Original subtitles

Something clicks and Bear just becomes vicious.

He'll sink his teeth in your hand. Out of nowhere.

This is one of the toughest cases I've ever seen.

I don't want to give up on him.

Sully scares people. I am bleeding already.

His claws come out.

Matt gets stressed out.

This is a punishment.

And then we end up arguing.

Sometimes I really feel torn between Matt and the cat.

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 guardian.

When relationships are at an end. Getting to the point where I feel

And cat guardians have reached their emotional limit. I want her out.

I'm their last hope.

You got scratched. It's because you got him in a pretty helpless position.

Cats have nine lives, but humans only have one. I can't believe this is the

cat.

I'm Johnny.

And we've been dating for a year.

I'm happier than I've been in any relationship.

So I would like to see this progress. And he could be the one. We don't argue

much. We get along.

And, you know, one of the few things that we actually ever do argue about is

cat. So if we could get that sorted out, we're set.

You're going crazy, Bear.

When I first brought Monkey and Bear home,

They're just cute little kittens and like to play and kind of roll around.

you know, monkey was just as playful as bear was.

They're cute little bundles of joy. And no, I didn't notice any bad

behavior. And it wasn't until probably about three or four months

later that I started noticing bear was a little more aggressive than monkey.

He'll sink his teeth in your hand. Out of nowhere.

And start kangarooing you with his back legs.

She showed me she had a little rash on her arm, and I said, oh, that looks like

ringworm. I freaked out.

And she freaked out. She said, no, no, it's not ringworm. And then it started

spreading. And so she went to the doctor, I think, and he said, oh, yeah,

ringworm.

He likes to claw on my chair.

Bear likes to chew laptop chargers.

Whoa, whoa.

Well, time to eat a new cord.

He's really crazy when guests come to the house.

I mean, he just, something clicks and he just becomes vicious.

Now he started attacking my poor Boston Terrier.

You know, I love my dog. He's my little baby, so.

The thought of him being scratched and mauled by her cat, I don't want to

him to that.

It was stressing her out. I was telling her, you need to just get rid of him.

And then that made me feel like he didn't love my cat, so it was just sort

like a sensitive issue between us.

You know, it'll stop us from spending the night together because I feel like I

need to take care of my cats and he doesn't want to bring his dog over to

cat attack his dog. So definitely has prevented us from spending as much time

together as we would like.

Getting to the point where I feel resentful of my cat because he is

the way of my relationship.

It's upsetting because I'm the one person that puts up with him, and then

you know.

Sorry, I'm getting so emotional.

I feel like I have sort of an obligation to him, but nobody else is going to

feel the same way that I do.

I mean, I give him to a pound.

If they don't adopt him out, then he has to be put down.

I don't want to give up on him.

When I meet a cat for the first time, I'm never sure what to expect.

But whether I'm dealing with hyperactivity or aggression, I'm always

help.

Hi. Hey, Hannah. I'm Jackson. Hi, nice to meet you. Come on in.

Jackson was definitely not what I expected when I opened the door. I don't

I was expecting tattoos and somebody who is so hip.

Self. Fair.

I understand it from what I know is that his aggression is... Pretty off the

charts, or it can be. Yeah.

He's unpredictable, yeah.

His big problem is when new people come into the house.

Well, I'm real excited about that.

Yeah, you're in for a treat.

He looks like a caged animal.

Claws and hisses and grunts at people who come over to the house that he

know. And to the point where you don't want to be within two or three feet of

him. You have to watch your feet. Because you're frightened that he's

scratch you.

Cats feed off human emotion, whether that be positive or negative. And all

stress and all this anxiety that Hannah and Johnny are bringing to the situation

is making Bear that much worse.

Has Bear always been a problem?

After he was neutered, his aggression levels went up and his playfulness

really go away.

Was he aggressive before the surgery? No, not like he's aggressive now.

So really, he got neutered and he got aggressive?

Well, because he was neutered twice.

They missed some tissue the first time around, so he was still producing

testosterone.

Two invasive surgeries like neutering would traumatize any cat, so it makes

sense that Bear's acting out.

It's a pretty extreme case.

And it's going to take a lot of effort, not just on my part, but on your part as

well. I'm willing to do whatever it takes. If you guys are ready to go, I

we can make a difference in his life and in your life.

So where is he right now?

He's in the bedroom, hiding.

Okay. I'm going to go in there and spend some one -on -one time with him, okay?

