

is so manageable.

It's really amazing how an emergency situation can bring out somebody's true

colors, and I'm really proud of what I've seen in Karen.

Now, I just want to give her some tools to help out with this very manageable

condition. Let's just start with the Cat TV.

Okay. Right now, we got like one, two channels of Cat TV.

I want to have multiple channels. I want him to binge watch. I want to make sure

that we have stations throughout.

This place where he can just perch. If you were to look at your nanny cam at

time during the day, he should be either sleeping or looking at cat TV, and then

you know you've succeeded.

Second thing is low -impact catification.

I don't want him to jump up on anything if we can avoid it. We want him to have

options, right?

So steps. You can put them right in front of that ledge. So it goes step,

step, jump up.

Instead of... Jump up and jump back down again. Now, the boredom that I came

here for is even more important to address because we can't let Mr. Weasley

too excited.

All right, then.

Goodbye, Mr.

Bye, Karen. All right, bye.

Thank you so much.

I'm hoping, walking away from here today, that the beta blockers and the

-impact work that I prescribed are enough for Mr. Weasley.

But... It's a heart. And at any moment, that heart, which is already damaged,

could get worse.

I'm here for my second visit with Sean and Jenny and their cat, Max, who has

been relegated to the outside for eight months because he was peeing up the

place and not getting along with their other cat, Cheeto.

Now, these guys had a lot to do. They had to reintroduce the territory using

base camp expansion. They had to desensitize the threshold between the

the catio, and in the process, hopefully, get their two cats living

under the same roof.

John. Captain, how are you? I'm good, man. How are you doing? I'm all right.

Look at him. Yeah, man.

That's a nice thing to see.

Hey, Max.

I love this. This is exactly what I wanted to see. Good, good. The fact that

is as comfortable as he is body language -wise in the home. Let's start talking

about what the last few weeks have looked like and what it smelled like and

it feel okay trying all this stuff?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah. He adjusted pretty well.

The update I'm hearing from Sean and Jenny.

Feels great to me. Now, of course, I've got to see what's going on, and that's

what video homework's all about.

That's so cool, seeing Max move so confidently inside the house, chasing

laser, having a blast with the play.

We might be done playing. Oh, I love that. I love that. Back, back, back. I

it. We have no pause between inside and outside. All it is is I'm walking.

Right, tail, up.

exploring ears forward and there's no sense of what's there and oh nice nice

that's so cool love it wow tail couldn't be any higher up right there man turn

to own it right on we've got his cat tree and the litter box

perfect placement in the one area which he seems to uh be drawn to mark

Right there. The way he's walking up there, it's like, this is mine. Right. I

know this. This is home. Let's put a little roof on this.

His tail, nice and up.

As he comes up, a little bit exploratory, but he knows it immediately

he sees it. So that's a really nice thing to see.

Sean and Jenny have nailed Base Camp Expansion. I mean, they took all of the

important furniture that was out on the catio, and they moved it all inside in

really socially significant places, and Max is obviously taken to it.

So, since the last time I was here, has there been any peeing?

If Max has peed anywhere in this house and he's done it repeatedly, Max may be

facing a life sentence out on the patio.

Well, yeah.

Oh, no.

Has there been any peeing?

Well, yeah.

Oh, no. He has marked it.

One time.

One time. What place was that? It was over by the radio.

One time? One time. You put the cat tree where he marked it. Did that solve the

problem? Yep. It did. He has not.

There we go. There's a bright side to the peeing incident. They took their

knowledge of base camp expansion, put a tree and a litter box in that spot, and

it stopped.

You have defined this entire perimeter with his stuff as he's going into the

rest of the house.

He's going, I don't own this space. So it makes perfect sense that he would put

his mark here and say Max was here. Right. And now with this here and this

here. He has a marked sense. I was going to say, this is what Base Camp

Expansion is all about.

But it doesn't matter what the walls are saying and what the house looks like.

It's home to Max because this scent is all over the place. So on we go.

Max is over there getting some attention and some.

Treat Cheetos.

Right here. Again, a couple of treats.

Okay.

That's good. Cheeto knows Max is in. He doesn't seem to care. Good. The fact

that we've got these two humans and these two cats in the same room at the

time with no consequences whatsoever is just stupendous.

Cheeto in and just kind of do his thing.

And Max.

Out. Did his little warm -up thing and got some treats. That is fantastic. And

now he's gone up all day.

Fantastic.

Cat treat and just gone to sleep. By distracting Max and Cheetah with play

treats, the two cats gradually became accustomed to one another, and now it's

evident that they can peacefully coexist in the same space together.

There's been no fighting, no contact, no pissing. I mean, as far as I'm

concerned.

Everything that you guys have gone through, the way you've solved the

and what I'm seeing is an absolute home run.

This is what I love.

Max back in the house and part of the family again.

So what I would love right now is to spend a little bit of time with your

Where's my boy?

Where's that?

I know, stretchy boy.

There's my boy.

Welcome home, buddy.

He's so much more confident. He's so much more present because he feels, in a

very natural way, it's his home. Max's banishment was the result of some pretty

extraordinary circumstances in Sean and Jenny's life, but it was a Band -Aid

solution that stuck for far too long.

Now, they've been able to put closure on this incredibly stressful and scary

time in their lives.

Now, this is worth the price of admission right here.

