All language subtitles for My.Cat.from.Hell.S2E05

The boss is attacking me every single
night.

Justin thinks it's funny.

Because it is funny. That's hilarious.

That's actual paint.

You're like, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

We have two cats, Pepper and Olive.

Olive is like all murder all the time.

It just makes me really sad.

I'm Jackson Galaxy.

I'm a musician by night and a cat
behaviorist by day.

I've met cats with all kinds of
problems.

But I've never met one I couldn't help.

Oh, hello. In my career, I've worked
with thousands of cats one -on -one,

analyzing their behaviors and retraining
them and their guardians.

When relationships are at an end... I
don't have many more options than to

leave. ...and pet guardians have reached
their emotional limit... Just get rid

of her. ...I'm their last hope.

Are you all right?

Sorry, I don't know. Cats have nine
lives, but humans only have one.

I get calls from cat guardians all over
the country looking for help. This time,

I'm on the East Coast to help out some
desperate couples who've run out of

options with their cats.

I'm going over right now to see Justin,
Suzanne, and their Bengal cat, Mufasa.

Mufasa loves Justin, hates Suzanne.

No!

I've got to restore some balance to this
house, that's why I'm going over right

now.

I'm Justin. I'm Suzanne.

We've been dating for three years now.
We just moved in together, and we live

here in New York.

We have a Bengal cat named Mufasa. He's
two years old. He was an anniversary

gift for Suzanne.

Because I am an awesome boyfriend.

It was great. You know, she loved him.
We loved him.

You started attacking me.

Every night, his tail gets...

Really puffy. He crouches down, and then
I know I'm in for it.

Mind you, he doesn't do it to me.

Hey, buddy.

Just hanging out.

He thinks it's funny. Because it is
funny. That's hilarious.

It's rude, but he just laughs at it.

It's a shame because if it wasn't for...

The arguments over Mufasa, I feel like
we'd be a lot happier.

Our situation's pretty bad. I

mean, you know, he's attacking her, he's
peeing on the floor.

He attacks other animals, and we'd be
arguing a whole lot less if it wasn't

Mufasa. Any animal, this is the jack.

I feel like sometimes we can't focus on
our relationship and just having fun

with each other because we're worrying
about what the cat's going to do. So I'm

hoping Jackson can fix this situation
because I don't want to get rid of

and I don't want it to escalate to the
point where we feel like we have to.

Hey. Oh.

Jackson. What's going on, Justin?

Yeah, Justin. Hey, Justin. Hi.

Hey. How you doing? Please take a seat.
Okay, I will.

Bufasa, you've met your match.

Hopefully. All right, so tell me, why am
I here?

Well, basically, around 8 o 'clock every
night, he literally circles me like a

shark. Then he attacks me, and it's only
me. It's like, almost like clockwork.

Have the attacks been bad?

Yeah, and it really hurts.

And Justin thinks it's funny, but if it
happened to him, it wouldn't be funny

anymore. So, it happens to you, you get
attacked, you're like, ow, ow, ow, and

you're laughing?

I can't believe that Justin would laugh
while Suzanne's getting all ripped up. I

don't even know where to take that. It's
frustrating because there are days

where he's not at work and all I ask him
to do is play with Mufasa. So that way

when I come home, he won't attack me.
But when I do come home... I can

tell whether or not Justin played with
him.

I do play with him, but she doesn't like
the way I play with him. You know,

like, I'll get on the ground like I'm a
cat, and we'll just be, like, kind of

wrestling around a little bit. And he
likes it. He enjoys it.

Mufasa's a Bengal, which means he has a
lot more energy than other cats.

So, playing rough with your hands the
way Justin does not only overstimulates

this Bengal, but teaches him that it's
okay to attack.

That's why it's important to use
interactive cat toys instead.

Now... My problem with Mufasa is he's
got a pee problem, and he's doing it

by the dining room table. And it's just,
it's really, it's a huge annoyance. So

now it starts affecting you a little
bit. Yeah. Good.

No, and I always say that because now
we've got equal investment.

Anything else I need to know before we
get started?

Well, Mufasa attacks other cats or dogs.

He attacks dogs. A lot of my neighbors
have dogs. He actually attacked a... A

Rottweiler. You are so lucky that that
cat's alive because that's a second, and

that cat is in that dog's mouth. That's
incredible.