Okay. And I will be back in just a little bit. Okay, good luck. All right?

Careful. All right, don't worry about it. Watch your toes.

Sup, Mr. Bear?

Sup, Mr. Bear?

Hi,

buddy.

I felt that.

I don't know if I can say hi.

I know, I hear you, I hear you.

I hear you, I hear you.

Hi, Bubba.

Okay.

This is what we're going to do.

You got to let me see you.

The first thing I do with any aggressive cat is to make sure they don't see me

as a threat.

So I will back up, get them used to my voice and not my body.

I'll make myself as small as possible. I'll lay down.

I'll just try to make sure they know that there are a lot of threats out

but I'm not one of them.

Hello, Bubba.

If I soften my eyes and do a little bling, once they return that look to me,

I'm in.

Okay.

Oh, hi.

Hi, Bubba. By giving him something like food.

Oh, what is that?

It's something to make the room trustworthy with me in it, that he can

and say, ah, good things happen whenever there's a stranger in the room.

Yay, buddy.

You want some more?

Good boy.

Oh, hi.

You had to get me right in the meat, huh?

Bear attacked my hand because he was already in fight -or -flight. He was

cornered, and he felt like the whole world was out to get him. I wanted to

how far I could push this cat, and I found out.

So... How'd it go?

Well,

so far... Oh, God.

From my perspective, what I'm seeing is a body that is so tensed up from being

in fight -or -flight.

That the voice box, everything gets so stressed.

I got to tell you, I've never seen that before.

So that tells you how bad it is.

Right now he feels powerless.

That's the thing. I mean, he feels powerless and trapped.

He has no choice but to strike out. Do you know what I mean? Okay, so now what

I'd like to do is bring one of you guys back in the room with me. So whoever you

want that to be.

Definitely Hannah.

In devising my treatment plan for Bear, I really want to see how he interacts

with Hannah. So I'm going to bring her into the room and see how the two of

engage one another. Because that's a key component in how I'm going to move

forward with him.

Hi,

Bear. Oh,

hi. Hi,

Bear. Now try to get him all the way out.

The thing that we're doing is balancing comfort and challenge.

You know, one of the really great things that I'm seeing is that you have a

relationship with him that instantly brings out trust.

And here's another thing. Okay, now look. Watch the full body strokes with

Okay, okay.

That will tend to overstimulate him. Okay. You got to pay close attention to

cat's body language. That's how they talk to you. Every time they touch him

certain way, they're putting energy into him.

And without...

Having a constructive out for that energy, it just builds and builds. When

tail switches around, he's letting you know, energetically, I am like a balloon

ready to pop.

And sure enough, Bear got really overstimulated and back under the bed

a safe place where he could decompress.

How'd it go in there?

I just want to fill you in on some of the things that I saw in there. Bear is

confident cat when he doesn't feel cornered.

when he's not under something.

I want him to be up. I want to see Bear have access to vertical spaces.

This way he can observe people from a safe height.

He has confidence knowing that he can move around his space without being

threatened, without being trapped.

This way we can start introducing people, family, friends, strangers

him. beating up anybody in the process. I would love to see this room where he

can traverse up here and go around this room without touching the floor so that

when somebody walks in the house, he's up, he's looking around, he's saying...

You know, welcome.

You know what I mean?

He doesn't feel that need to run because there's escape routes everywhere and

there's places for him to go. So the next thing that we're going to do is

to work with the concept that in cats, a natural release is to hunt and kill

things. If they can't hunt and kill, when they wake up from their sleep

programmed to hunt and kill, they're going to hunt and kill something, you

and that's going to be your legs or your hands or your friends.

The first thing that I want to bring out is my favorite toy. Play is crucial.

We're programming his body to wake up, hunt something, hunt, catch, kill, eat,

right? We give him a meaty treat or meal, and then he's going to then move

the land of grooming, grooming, grooming, and I'm very languid, and I go

sleep. That's the life of a cat.

I want to see them playing.

And I want to see the energy siphoned off him in a constructive way. I want

to have an acceptable victim that he can beat up besides me and them and

strangers and family. All right.

So, we're all good to go?

I think we got our homework.

You got your homework. You got the plan laid out in front of you.

We will make him better.

He will make himself better.

More importantly. I'm leaving Hannah and Johnny with some serious homework this

week. First, I want them to get him off the ground. I want some vertical spaces

available for Bear.

