Team Cat Mojo-- I am excited.
Can you tell?
I've been waiting to put this down
into the video ether for quite a long time.
Now I get the chance.
Can't wait, man
We are going to be talking today about the confident where.
Are you ready to get catified?
Let's go.
So what we're really talking about today
is the confident where.
Where in the world are they confident?
Is your cat a bush dweller, a tree dweller,
or a beach dweller?
A bush dweller is a type of cat who is always
hiding under the coffee table, or they're
behind a potted plant, a bush.
And they are waiting to do what?
In the raw cat mind, if we think about cats in the wild,
what are they waiting to do?
They're waiting to hunt, to strike, to get your ankles,
to do something.
They're down there getting their mojo on.
Now, tree dweller, pretty obvious--
if they're not down there on the floor
behind the potted plant, what are they doing?
They're up there, somewhere.
Now, here's the important thing with tree dwellers.
It can be anywhere above the ground.
Tree dwelling doesn't necessarily
mean way up in the rafters.
Rafters included, for sure.
But it can be this chair.
It can be this table.
It can be on top of the couch.
It can be way up in the rafters.
But they are demonstrating confidence up.
The beach dweller still lives out on the floor,
likes to feel all four paws are firmly touching terra firma.
Got it.
However, they do like being out.
Yes, you know that cat, the cat that you
trip over, every day, when you come into the living room.
And you haven't had your coffee yet.
And you go face planting into the kitchen,
because you've tripped on your beach cat.
What they're doing is, they're sending a clear message
to you and to the other animals in the house.
Basically, if you want to get from point A to point B,
you're going to have to not take the straightest path.
You're going to have to go around me.
Remember something, it's all about Cat Mojo 101.
Which is what?
Confident ownership of territory-- where
does your cat demonstrate confidence?
Well, what's the anti-confident where?
Where are the places where your cat develops
a lack of confidence, fear.
Now, if you use the word hide, then you're
not talking about a dweller.
You're talking about a hider.
You're talking about a caver.
So if a cat is caving, that's saying
that they like to be small, invisible.
If they could, they would disappear into their cave.
That's what makes a cat a caver.
So what turns a caved cat into a bush dweller?
Well, I'm glad you asked, because this
is what catification is all about.
Catification is getting you to the point, where
instead of hiding, where we can't find you-- oh, you're
behind that shoe box back there-- to creating
an environment where it's under our control,
where we're saying, you know what.
It's OK if you want to be in an enclosed environment.
But we want it to be where we want it to be.
Let's look at another example.
You say, Jackson Galaxy, I have a cat who's a tree dweller.
He never comes off the fridge.
Huh?
What?
No, you're cat is not confident on top of the fridge.
Your cat is fridging.
They're up there trying to get away
from other cats who are tormenting
them or kids or humans.
They're not coming down, because they only feel safe there.
They can disappear up there.
Safety does not equal confidence.
It's a component of.
But that's the pendulum swinging way to the other side.
We want your cat to be the mojito cat.
We want your cat up like that and ready to take on the world.
And if they're on top of the fridge, that ain't it.
So what are we trying to do?
We're trying to transition the fridge cat
to be a tree dweller.
And how do we do that?
We catify.
We give the world ramps and a cat superhighway,
to make sure they can move around there with confidence.
And then over time, we encourage them
to come down and join the rest of the world.
So what our job is-- if our cat is displaying the unconfident
where, if our cat is displaying fear and the urge
to disappear and be small, we want to say to them,
just as if they were our children, go out there.
Step into your greatness.
And the way a cat steps into their greatness
is territorially.
If they only own the joint, they are a confident genius
of a cat.
And that's what we want.
We don't want to change our cats.
We don't want them to be someone they're not.
If they're introspective, that's who they are.
If they're life of the party, that's who they are.
But we don't want the introverted cat
to become a hermit.
That's not a good life.
You know your cat.
And if you don't know your cat, all you've
gotta do is watch them.
All you've gotta do is put on your cat glasses
and watch them.
And you will find out the most intense stuff, man.
Hey, what makes us Team Cat Mojo?
It's the we.
It's the us.
And how do we become a we and an us?
And how do we make life better for cats, our cats,
all those cats, shelter cats, cats on the street?
We spread the word.
We talk to one another.
We become a community.
So how do you do that?
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And speaking of Google Hangouts, be
sure to join me on Wednesday, February 5.
I'll answer your questions.
And we're going to talk more about declawing.
So stay tuned for more information,
but man, get that on your calendar and do it now.
You have been watching "Cat Mojo" with Jackson Galaxy.
Please stay tuned.
There is so much more to come.
And until we talk again, folks, light, love, and mojo to you.
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