We're dealing with an extremely
aggressive cat, so it's actually a

thing that I came here because I don't
know how long he would have survived if

he didn't get some help. So the next
thing we do is start walking me around

fossil territory so we can put a picture
together, okay?

All right. Now let's do it.

This is actually his pee spot. He pees
right here, right here, and that wire.

Okay. Now, over here, he would just hang
out, right? This is a prime hangout

spot. Not as much as this one. And speak
of the devil. Yeah. So he just sits

there and he hangs out and watches the
world go by. Ooh, what's that about?

Did you see that? Yeah. It looked like
he got scared of something. Of

We got to know what's going on in your
neighborhood, and I think it's a really

important component. After seeing
Mufasa's urine pattern and seeing him

at the window, I think it's safe to say
this is a territorial problem. This is

Mufasa saying to something outside, hey,
this is my space here. So, bedroom.

Justin, let's see what you do with him.

Oh, I kind of tussle with him? Yeah. I'm
usually on the floor.

Let's see.

Come on.

I mean, how could you not feel bad for
Suzanne? I mean, there's Justin just

riling this cat up, and he's just got
this disconnect. He doesn't get it. And

Suzanne is sitting there in fear,
waiting to get all beat up. And you feel

for her because, you know, she's right.
I want to see you play the way you

normally do. And you just come out just
like you do in your normal play.

Nice.

He loves, loves, loves this.

He'll chase it anywhere.

Whoa, nice one. At some point, put the
toy away.

Let's see what happens if you just take
it away while he's in mid -crazy.

Okay.

He's ready to attack me. Oh, he's ready.

Oh, my God.

Oh, no, he's coming.

I'm really scared, though.

It really hurts when he does it.

You're a little... Are you all right?
Sorry, I don't know.

As Suzanne was being attacked, I could
see for the first time all day that

Justin maybe had a little sympathy for
her. She's genuinely scared, and maybe

he's finally understanding that this
isn't a joke.

Okay, saw a lot of stuff today.

Now, territorially, he's highly
threatened, and that's what we're seeing

here in this wall. The pee...

Clearly. Not only are we seeing
territorial aggression, we're also

Bengal play energy.

I think that the attacks can be
prevented, but he is the work that

to do with him has to happen every day.

Every day. All right? So you guys ready
for homework?

Yeah. All right. For your part of play,
no more hands. I know you love it, but

you're teaching Mufasa to attack.

So I would like you to start exploring
how to train a cat. The way I want you

start exploring it is, I want you to
take that window seat over there, and I

want you to get him on that window seat.

Get him up there. Treat.

Great. Get him down again.

Up and then down.

Okay? Repeat.

Okay. The next part is every day he goes
for a walk outside.

Every single day.

The last part of this is you adopted a
hybrid cat. He is conditioned to do one

thing. He wakes up, and he goes hunt,
catch, kill, eat.

So you get home. Toy comes out. Play,
play, play.

When he's done, that goes away, and I
want you to find something to feed him

then. It's the only chance that you have
to be in control of the situation.

So there's a lot of stuff to do. This is
the hard work right now, okay?

Jackson gave us some tools to help
Mufasa, but I'm just worried that it's

to be temporary.

I'll be back soon, and we'll pick it up
again, okay?

All right, great. I don't feel great
leaving this couple.

I mean, this is a cat with a lot of
issues, and based on the tension I'm

between the two of them, I just don't
see them being able to fix this problem.

mean, I hope I'm wrong.

Be good.

I'm going in for my second visit with
Justin, Suzanne, and their silver Bengal

Mufasa. The last time I was here,
Suzanne was... running around the room

screaming because Mufasa was trying to
attack her. Even if we have just a

bit of progress on that front, we have
something to work with. But I have no

idea what to expect.

What's going on, dude?

Oh, not much. How you doing?

Hi, how are you?

Now, you've got to remember, Mufasa's a
Bengal.

If you thought it was hard enough to get
just a normal domestic cat to do what

you wanted them to do, try doing it with
a Bengal. I came back here for good

news. Give me something. How have things
been? Things have been really good.

Mufasa, we've seen some good stuff.

Some other stuff has to change. Some
other stuff?

Let's just start with the good stuff. I
mean, what are you noticing?

He doesn't attack me as often. How many
attacks have you had?