Secondly, I want them to start playing with him and drain off that predatory

instinct in a creative way.

And third, I want them to watch their energy. Stop bringing all this

and negativity to the room, because he'll just take it and spit it back at

So I'm going to take my leave of you guys. It was great meeting you. Great to

meet you.

This is one of the toughest cases I've ever seen.

And really, if Hannah and Johnny don't follow through on the action plan I give

them, I don't give Bear a chance to succeed with them.

It's going to be interesting to see how Bear and Monkey respond to the homework.

I think it's all, you know, it's easy to say this is what you need to do, but to

actually put it into practice, that's going to be another thing. So we'll see.

And now it's time for a kitty bit.

Humans have 206 bones in our bodies. How many do cats have? 87, 189, or

244? Find out after the break.

Humans have 206 bones in our bodies. How many do cats have?

244 bones. And they can have up to 28 bones in their tails alone.

It's been a week since I last saw Hannah and Johnny.

I had them shoot some home video and email it to me so I can monitor their

progress when I wasn't around.

I'm really eager to talk to them about what I saw.

Hey. Hey. Come on in. How are you, Hannah? Good. How are you, Jackson? I'm

This must be Frankie. This is Frankie.

Hey, Frankie boy.

Hey, Frankie boy. Hi, Frankie.

What's up, Jackson? I'm rude. I say hi to Frankie first.

That's understandable.

How have things been, guys? Good. Pretty good.

There's been a few issues still, but we're getting there.

I'd love to go through what I saw, because I did see some great stuff from

guys. I also saw some stuff that we really need to work on. So the first

of course, is the perch. Now, the perch itself is done really well. The problem

is we don't have the top here, and the top's important.

So what I noticed is Bear coming up here, right? And then he would jump

And then he would jump here, which is fantastic.

And then nothing.

We've almost got it. Being able to circumnavigate this room without

floor, which is going to work great in terms of Frankie interactions as well.

Right. This is going to be his safe area. And so bang here, bang down on the

mantle. The significance of Bear taking the room, claiming the entertainment

center, the mantle, the top of the chair, can't be understated.

It shows confidence, and that leads us to the next step in the action plan.

I noticed you guys, with your playing, what I saw was a lot of hovering.

When you're doing this, I know he's down here right now, but when you're doing

this, you're bringing that energy to him, that kind of...

hunched clenched energy and the more you guys come in on him like this the

more you're encouraging him to stay exactly where he is to corner himself in

fear and once he's in fear like that all it's going to take is just a little

flip of someone's hand and he'll bite he'll scratch he'll do what he does now

here's what i want to try i'd like you to

Go on over to where Bear is right now. Okay. And show me how you would get his

attention. Okay.

Hi, Bear.

Hi,

Bear.

Hi, Bear.

Okay. Where's Monkey?

She's right in this cabinet.

Bring her out and put her on the perch for me.

Hi, Baby Bear. You're horrible.

The energy you bring to her, we need to bring to Bear, which is, I trust you.

I'm scared because I don't trust him.

It was great that we had an example to show Hannah. Listen, this is the energy

you bring to Monkey.

Present, vibrant, allowing.

Bring Monkey's energy to Bear, and I'm sure that you're going to get a lot less

of the violence than you get now.

I just want to see if you can bring him into your lab.

Now into your lap and see how, remember, now be conscious of how much you're

putting into them. Okay. There you go, cheeks.

Yeah, he loves cheeks.

Cheeks.

Looking good.

A cat secretes pheromones from their cheek area as well as from between their

eyes and their chin. So when you pet them right like this, they're getting

smell all over you. It gives them confidence when they smell your hand.

why they love it so much.

I wish that Bear was like that more often, but I guess it's just going to

little bit of time.

There he goes.

All right. Thank you so much, Jackson. You're welcome.

I really hope that Hannah and Johnny are going to work this action plan, because

let me tell you something. If they don't work this action plan, Bear's going to

work them, and it's over.

What I'm hoping to see today is Bear on his perch, relieved a little bit of his

aggressive tendencies.

What's up, Hannah? Hey, Jackson, how are you? I'm great, man. How are you doing?

I'm pretty good.

I am absolutely dunned and over the moon.

That's his new favorite place up there.

This is exactly what I was hoping for. Bear is on top of the cabinet now. He's

relaxed. He's confident.

Most importantly, he's owning the room.

