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Can we just be friends? Oh. I don't like the way you look at me. Oh. Damn, man. That wasn't necessary. you. Tell me, do you have a problem with a cat that I can help you with? Well, we just adopted Barnaby and he's been in the garage for a few months. Oh, wow. It has caused a lot of bleeding, it bites, snorts, growls and scratches. I don't like what I hear at all. I mean, by locking up a violent cat, you only worsen the problem by denying it social contact. Barnaby hates Allen. It's worse with him than with me. If I try to pick it up, it lashes out at me.
I like to hug cats. Yes, me too. Yes. I 've tried everything to make Barnaby happy. You're going to think this is crazy. Yes. I put on some opera and suddenly he fell asleep. I was able to pet him and then he fell asleep. He told me: "You're going to think it's very strange to put on opera for Barnaby." Of course it's not strange. Music therapy works for both humans and animals, and that's what I can work with. This is your garage. Oh, well, there's Barnaby. Let me see what happens when you get close to him. Ah.
Oh. So, when Alan tries to touch Barnaby, first, he goes over his head. Most cats don't like that, and I don't like where this is going at all. Alan, try not to reach it above your head. Oh, and Alan, it's like I don't even know you. Oh. Well, well, well. Okay, wait a moment. Very good. Alan, I've definitely seen enough of you getting beaten up. Let me intervene for a second. Now, I wanted to intervene to see if I could do something different. Test this cat to see if he's just a grumpy cat who hates Alan or if there's a deeper aggression at play. Hi, friend. know. I know. But what if I turn around? Oh. Good, friend. Oh.
Oh. Oh, that's fine, buddy. Wow, he just hit me. So, Shannon, come here. Let me see what you're doing. I just come here and pick it up. Come on. What do you think of that? Seeing Shannon drive Barnaby, I suddenly see his past life come to light, because he can be driven by a woman without any problems. But Alan and I, no way. This cat wants nothing to do with men. So now I know it's time for Barnaby to be reprogrammed towards men in general. Alright, I'm back in San Diego for my final visit with Alan and Shannon and their cat Barnaby. The last time I was
here, it was clear that they hadn't gotten over the memory of Max, their recently deceased cat, and that Alan still did n't have a relationship with Barnaby. I already had the opportunity to take a look at their video assignment. I saw some cool things. I saw Alan building the cat room just for Barnaby, so he could really feel like he owned the territory. Hi Barnaby. I also saw them using the Spirit Essences "Stress Stopper", which will help keep Barnaby calm while he adjusts to life in the house . And finally, I got to see Alan and Shannon doing their homework together. Basically, we had Shannon teaching Alan some very valuable lessons on how to pet Barnaby, how not to overstimulate him. He's going to attack us.
Today, I just hope that they have truly been able to let go of Max and that Alan has a real bond with Barnaby. Well, hello, little friend. Hello, Barnaby. This is definitely your room now, man. I mean it, honestly, everything here, even the B on the wall. No, don't think I didn't notice when I came in. Very good, this is a really very good job. Now, if they don't mind sitting on the floor so they're not above their heads. Alright. Now, Alan, can you show me how you hold Barnaby? I need to see that you have formed a bond. Alright
When I started with them, Alan was trying to lift Barnaby up, without knowing him, without knowing how his body worked, how his mind worked. Barnaby is not Max, and it has taken all this time for Alan and Shannon to learn that. Look at that. Yes, it's a small one. That is the most incredibly peaceful look. Look at that. Oh, man. It makes my heart happy, truly. It's true. It feels amazing that Barnaby just lets me hold and hug him. Look at that. It's the garage cat. Look how peaceful he is in your arms, man. Can you promise me that he will be a permanent part of this?
Oh, of course. Barnabas is here to stay. That's all I wanted. The first day I was here, Barnabas was an aggressive cat who lived in the garage, and it was clear that Alan did not have the bond with Barnabas that he was looking for. I like to hug cats. Now, I am impressed by what I see. Barnabas not only overcame his fear of men, now he trusts Alan so much that he falls asleep in his lap, and Alan's face says it all. He can finally hold his cat. These two have a connection. He's my cat now. Congratulations, guys. I'm leaving here. If Jackson hadn't come, we'd still be arguing about how to Barnabas and I are definitely friends now.