I would say two or three. So it's
gotten, like, significantly better.

nice. I like that. And a lot of it is
that Justin, I feel like, has been doing

his part.

Oh, that's fantastic.

Yeah. The last time I was here, Justin
was kind of laughing this all off. So I

was actually pretty surprised that
Justin came around the way he did. What

heard is fantastic.

What I want to go over with you guys is
your video homework.

Okay. Let's watch.

There it is. Nice little puddle he left
for me to clean up this morning.

Repeat. He definitely repeats.

For the second time today, not good
enough.

The imposter's been working the up
-downs and, you know, a little treat. I

that's a turkey.

Up.

Now sit.

Sit.

Sit. There we go. There we go. Get down.
Sit.

There we go, buddy. He's responded very
well.

Good. Amazing.

I took him fast outside for his walk,
just enjoying a taste of the great

outdoors.

Okay, I was really impressed with what I
saw there. I definitely see you guys

taking appropriate control of the
situation.

Justin's fantastic. You're working with
him so that he's not going to turn

around. and chomp her so that's that's
fantastic i love seeing that now the

thing's not so great on there obviously
we still got pee on the floor so we'll

focus in on that today as glad as i am
that suzanne's not getting attacked

anymore it was a little disheartening to
know that he was still peeing by the

wall there's got to be a reason and i'm
here to find out what that reason is

what i want to do is uh i want to go for
a walk you guys been on a walk ready

today no all right I want to see it. I
wanted to take a walk with Mufasa

I believe that his peeing problem is
territorial.

So I wanted to get out there with him,
see firsthand what's causing it, and

solve it. Let's follow. Let's see where
he's going.

You see how he goes right under the
window?

Yeah. Right?

This is beginning to make that
connection.

The thing is, the more he gets out here,
he gets out here every day, this world

belongs to him. And he's going to own
this just as assuredly as he owns your

home. This is about territory.

This is about ownership. If he feels
like he doesn't own the home range,

just go back to his room and write his
name all over the room. That's what we

don't want.

Here we go.

Wow. Look at the size of you.

Let's keep moving with him. Let him go
where he wants to go. We're going to

cool for a second. We timed this.

We took this walk. We went down towards
the corner down there, and this enormous

cat was just sitting there just like
Fatty the Doorman.

And I think that these cats are the
reason why Mufasa is insecure.

So now he's coming up to see what's the
rub over here. Let's do a quick check

-in here.

How are you feeling?

I don't know what to do at this point. I
see him sneaking around, and it makes

me nervous that he's going to...

I don't know. Try something.

This is when I try to, like, pull him
away, but... We're going to stay cool

a second.

Suzanne is either expecting Mufasa to
instigate an attack or the other two

to instigate an attack on him.

She's seen aggressive behavior before,
but Mufasa needs to be challenged just a

little bit.

Let's just keep coming.

I mean, I just want to do what he wants.
Oh, there.

Oh, there we go.

Right? I want to see him watch that.

Because this is what I want him to do.

Urine marking between cats is
communication in the absence of a verbal

Because Mufasa is strictly an indoor
cat, he's not getting a lot of time with

outdoor cats. So he's missing crucial
cat social skills. That's why Justin and

Suzanne have to get him out here marking
these bushes just like the other cats.

Then he won't feel the need to mark
inside the house.

Let's bring it back to what's going on
in your house. There's a gap in his cat

speak where this boy over here knows.

You know, if I feel like I've got to own
something because you guys just walked

up to my front door, I'm just going to
give it a little squirt, and now I know.

The more he watches it happen, he'll do
it. This is learning language.

Jackson pointed out that this was a
great first step.

Once he starts peeing outside on the
bushes as opposed to our floor, then

off the hook.

So, I want to get to the homework that
you guys have. The first part is going

be the practical part.

That walk happens every single day. It
is so important that he goes out there,

watches those two boys, and learns that
missing piece of his vocabulary, right?

So the walk has to happen every day. The
playing, you continue. Just keep it up.

Now, wondering what this is?

Very much so. Basically, I started you
working on something last week.

Well,

we're going to start working on today.

is I'm going to have you guys construct
a cat agility course.

Bengals are so well suited for this
because, remember, their energy level is

high, and you get to just get that into
a funnel and get him doing things. So

let's grab our cones.