You didn't get to see this side of him before. No, I've never seen this side of

him. Plus, when he's up there like that and he's up here and he's more relaxed,

then my dog, Frankie, can be more relaxed, too. He is just learning right

that life can be led without hypervigilance. I just can't believe

who was under the bed when I first came over, who really beat my hand up, is

the same cat exposing his belly to me?

And giving me lovey eyes, I'm pretty blown away.

That is all we wanted to show him. That's all I wanted to show him.

We had some people over the other night, some friends and family, and we caught

some of it on camera.

Did you really? Yeah, and there was actually some improvements.

Good. Can I see it? Sure.

And how many people were over?

I had my mom and my two sisters and my stepdad and Johnny. And me.

And Frank. And Frank. And Frank.

To see him lying on his back like that, surrounded by people, basically saying

to all of you, I'm vulnerable to you, which is what that universal cat body

language means, to expose their midline, is astounding.

I am absolutely over the moon about Hannah's progress with Bear, about her

energetic approach to him.

But now I want to see how she can do with play.

Yeah.

Good boy. Good boy.

Now that he can circumnavigate the room, he has no reason to feel trapped or

threatened anymore.

His confidence is back, and now we can all see that playful cat that Hannah

remembers. I mean, this is amazing because Frankie is sitting right here.

Doesn't even care. No. And there's really nothing that can bother him right

and Frankie's not going to get in his way.

I really think this has been a positive experience.

We've spent a lot more time together.

Johnny will stay without having to pack up his bags and leave.

This is why I love what I do. To take a cat who most would think is a lost cause

and totally turn his life around.

Over here, babe.

Jackson taught me how to speak cat, so I feel like I can actually read his body

language and better anticipate what he's going to do so I know how to react to

bear.

This is a punishment.

All right, so really this is...

Just no good.

It would be like giving up a child. I know it sounds crazy. They're my cats,

they're my family.

Lulu.

I'm Amanda.

And I'm Matt.

And we've been dating for three years now, and we're engaged.

I had the cats for about a year before I started dating Matt, so we were already

a little family unit.

I told him as soon as we started dating, and I found out that he wasn't really a

cat person, they were here first. It never comes down to you or the cat.

She said that within the first, I would say, two weeks or three weeks of dating.

I was like, I'm not really a cat person. She was like, they were here first.

He can never say that I didn't warn him.

They're a package deal.

I adopted Lulu and Sully about four years ago.

They were rescue kitties. So we thought Lulu was about three months old and

Sully was about five months old when I got them.

The rescue group put both of them in my arms and I held them and I started

crying.

And that's how I ended up with both of them.

I have never been a cat person.

I always grew up with dogs.

Not only did I not ever have cats, I never got along well with cats.

If it didn't make her sad, I would trade these two cats for the smallest, most

annoying dog instantly. It would be like a great trade. I would be trading up to

get an annoying dog versus these two cats.

Kiss me.

See those two glowing, beady little eyes?

That's Lulu.

Trying to come in the bedroom.

Neither of the cats are allowed in the bedroom. And at night, we close the door

because Lulu will meow for about five or ten minutes. Then she sticks her hand

under the door, jiggles the door, and headbutts it.

Lulu keeps pushing and crying to come in.

Do you hear that?

And I...

Lulu.

Max tried everything that's, like, turned to her and put her away and in

bathroom, locked her up in solitary, done everything he can think of, like a

dog. He tries to discipline her like a dog, and it doesn't work.

This is a punishment for waking me up.

Belly is a very different cat than Lulu. He's much more shy. He's much more

skittish. Belly scares easily.

And he can't help it. His claws come out.

I literally go...

And that's enough to scare him to the point where, like, draws blood.

He scratched me right there.

There's not a day that goes by that we don't have to deal with the cats.

And it's every day that Matt gets stressed out, and then we end up

Sometimes I really feel torn between Matt and the cats, and it's very

frustrating, and it's very confusing.

I couldn't bear the thought of having Sully or Lulu.

not with me or not taking care of them. I just could not handle that. Like

there's just no way that I would be able to put myself through that.

It would be like giving up a child. I know it sounds crazy. They're my cats,

I love them. They're pets, but they're my family.

Cats are just like people. No two are exactly alike.

And it's my job to figure out what each feline needs.

Hi, I'm Amanda.

Hey man, I'm Jackson.

Come on in.

Thank you very much for coming. Oh, you're absolutely welcome.