Especially, Sean, after what you've been through, I can only imagine, you know,

it's not just like, hey, we had to keep our cat outside.

No. Keep our cat outside while I fought for my life. I couldn't be happier for

this entire outcome.

We have a Cheeto. We have a Max. We don't have blood.

We don't have fights. We don't have pee. Life is getting back to normal.

Jackson, thank you. Thank you so much. My pleasure. You guys have all good

coming your way, okay?

Thanks, Jackson. Take care, guys. Thank you. Bye -bye.

I'll tell you what.

Sometimes things just feel better than other times. We got Max part of the

family again. He's back inside. No pee, no fighting with Cheeto, no nothing. And

Sean and Jenny can finally move on with their life.

It's a good day.

I know it sounds crazy, but sometimes the My Cat from Heaven story just seems

fall from the sky.

Case in point, a few days ago we were filming a story involving a rescue

Adopt and Shop, while something completely unexpected and totally cool

unfolding behind the scenes. So we stopped what we were doing, turned the

cameras around, and caught a story behind the story.

It all began with one of our camera operators, Adam, and a rescue cat named

Winnie. So you're taking her home? Yes, I'm taking this cat home.

I caught up with Adam just as the adoption was going through, and a member

the Adopt and Shop team was just moments away from handing Winnie off to Adam

for good. How did this just happen?

Look, I mean, I've filmed on this show for a while now. I've been with hundreds

of cats. I've filmed them all, and I love cats, but I've had very few cats

have actually affected me in a way that, like, I wanted to, like, drop

everything I was doing.

And you dropped everything you were doing? This cat literally, like, I was

room with other cats.

This cat came into my lap and would not let me leave.

She is so adorable, man.

This cat chose me. Like, I know. Like, it was second. It was, like, not even,

like, there was no hesitation.

When people are a little hesitant about adopting a cat and they're going into a

shelter environment, we always say, don't worry about it. The cat's going to

find you.

And Adam was open that day for the experience, and it was really beautiful

watch. The cat won't let me leave.

I know that you just, you lost a cat not too long ago. We lost our cat a couple

months ago. My last cat was Count Von Meowth. Count Von Meowth became part of

our life a little over two and a half years ago.

In the later stages of his life, I started working on the TV show. So

through my shooting day, I get a call from my wife, Jen. She's crying. She

this is it. Like, he's dying.

I dropped my camera. I just ran out of there. So when I got home, he came over

to me.

And he just buried his head in my arm. And I knew he wouldn't bury himself in

arm that way without him saying goodbye to me. I think Count was saying, you

know, it's okay. You don't have to worry about, you know, anything. Because, you

know, thank you guys so much for everything.

I 100 % believe.

The Count had a very, very strong paw in play that got Winnie into my life

because I'm shooting, I'm not even thinking about looking for a cat, and lo

behold, he presents me with one. You'd think being on the show, it would make

you, like, anti -cat, but that's the complete opposite.

If anything, it makes me love cats more because then I get to see how truly

great all cats are. They just need a little individual attention.

That feels amazing to know that the people who shoot this show have cats,

animals, and love them. That feels good.

Yay!

I'm so happy.

And your neck. And your neck. And your neck.

I'm on my way back to check in on Karen and Mr. Weasley. I really want to make

sure that Mr. Weasley's medication is working and that Karen is doing okay

all the techniques I gave her to manage his condition.

Hopefully, this will finally be a visit that won't include a trip to the vet,

and I'll see that Karen and Mr. Weasley have settled into a nice rhythm when it

comes to dealing with the heart murmur.

Hello. Hi.

How are you doing? Ooh, look, it's Wonderland in here, man.

You look around this place, and it is one.

Cat TV station after another. One catification rest stop and activity spot

another. Passive engagement. You can still be sitting and be a cat and

your head.

That's what I wanted for Weasley, and she totally nailed that.

Man. I know. Cat house, Karen. Literally the cat house. There is a lot of great

stuff happening here. There is.

I'm trying not to get my hopes too high here because the last couple times I've

seen Weasley, he either collapsed right next to me or I heard he collapsed. I

hope everything has been cool.

Absolutely. Yeah? It's been so easy.

Has any collapses?

No episodes, nothing.

It's been completely normal.

He really has responded positively to it.

He's not panting, has he been?

No. So obviously the beta blockers are, by stopping that dash of adrenaline to

his heart, is actually keeping him totally calm. So that's amazing.

With these beta blockers on board and with him having these paths and places

go, I'm a lot less worried about this cat collapsing, that's for sure.

I feel so good to be able to play with him without fear.

Because you know what happened the last time I played with you?

Yes, the whole world fell apart.

Even if he does run around, I'm not going to be scared because... No, I

think there's any reason to be.

He's now calm and his pills are helping and he's already chilled out.

Tenfold, yeah.

At the very beginning, I was this close to getting rid of Mr. Weasley, and now

there's no way that's happening.

Jackson has given us this new path, and so I really think that he's going to

live a long and happy life.

All right. Thank you, Michelle. Thank you so much. My pleasure.

Let me know if you need anything from me, okay?

I will. Stay healthy.

Please stay healthy.

Take care. Bye.

Bye. Bye, Weasley. Thank you so much.

I mean, if I could ever say all's well that ends well, now would be that time.

Mr. Weasley is now set up for a nice, long, healthy life, and Karen has the

power of knowledge and now the ability to make things better for him.