Let me show you. Come on over here.

Bengals are built for cat agility
courses because their prey drive is

high, and that means they have a lot of
energy to expend. So they'll keep doing

it over and over and over again, trying
to learn the lesson. So we're going to

go around here.

Figure eight.

And then the next thing, we're going to
lead him here. Up here, he follows me.

Oh, hello.

And then he's going to follow me over
here. The reason I was called here, all

the way from Los Angeles, was because
Mufasa was really putting a licking on

poor Suzanne.

So basically, the whole point of
teaching this cat agility course is to

to exhaust this cat. Now, I want you
guys to include hoops, tunnels, and

But the whole thing is going to be
homemade.

I really want you guys to do this
without spending any money on stuff, all

right? The only way Mufasa is going to
get any better is if both Justin and

Suzanne do their homework.

Hey, if not, this cat's going to go back
to the way he was, peeing all over the

house and attacking Suzanne, and that is
no way to live. I will see you in just

a few weeks.

I expect to see this done, man. I want
to see Mufasa complete this agility

course in under three minutes.

That's your challenge.

And now it's time for a kitty bit.

The Bengal is a hybrid breed of cat
formed by the cross of a domestic feline

which wild cat?

A, a lynx, B, an Asian leopard cat, or
C, an ocelot?

Find out after the break.

Bengal is a hybrid breed of cat formed
by the cross of a domestic feline and

which wild cat?

The answer is B, an Asian leopard cat.

Asian leopard cats are about the size of
a domestic cat, but more slender, with

longer legs and well -defined webs
between the toes to facilitate swimming

negotiating slippery riverbanks.

I'm on my way to go see Justin, Suzanne,
and Mufasa for our last visit. Now, the

first time I met Mufasa, he was more
than just a handful. He was attacking

Suzanne on a regular basis. He was
peeing all over their house and

their relationship.

Jetson. Hey there.

What's going on, dude?

I just want to see a resolution to the
point where Mufasa's energy is more

contained, more focused, and he's owning
the world outside so that he doesn't

have to pee in that house anymore. So I
fly all the way from California. You

better have good news for me.

Oh, well, we do have good news for you.
Good, good, good. Tell me all about it.

Well, for one, he's not peeing. He's not
peeing at all?

No. Yeah, he's out of the box and swim.

I think the last time you were here.

That's it?

Pretty much.

Wow. All right, then. Yeah, I take him
outside. Now he's peeing on the grass.

Look, he's peeing outside.

Take the steps in the right direction.

That is so amazing.

Okay. You know, he's good with that.
He's, you know, playing nice with the

cats outside.

He's lovable and he's just hanging out.
He seems like just chilled out, which is

just awesome. Very nice, man.

Has he attacked you? He does not attack
me at all anymore.

I didn't think that would ever happen.

Now that is amazing because it's only
been a few weeks.

So cool.

The first time I met Justin and Suzanne,
Suzanne was getting attacked

constantly. She's not anymore. She
hasn't in quite a while. Why is that?

because Mufasa's natural energy is being
drained off in a very coherent, laser

-like way, and that means he's not
taking it out on Suzanne.

So, finally, you got the cat agility
course.

I want to see you guys do it. I want to
see all the things that you put together

and how Mufasa gets through it, okay?
Okay. Come on, let's do it.

We're nervous to show Jackson the cat
agility course because it's not as easy

we thought it would be. And we don't
want Jackson to be disappointed because

did so well the first time around. And I
just don't know if the final product is

what he expects.

We'll see.

Now, I have a timer. You've got to come
in under the three -minute mark.

Okay. So you tell me when to start.

Okay. Sit and go.

And we're off. Come on.

Good kitty.

Nice jump. Good kitty. Nice jump.

See how he's got the head up? Beautiful,
beautiful.

Good animal. Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Good kitty.

Oh, my God. You're doing so good.

Nice, nice, nice.

Let's see the jump.

Yeah.

Through the tunnel. Through the tunnel.
And stop.

You guys broke a minute on that one.

We came in at 47 seconds, which is
amazing. And now we do our idle dance

I'm really scared to go. There we go.
That was amazing, man. That was actually

an amazing course. I love the setup.
That was an amazing little piece of work

there. Congratulations.

I was very proud of Mufasa and us for
being able to do that. First of all.