Jackson is totally not what I expected.

I don't know that I had any preconceived notions, but when Jackson walked

through the door, that's not what I would have preconceived.

So tell me a story. What's up?

You want two cats?

Oh, you don't like the cats?

No.

And... They're my cats. I love them. I brought them into the relationship.

Ever since we moved in, they've had a lot of problem behaviors that have

to come out.

Lulu cries outside our door at night for attention constantly, like every night,

and wakes him up in particular.

Sully's got issues, too, but... Oh, okay.

Sully's sitting off in the corner going... Sully's main issue is he is

skittish. He spooks really easily, and he's got a huge fight or flight, so

anytime he gets scared, he just claws through whatever's in his way so he can

get out of whatever he perceives as dangerous. I think in this household,

dealing with a mixture of both human and animal issues. The animal issues are

very easily approached.

Cats predate you, and you don't like the cats.

The human issue is a little more complex because I'm trying to teach somebody to

appreciate cats who honestly doesn't.

So, now that I got to know you guys, I'd really like to get to know the cats.

Where are they?

On a little ground.

That'd be great.

After hearing how crazy Lulu drives Matt and Amanda, I'm pretty eager to meet

her for myself.

Lulu! Come on, Lulu!

Hi, little girl. Hi, Lulu. Hello, Lulu.

Hi. Lulu made a beeline for Amanda and I, and it's obvious that she demands a

lot of attention, even from a stranger like me.

So where's Mr. Sully at?

Sully is in one of his hiding places, one of his actual, his newer hiding

places. He's in his litter box.

I think he realized that we won't actually go in after him if he's in the

box.

Whenever we have guests over or people are in the house, Sully is nowhere to be

found. He always hides. He's very timid. He won't come up and approach people.

Hi, Bubba.

Okay.

All right, so really this is just no good.

Of all the hiding places in your house, I really don't want him in the litter

box. There's that...

confidence -deflating vibe of sitting in your own poop. You know, there's just

something. For me and my background of working in shelters, the cats that I

would immediately gravitate and work with are the ones that were sitting in

their box all day because the stress had gotten to them so much. They're

surrounding themselves with their own smell.

With cats like Sully, they need to know that I'm not a threat, that I can be

trusted. I can't just go to Sully. I need to let Sully...

Come to me.

Hi, Sully.

Hi,

Sully boy.

He's coming out.

Good boy.

Hi.

Good boy. Good boy.

Good Sully.

Good Sully.

Oh, you so badly want to come over here, don't you?

Hi, Bubba.

That's amazing. He never lets new people, especially guys, do that.

Pretty incredible.

Come to me.

Good boy.

Hi, buddy boy.

Hi.

It just blew my mind that Jackson was able to get Sully not only up and out of

hiding spaces, but in his lap at one point.

When I assess cat, I immediately go to see if they're either bush dwellers or

tree dwellers. Bush dwellers, to me, demonstrate a distinct lack of

a lack of belonging to the world.

And I want Sully, who is a bush dweller, to belong to the world, to come up to

us and demonstrate that he wants to own the world. And the windowsill

above the litter box is the perfect place for him to be up.

If we can get him up on that windowsill and have something up there that smells

like him, as opposed to the comfort he's finding from being surrounded by his

own stink, as opposed to smell.

This is my scent. This is my stink.

So I'd rather him be with scent than stink. The other thing I'd like to see

guys do is pull the lid off that box.

The more open it is, the less of a ready escape it is for him, and he'll search

out someplace a little more.

acceptable to all of us.

Now it's time for me to turn my attention to Lulu's problems.

Out of both the cats, I think Lulu is the worst, and she's definitely the one

that I have the most issue with. She's not allowed in the bedroom. At night, we

keep the door closed, but she wakes me up. Is there hiding spaces that I need

know about?

Is there... No, because this is a no -kidding zone. There's no cats in here.

wanted, like, a safe haven. I wanted something that I could go and be away

the cats.

Not allowing them in here is territorially a big blow.

That's why she wants in. She doesn't want in just because she wants to make

noise or just because she wants a reaction from you. This is a sacred

them, scent is most everything.

They identify the security of territory through scent. Because the bedroom is

the most scent -heavy area of the whole house, cats are really going to want to

mark that area with their scent as well. My perfect world involves cats being in

here. I'll be honest.

I like the fact that...

There's an area that is cat -free.