I feel like we're finally one big happy family. From the second I walked through the door, the dog demanded my attention. Of course, the cat is nowhere to be seen. So tell me, what's going on? We've been together for 7 years and, from day one, her cat, Darkness, has had a little problem with me. How old is Darkness? 11. So, he was here before you. Yes. He acts very differently with the two of us. Darkness has a jealousy problem. He wants Steve all to himself. Look, maybe I'm a minority. I don't believe in feline jealousy. I haven't met Darkness yet, but it seems to me that we are dealing with a serious case of human projection. What are some of
Darkness's bad behaviors? A couple of years ago, I was sitting on the sofa. He forced his way to my side, swiped at me, and made me bleed deeply. So, has that made you act like this with him all the time? Yes, I try to keep our distance from each other. I'd say he moved in yesterday, not 7 years ago. I mean, being so traumatized when the cat hasn't even done anything in a couple of years tells me we have a long way to go. Okay, so the room is the area of destruction and violence. This is the area of discomfort, right? Mjm. Yeah. That's noisy, man. Do your neighbors ever complain about this?
Yes. Your dog is now rubbing absolutely every orifice of his body. Look at that. But that's just for fun. Oh my God, what's wrong with you? Rascal rubbing his body on Laura's pillow means the same thing as when Darkness does it: absolutely nothing. And that's the problem we have in this house. The dog is the good one and the cat is the bad one. Hi, friend. Very good, guys. I want to spend some time alone with Darkness. Yes. Steve and Laura have fueled Darkness's aggressive behavior. So I wanted to see how close I could get to him by approaching him fearfully. This is what I want to try. I'm
going to act like Laura. Can we be friends.Oh! I don't like the way you look at me. Oh! Damn it.Oh, man! That wasn't necessary. Alright, I'm here for my last visit with Steve, Laura and the cat formerly known as Darkness, Jedi. The first time I visited them, Laura was convinced that Jedi was an evil demon off the couch. Determined to destroy them, while his dog Rascal was that perfect little angel. Now, I've had a lot of work to do with this couple all this time, and I just hope that when I walk in today, I'll see that the work was worth it. Well, hello. Hello, Bubba. How are we? Oh, wow. I wasn't expecting to come in and say hello. Now, every time I've visited in the past, Jedi has been hiding. The fact that I'm sociable enough to be
here, to hang out, means a lot of really cool things. Now, the big question is, are they able to sleep? The first few days were truly awful, and I was like, "No, I'm going to ignore it." He would come up and try to get close to my face, and then he would scratch at the door, and I would just ignore him. And then he went and locked himself in the bathroom, so he could bang on the doors. Eventually, he simply gave up. As if he were thinking, " She's not going to get up. So I'd better stay here and go to sleep." Fantastic. Cats can be very persistent when they try to get you to resume old habits, but Laura didn't give in and Jedi learned that his old tricks wouldn't work anymore. What was it
about homework that allows you to sleep now? I would say ignoring any bad behavior and the cat tree. Yes. And taking Rascal on many walks to the dog park. Well, things seem to be going quite well, but most importantly, do you feel safe now? Yes, I'm sorry. That's fantastic. I've been collecting all of your videos and it's time to watch them. Let's take a look. Oh Come on, get out of there. My God. How wonderful. Oh, no. You're pulling my leg. Oh my God, this is the sweetest thing in the world. Yeah Oh, that's great, guys. There are so many good things here.
Mhm. There are so many things that overwhelm me right now because I know you are on the right track. I feel that my bond with Jedi is now much stronger than ever. I used to think Jedi was jealous of Laura. Now I'm jealous that Jedi is looking for Laura all the time. I think, "What happened to my kitten?" Incredible, man. Look what you've built, Laura. Look at what you've built. He's never been the type to say, "Oh, let me be a friendly cat." I love him. Yay! He is my cat, Rascal is my dog, and I love them both. There is nothing more beautiful that a cat could hear than that. All this experience has helped me to claim Jedi as mine, and in turn, Jedi can now claim me as his human.
Thanks to Jackson's teachings, I have a changed cat and a happy girlfriend. So, Laura, I have something for you. Thank you. He's telling the truth. I love my Jedi baby. I'm quite disappointed that I did n't get one. Cats are pure energy, and when I met these guys, the energy was chaotic and polarized. Now, by changing their attitude towards the cat, they have created a positive energy. And by exercising the dog regularly, they have gotten rid of the chaotic energy. Bye. Now, Jedi is part of a harmonious and loving family.