You guys are not the same two people
that I met. I want to give you every

of props because, you know, you made my
trip worthwhile. I'm so glad.

And for you, Justin, I mean, I am
incredibly impressed with your taking

and saying, what can I do, not just for
this cat that I brought in that I love,

but for the woman that I love. So that's
pretty amazing.

Well, I mean, you ignited the fire back
in us to really, you know, get to where

we needed to be.

Mufasa is the extension of our
relationship.

And, you know, he's strong, we're
strong.

Right on. The couple who was at each
other's throats about their cat, who was

unconfident that he paced back and forth
peeing on things, attacking his people.

not part of the picture anymore because
these guys loved him enough that they

said, we're putting everything else on
hold and every single day we're going to

work with you because we love and
appreciate you. I love and appreciate

guys because of what they've done. Take
care of each other.

Take care of the boy, okay?

We adopted Pepper and Olive.

We haven't been able to leave them
together for more than about 10 minutes.

Olive does not want Pepper in her home.

She is, like, all murder all the time.

Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh,
my God.

Well, it's still in New York, so I'm
heading over to see Mike and Emily here

right off Times Square. They've got a
cat named Olive who's trying to kill

other cat, Pepper.

So I got to get over there right now.

I'm Mike. I'm Emily.

We live together in New York City. We've
been together for three years. Mike and

I met through mutual friends.

Everything's been pretty easy for us so
far, minus the cat stuff.

And we are about to get married.

About a year and a half ago, we adopted
two cats, Pepper and Olive.

They're both incredibly sweet and loving
to us, but we haven't really been able

to leave them in the same room together
for more than about 10 minutes.

Olive is the instigator.

She very clearly does not want Pepper in
her home.

Every time she sees her, she tries to
attack her and kill her.

Once she has her eyes set on her, she is
like all murder all the time.

We have absolutely no idea what else to
do. I'm worried that this is a problem

that nobody can fix, but if there's
anybody who can fix it, it's Jackson

I'm on my way to see Mike and Emily, and
they've got two cats at war in a tiny

New York apartment. My job here is not
just to help the cats, but to help their

people as well.

Hey! I made it!

Thanks for coming all the way.

I'm really excited.

It gave me an excuse to get out of L .A.
for a little bit. We are huge fans of

the show. We've seen Jackson Galaxy on
the show a dozen times or however many

episodes there have been. We've been
looking forward to meeting him in

Well, let's start with it then. Tell me
something.

We moved in together here about a year
and a half ago. We had Olive, who is the

reason you're here.

And we thought we should get her a
friend, and we got Pepper, and Olive

with her.

They're never in the same room at the
same time. Only when we are.

Closely monitoring them, you know,
trying to get them to eat together, but

that lasts for maybe 10 minutes.

As soon as the food was done, she would
turn around, stare at Pepper, and just

slowly stalk her.

They can't be together at night either,
so Olive gets all upset that we're home

and not with her, so then she cries.

You know, pretty much every night, one
of us ends up on the couch and sleeps

there. So we're sleeping separate.

We're getting married in a few months,
and we sleep separate for the rest of

night.

Sometimes we just get really sick of
having to be in separate rooms all the

time.

My sad, empty bed, as Mike is on the
couch right now.

We actually enjoy spending time
together.

Olive can't figure out where she wants
to be. You know, she'll want to be in

bedroom, then she'll want to be out
here, and she'll scratch the door and

the door and throw herself against the
door. How many times a night?

Up to five or seven.

What? You're insane.

This is supposed to be the honeymoon
phase of things. You're sleeping in

separate beds.

Let's go and take a walk around. All
right. Let's do it. Let's go.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

This is horrible.

Right here is this vortex of ugly. New
York apartments are built in this way to

sort of maximize living space. When you
have two warring cats, it is a death

sentence. If one wants the other dead,
then there's no escape route.

Bad juju right here as well, right?

We've got this really thin hallway. We
never even thought twice about it. It

just poses a huge trouble spot when
Pepper gets cornered down there.

So this is Pepper, our sweet little
girl.

She is sweet little girl. Hello, sweet
little tortie.

Hello, my sweet little tortie. Oh.

This is kind of her stuff?

Yeah, Pepper loves jumping from here up
here.

She's a jumper.