Okay. There's certain things we can work with.

Normally, I am never okay with closing off rooms to cats, but if that's what it

takes to get Matt to focus on Lulu's positive qualities, then that is a

compromise that I'm willing to make.

So our last little tool involves a two -step procedure.

There's a tool that I really like to use. It's a motion -activated air

and I use it as a learning device, not as a punishment.

We're going to put it right here.

and it's going to stay on.

So all it does when the electric eye picks it up, it blasts out some air. In

Lulu's case, what we want to say is that every time you approach that bedroom

door, you're going to get blasted with air. It should come right about to here,

and there it goes.

Okay, cool.

I'm going to try to lure her over.

Hello. Hello.

Hello there.

I can't wait.

For the purpose of training, I can't wait. There you go.

The air blaster is awesome.

You're going to see that the next time she comes up to the door, the third time

or the fourth time, there's going to be a wariness of the can itself.

And then she's going to learn to just avoid this area altogether.

I'm leaving Matt and Amanda with some serious homework this week.

First... I need to sell these hiding spots gone, and that includes that

box. No more lids on the litter boxes, and move them to the middle of the

Second, we need to guide him up to more vertical spaces like windowsills to make

him feel more secure in the world. And third, we need to get them trained on

that motion -activated air blaster and get Lulu to know that that bedroom door

is off -limits.

We'll check in in a week.

Please make sure that you stay on top of your action plan. Call me with any

snags at all, okay? Great. I really hope that when I come back, I see Matt

taking full ownership of his relationship with these cats because

to make the biggest difference moving forward.

It's been a week since I last saw Matt and Amanda, but I had them shoot some

home video and email it to me so I could keep track of what was going on when I

wasn't around.

After seeing the home video, there's a lot I have to talk to these guys about.

Hey! Hey, Amanda. Good to see you coming in. How are you? Good.

Good to see you. Welcome back. How are you, man? Nice to see you again.

I spent a whole bunch of time watching some tapes.

Have you found that as the activated blaster is there, that she's going up

and less?

Yeah, with the air blaster, he did not. So you're getting the concept now of

what training entails.

That's great news.

Yay. Good. You both have a tendency, you hold these guys wrong.

You kind of hold them like babies on their back.

So obviously it's Sully that we want to deal with with this holding posture. So

Matt, I'm going to have you pick up Sully.

Come here, little guy.

There you go.

I just told Matt not to hold Sully like a baby. He's just asking to be

scratched.

Relax, relax, relax. There we go.

He immediately says, that's it, it's over.

I'm going to pick you up, and I'm going to hold you the way I like holding.

So a few things that I'm doing right now.

I'm giving him a sense of being grounded.

Good boy.

And...

His paws are free, but he's close to my chest.

But he's a good boy.

And now, you see his tail?

Turn the flap just a little bit.

So we had our little moment.

And our moment's over.

A cat's tail wagging is a sure sign of discontent. It may start as a flick, but

once it graduates to a wag, it's like the cat's screaming at you. I've had

enough. Leave me alone. So walk away.

I really liked what you did with the kiddies. So it really made me happy to

this vertical space that he owned and the litter box.

Great work.

Is he hiding in it anymore?

No, he hasn't hid in it since we moved it out. These guys didn't even think

twice. They moved the litter box into the middle of the room and took the lid

off. Because they didn't resist, the results were immediate.

Sully just stopped hiding in the box.

Eventually, he'll get to a place of sustained confidence, and they'll be

take the litter box out from the center of the room. Let's take a moment and

have our moment of gratitude here.

Because seriously, what I walked in here two minutes ago.

He is peaceful. I thought it was absolutely amazing to walk into this

today and to see Sully up on the couch.

Flashback to a week ago when this cat was hiding in a litter box, making a

for himself and becoming as invisible as he possibly could. And this week he's

out and about.

That's a miraculous change.

So now we get to do something fun because it's all about you, Matt. What

going to do is we're going to put this harness on her.

And we're going to do this because eventually we're going to take her for a

walk.

There are two really important reasons why I'd like to see Matt walk Lulu on a

harness. First, it's a great way to get her crazy energy out and give her the

attention she's starving for.

Second, and more importantly, it's a great way to build a bond between the

of them.

It's not a dog.

I mean, if you walk a dog every day, it gets a little routine and boring, too.

These guys, never a dull moment.

Let's try now.

To see if she'll walk with me.