He came in through the door and I saw a rather large guy with a bright pink shirt, tattoos, earrings, and I thought someone had gone to the wrong address. Well, uh, we have several animals here. Everyone gets along very well, except Stella. That's fine. who, in addition to being extremely destructive, destroying furniture, scratching it, urinating and marking her territory, is also completely isolated from other animals. When Stella started living with other cats, did her behavior worsen exponentially? It's gotten worse. Every time they add another cat. We would like to have children. It is virtually impossible to bring a baby into the same environment as Stella. Because of the violence? Because of the aggressiveness.
I remember being about 13 years old and it was parents' day at school; All the parents looked the same, but then there was a friend of yours whose dad was about 65 years old. I don't want to be that weird old dad because my cat won't let me have a child. There it is. I'd like to see how they interact with her. Play it as you normally would. Hello. Hi, Stella. Look, he's being very kind. Look, it 's starting to get a little. Oh! There you go, there it is. And a hiss. But it just turned around. Oh!
Come on, he's in a bad mood now. For no apparent reason. Well, Rob liked to say that he attacks for no apparent reason. I was relieved to discover that this was not the case. She reacts when provoked. Now, do you see how she lets me pet her there? Now, look at this. I'm going back here. See? Yes. Do you understand? Hmm, he had a fall and we don't know what happened to him. He came home with a large cut right next to his tail. And we took her to the vet. He had no broken bones. I 've known many cats that have n't actually broken anything. But as they age, they develop arthritis in those areas. He might have a little. He's just in some pain. And if he feels pain, every time you try to touch him back here, it hurts him
I need to make sure he's not suffering from arthritis or any lingering pain from the accident he had years ago. I'm here for my last visit with Rob and Stephanie. They were doing a great job, but they still had things to do. Who are you? What I was really hoping to see this time was that bookshelf. I just hope Rob has embraced that concept and will continue with it. So, tell me what's going on. Well, Stella has been a much calmer kitten. We took her to the doctor. So, I'm just going to insert it gently. Alright work. So far, so good. It's great that it blinks. It has n't scratched me or hissed at me. It's been great, but there was a moment when she
seemed a little annoyed with me. You know, we've had some rainy days. Now we know that she has arthritis. Low barometric pressure puts pressure on arthritic joints. She will have bad days. She will be in pain. Yes. Um, what else? I steam cleaned the carpets. Like everything else completely. Brilliant. So we're better off in that whole area down below. Now, I just have to pay attention to this. First of all, thank you. These shelves look beautiful and are functional. I think this looks amazing. I love that they're using that area to scratch. They haven't scratched the plastic of the furniture. They haven't gone through anything. Now's the time, Rob. Let's do it. Come on.
The most important thing I wanted to do, what I wanted to leave for these kids, was to be able to remove this plastic from the furniture. I don't even remember what they look like. And today was our day. Shall we do it? Yes, let's just remove it. This is a really good piece of furniture. Oh, that's a nice chair. I'm really excited that Rob has truly embraced this process. As always, I wanted to do a tour of the house to see how the progress was going. The first place we stopped was the lair. Does it smell better? Give me a second here. It First of all, you have to take my little tour. Look, this was the hellish place, right here.
Yes, we'll probably still have to replace that small corner. Did you know? There is a huge difference here. It smells incredibly better Rob and Stephanie steam cleaned the carpet, but they also used an enzyme cleaner. An enzymatic cleaner is a biodegradable and non-toxic agent that breaks down protein stains. The energy here is completely different. Mhm. What I was most looking forward to, of course, was spending time with Stella. Look who it is, Stella. Oh, hello, doll. Stella. The fact that he seeks your attention is simply beautiful. significantly. I haven't been bitten or scratched even once since, I don't know, the last time.
There was a massive change in Stella from the first time to the last. Hello my love. This time, she was simply jumping from one person to another. Hello. And confidently taking over the room. Give me caresses. And that's all I wanted for her. This is the good girl we both knew was there. The change I saw in Stella before you arrived, she was very unhappy. And now she is much more at peace here. I ca n't believe we're at the end of this experience, but it's really just the beginning. Hello, beautiful girl. Stella has come out of her shell a little, I feel like we are all a family and that's important because that's what we wanted. We wanted this
family to be one and complete. Let's hope she lets us have a baby and that she's okay with that. And I think we're just going to start trying. Thank you, Jackson, for bringing our family back together.