Does Olive do the jumping onto the
dressers? No, she's not as much of a

at all as Pepper. We have to play into
the fact that there are things that

doesn't like that Pepper likes. She just
loves to be high up, and Olive doesn't

like it.

There's a tool.

Put it in the belt.

Fights in here that have happened? There
used to be fights in here. We don't let

it happen anymore because we don't like
them getting under the bed where we

can't break them up.

We feel bad for Pepper because she's
locked in this bedroom in the dark by

herself all day. She doesn't have a cat
to play with, and it's really

depressing. I feel really bad for her
that she's always got to worry about,

know, getting her behind kicked and not
having a friend.

Okay, guys, so now what I need is I want
to see the whole feeding ritual that

you go through, okay?

So I'm just going to stand back.

You do what you do. Okay.

Mike and Emily had told me that these
two cats can actually be together during

feeding time, right near each other.
This is something that I can use to help

figure out what's going on between these
two cats.

So they usually ignore each other until
Olive finishes her plate, and that's

when the fun starts.

Yeah, we got a little regard here, a
little regard there.

She just saw Olive. Oh, God.

You see she just froze in her tracks
there.

So she goes in the kitchen.

Olive is basically cutting off...

all angle right so there's no way that
this one can come

out of the kitchen let's just see what
we got here hey baby the worst place for

her to be yep the inevitable only
happens when we have uh environmental

ends when we just run out of highway and
we have run out of highway and look at

that angle she's taking oh man look at
her all right so now

We got eye contact being made.

Mike and Emily have told me that the
only time Olive and Pepper are in the

room together is when they're eating.
Now, I know there's a chance that Olive

going to go after Pepper, but I need to
see these cats do what they do during

the feeding ritual to see how these
attacks begin.

This is the standoff.

But, of course, all standoffs have to
end.

Someone's got to make a move. Someone's
got to play chicken at some point.

Even though I couldn't really see what
was going on, I could hear what was

on, and I've seen it happen so many
times. That moment right before she

her is the worst, because I know it's
coming.

This is a standoff, but of course all
standoffs have to end.

Someone's got to make a move. Someone's
got to play chicken at some point.

Even though I couldn't really see what
was going on, I could hear what was

on, and I've seen it happen so many
times. That moment right before she

her is the worst, because I know it's
coming.

Hey,

hey, hey, hey.

Get out of here.

Get, get, get. Come here, come here.

Here, push her to me. Come here, come
here.

Hi, baby.

Look at Pepper back here.

So, you all right?

I feel like they're a mom, like they're
a protector.

And so when I don't get to protect them,
it really, I get sad.

I adopted them. I could give them a good
life.

It just makes me really sad whenever I
have to see them get in that kind of

altercation.

It's hard to watch Pepper put herself in
that position.

Let me just tell you what I saw today.

I saw a pretty dysfunctional
environment.

We're going to figure out a way to work
this, okay? Let me give you homework.

Now, the first thing is this.

I want this concept absolutely gone.
What I want you to find is a better tool

than the broom.

And it's something that when the cats
are about to get together, you break

sight lines.

And then you have that moment to guide
them into a different reality.

This is the definition of what we don't
want. Because you have to be empowered

with proactive technique.

The next thing in the bedroom, we
identified that Pepper likes height.

Olive could care less about the vertical
world. If that's true, we need to

really start thinking about the vertical
world, right?

And finally...

Please start sleeping together again.

I love being able to say that.

But the thing is, when Oliver's out
here, she's going to make noise, and you

not going to respond to the temper
tantrum. Let it pass. It will pass,

Don't feel guilty because you've got a
lot of work ahead of you.

You've got a wedding to plan, and I want
you to know that when you leave here,

those guys will be okay without you,
okay?

Okay. All right. Sounds good. Good.
Thank you so much.

You're totally welcome.

Not only is a cat's life at stake, But
these guys want to take a honeymoon. Our

goal is to make sure that this couple
can kick off the rest of their life

just having a good time together,
knowing that their cats are not going to

don't know, dead when they get back.

This is my second visit now. The first
time I was here, we literally had one

that just wanted to kill another.

Olive pretty much wanted Pepper out of
the picture, and she was going to do

anything to prove it.

So I don't know what to expect.

Hey. Hey. Good to see you again.

Hey. Good to see you again.

Hey, Ben.

Hey, Ben. Hey.