This is so awesome. I really hope this works. I really hope we get that. I

see any reason why it wouldn't work. Come on.

Come on.

Come to me.

There's peace.

Good girl.

Get up, Lou.

She is working on it. There she goes.

How many, when you say five -minute sessions, is that one session a day or

that a couple sessions a day? You can do as many times a day as you want to.

It's not a punishment. It's an activity.

Right. Walking Lulu on a harness is not about giving Matt his wish of having a

dog. Lulu's not a dog.

It's about the same concept, though, of walking a dog that'll allow him to

recognize that he is, at heart, a cat person.

So, Matt, don't you like cats better?

I'm disliking them less.

I now understand why he does this and why she's acting this way.

And I feel like you tried a lot more this week. Like, you were pulling out

chairs so that they have more open spaces. Like, I feel like you started to

an effort with them, which is so nice. I did, and I don't know. Maybe I don't

know exactly why, but I do feel like I have more of a motivation now. What I

was investment.

It's not about investment in outcome.

It's investment in living, breathing beings sitting next to you that you want

protect. I saw that. So, that's all I got today.

If you've got any questions, you guys know where to find me.

All right? Great. Jackson, thanks so much.

Absolutely.

I know you're not totally in love with the kitties yet, but I feel like he's

getting there. He will be by the end of this. I feel like he will be, and that's

nice. Maybe.

We'll see you in a bit. All right. Bye -bye. Thanks, Jackson.

Now that we're establishing growth and seeing change in Lulu and Sully's

behavior, I'm beginning to see the light come on in Matt's eyes.

When I visit Matt and Amanda's home today, I'm really hoping to see not only

resolution of the behavior problems with Lulu and Sully, but also I want to see

Matt bonding with these cats.

Good girl!

Good girl. Good girl. You're so rough.

Hey, Jackson. Hey, guys. Hi.

This is a whole new world to her out here.

We had fun around the apartment at first, getting her used to the harness,

then getting her used to the leash, and now she's starting to learn what outside

is. I love this.

Matt, how are you feeling walking the cat?

It is pretty cool because I know that she's enjoying it, and I didn't think it

was going to go this well, so it's kind of fun.

And I'm really happy to see her progress, so great work, guys. And now I

check in with Sully.

Let's go on inside.

Okay. Come on, Lou.

Oh, my.

Look at that.

Walking into the house and the first thing I see is Sully sitting up on his

perch gave me a feeling of immense satisfaction.

Here was a cat that the first time I visited was hiding in his litter box.

And here he is owning his space.

and saying, come on in. Really, it was amazing.

We've really noticed that he doesn't go to any of his old hiding spots anymore.

He's really just taken to the new pieces that we put in. He's been on this hill.

He's been on this hill.

He's finding new up places. We haven't seen him down in a while.

Kelly is no longer a bush dweller. He's a tree dweller, full of confidence.

I am so proud of him. You never get to sleep.

Tell me how that's working for you.

It's really like a night and day change. I'm sleeping through the night, which

gives me a lot of more patience so that I can deal with shelves and playing with

them and mouses and stuff. The fact that these guys now have a world to explore,

walks to take, that structure that they thrive on, that's why she's doing what

she's doing right now. The level that you've embraced this is just amazing.

I have to show off a little bit.

Okay. High five. Go ahead.

Good girl.

Good girl.

She's a natural.

Good girl.

Amazing. Amazing.

You became a cat guy. Congratulations.

If I had a little pin to put on you, I'm a cat guy.

Punish you and make you walk around the neighborhood.

I think the pin is enough of him walking with a pink leash. Yeah, the pink

leash.

That's your pin.

Hey, guys, here are my cats.

I said my cat.

I said my cat.

Congratulations again.

Very nice.

There we go.

I have such a great relationship with the cats. I really feel like we bonded.

That's like the last thing that Amanda and I needed to really have like a

just completely 100 % great relationship. You guys did fantastic.

need me, okay? You have one of those moments where it's like, oh, I didn't

I could love you more until I come home and I see what he's built for the cats

and then he's playing with something else that I love very much, my cat.

I give him so much credit for putting his ego to the side.

And for the love of his fiancé to say, I'll give this a try.

And what he found out along the way was that he actually was a cat guy. Bye,

Jackson. Take care. Bye -bye.

Are you ruled by your cat? Want to learn my ways? Check out AnimalPlanet .com

slash cat people.