Guys, I want you to meet my compadre
here. This is Kate.

Nice to meet you.

She is our catification person.

Kate is just a specialist in all things
related to cat furniture. We need to

live in small spaces creatively.

She's here to make this crazy New York
hallway work for us and keep Pepper

I was super excited to meet her. We feel
so privileged to be able to have an

expert come in and tell us all the right
things to do. Like, it doesn't get

better than that.

Will you be here tomorrow?

Yeah, I will be back, and we are going
to get you all set up in the kitchen and

the hallway. Kate, thank you so much.
Yep, I'll see you tomorrow. Thank you.

right. Bye. Bye.

So, tell me what's going on.

All right, well, we did pretty much
everything that you asked of us. I know

recommended to ignore Olive crying. It's
just at night when it goes on for 20,

30 minutes and it's 3 o 'clock in the
morning.

It's much, much harder to ignore that.

Still haven't made it through the night
together yet.

I want to take a look at your video
homework.

I'm sure there's more information in
there, okay?

Yep. All right, this is day one.

I'm using a blanket to break their sight
line whenever Olive gets crazy.

And, oh, oh.

Food experiment over. Olive is back.

We also ordered these sunny seats where
you put them on the windows.

She just hopped right up here on her
own.

2 .31 a .m.

Olive, I am so tired.

I've been up for over an hour while the
cats meow and scratch the

door at each other.

First of all, even though you've dropped
the broom, you guys were hovering

around the process.

If we don't allow it to breathe, then I
don't know where these guys are.

Environmentally, the work that you
started to do was just fantastic. You

sunny seats up, which is great. We
successfully got Pepper up off the

Now, give me a second. I got something
to get to help us with our progress on

the feeding, okay?

These guys are scared.

They can't let the process happen
because they're just hovering. So this

brought some extra tools with me.
Surprise!

So this, obviously, is a simple piece of
cardboard.

It costs absolutely nothing. This
becomes your sightline breaker.

Now the thing that I want you to work on
is breaking sightlines only when you've

hit the point of no return. One of the
things that I noticed the last time we

were working is that we had peace in the
kingdom as long as Olive was eating.

So this bowl, what you're going to do is
you're going to take the food and

you're going to dish it around this
circle, okay? So as Olive's eating,

got to go around to finish her food. By
the time she finishes, Pepper is going

to be done and exploring the room by
herself.

So, one of you guys want to start
preparing food for me? Absolutely. Okay,

for it. My favorite thing probably the
whole day is Jackson brings out this

that looks like a Bundt cake. Jackson
wanted to see us feed the cats together

again. So when we do put them in the
same room, it's always a stocking

You know, we were hoping that it would
go a little better, but I wasn't really

honestly all that optimistic about it.

Now remember, your placement is escape
oriented, right?

That's perfect, right in the middle.

Good, good, good, good, good.

Put it down.

We're good.

During the feeding thing, I was just
like a little still worried that this

never going to get better.

All right, so Pepper's walking away now.
She's done eating.

Now here's where I feel like I don't
know what to do. Okay, wait.

Where's she going? Follow her. She's
going into the bedroom. I can see her.

Okay, you know what I want you to do
now?

Please close the door.

There's nothing like the feeling of
organic completion, right?

Give me some of that, please.

I like that very much.

Very good. That's never happened before.

So I got all of this big, slow -feeding
bulb.

The longer it takes Olive to finish her
food, the longer Pepper has to finish

her meal, walk away, and escape to a
place where Olive won't go after her.

never had a situation where I haven't
had to pick one of them up. Right. When

Olive sort of made the choice to turn
around and walk into the bedroom and go

take a nap instead of trying to attack
Pepper.

It was really the first time that we saw
a huge breakthrough happen. I am so

glad that Jackson brought us a food
bowl. My heart is happy right now. That

a big deal.

We just started. We have so much more to
go. We could actually get to a point

where we have a normal situation, which
I never, ever thought would happen. So

I'm definitely feeling good right now.

The greatest part of today, I mean, I'm
really happy the cats had a good moment,

but I love when humans have a good
moment as well.

Ah, it's good. It's a good way to end
things, right? Yeah. So you ready for

homework? We're ready.

Let's do it. Now.

The first thing is, I'd like you to cut
down a little bit of the food that

you're giving Pepper. And she'll walk
away sooner and start exploring the

while Olive is still eating.

And second, you guys have Kate coming in
here tomorrow to work with you, and

we're not going to have to worry anymore
about Pepper being trapped.

Finally, the only way.

that you're going to be able to sleep
together for the rest of your life is if

you ignore Olive completely.

So when she's scratching on the door,
you let it happen. You have to break

habit. All right. I think the payoff is
going to be huge for you. All right,

guys. Awesome. Great to see you again.
Thank you so much for everything.

Bye -bye. The next time I come back
here, I really hope to be able to show

and Emily that these two cats can just
hang out together with no violence

because these two cats have shown they
can get violent when they're around each

other.

It's been about three weeks since the
last time I saw Mike and Emily, Pepper,

and Olive. The first time I ever met
these guys, Olive and Pepper were always

the verge of killing one another.

I want to see these two cats able to be
in the same room for an extended period

of time with no violence.

So, the first time I came to visit you
guys, you weren't sleeping in the same

bed for the most part.

We had General Olive absolutely stalking
Pepper mercilessly.

What's changed since then?

Well, a whole lot has changed. We are
sleeping in the same bed just about

night, which is great. I was waiting for
that one.

You know, we ignored Olive's crying,
like you suggested, which really helped.

The crying in the bedroom has almost
stopped completely.

Now, we had a lot of environmental
enrichment done in the house.

Kate came over and kind of catified the
house, right?

We've been feeding them together, which
has gone pretty well. We don't have

anything, really. I'm not holding a
broom or even the cardboard dividers we

made. They're available.

But for the most part, we feed them, and
then it ends peacefully.

Can we take a walk around?

Do it. Let's go. Do it. Come on.

First place. I'm psyched here.

Yeah.

That's amazing.

So she comes running in here, and she
can go zippity -doo -dah up here, and

she has two exits.

She can come out this way.

She can come out that way.

There's no way for Olive to trap her
anymore.

Oh, my God.

That's incredible.

This is cat heaven here. Now she can run
in here up and out again. New York

apartments in general, huge challenge.
This place with the Z -shaped hallways

and everything, it was a nightmare from
the beginning. The cats can get in and

out. No dead end.

Awesome job, buddy.

So. That leaves us with our major test
of the day.

Deep breath.

Why not take it a step further? I want
to see these two cats play together in

the same space and raise their energy
level up together a little bit more.

Are you breathing? I'm breathing.
Promise.

This is firmly outside everyone's
comfort zone.

There were a few moments.

when Olive and Pepper were out together
that I got really concerned because I

thought they were going to get in a
fight. And you just have a moment of,

come so far, please don't let this ruin
it all.

Oh, hello.

Everything is normal.

Your turn.

Good girl.

When I first met Pepper, she found
herself getting cornered by Olive and

in constant fear. Now she has a lot more
confidence because she lives in a world

full of escape routes instead of death
traps. And because Pepper's not acting

like prey anymore, Olive's not treating
her like prey.

So, we got what?

48 minutes of the cats being with each
other. It's definitely probably twice as

long. At least, if not more. At least
that we've ever left them out together.

And the longest it's ever gone where it
didn't go sour, you know? So we're

happy.

It was amazing seeing them together in
the same room, not hurting each other.

Good girl.

It makes my heart feel so much better
that I'm...

Able to give them a life that I know
they deserve because they're really

cats and they deserve to be happy now
from here on We've established a new

of dialogue between them which you guys
have been doing the entire time by the

way Every day that you do these
exercises you're teaching them.

This is how you speak to one another I
don't even think we could put into words

how much we appreciate everything that
you've done. You've, like, turned us

normal people living completely normal
lives. And I feel like, you know, our

wedding, our honeymoon, all the stuff
that we were so nervous about now, all

that stuff just feels happy. And
seriously, it's because of you. So thank

so, so, so, so much.

It was great to meet you. Jackson, thank
you so much. You're totally welcome.

Seriously, thank you. You're welcome.

You guys were amazing.

Have a happy wedding. Thank you. An
amazing honeymoon. Thank you. Bye,

I love my job because I get to work with
people like Mike and Emily. These guys

were a united team. Even though their
life was so full of grief, they were

to the possibility that it could be full
of nothing but love. And that's what

they got today.

Man, I am so psyched that I could have
been here for that.