I really like Jackson Galaxy.
He is into rock, tattoos, and animal behavior.Like me!We are exactly the same, only he has more
hair on his chin and less on the top of his head and I’m just the opposite.
Yet…
My hair is thinning and my beard is growing.Jackson gives great advice on his youtube channel
and his TV shows, but is it all good?Let’s see some of it.I guess they did it to visualize
the kids’ fear of the cat but if I was a cat and I saw screaming kids, I would be scared
and maybe aggressive to protect myself.
There is a reason why kids are usually the target for pet aggression.
But let's continue watching.That’s one scared cat.
And Jackson is already acknowledging that the cat is showing signs of fear.
The cat is signaling the people to stay away or else…Why Jackson?
You already know that the cat is stressed so what are you trying to check?
If her nails are sharp?
They are.
It is insane.
Why?
What
Jackson Galaxy is doing is called flooding.
Basically it’s forcing the cat to “deal” with a stressor.
But what will he gain by knowing how long the cat will continue to attack when provoked?
Does it really matter if he does it for 5 second or 5 minutes?
If a cat attacked and injured my kids for “just” 5 seconds is it something that
is more acceptable than 5 minutes?
No.
Both should be addressed as soon as possible, and surprise surprise, they are treated the
same.
The duration of the attack might affect the prognosis, but not
the treatment.Yes she did.
So why do you continue?
Also, you spent so much money on your awesome ink jobs.
Why are you destroying them with cat scratches?Me personally, I wouldn’t try to feed the cat
after that very bad interaction.
I would actually start by trying to see if she will take treats.
First from people she might trust more and then from me.
This is an important thing to know because if she is taking treats even when she is stressed
then we might be able to make her associate the trigger (a stranger in this case) and
the treat.
That is the basic counterconditioning.
Good catch.
He is thinking about the neighbor’s cat as another trigger for her aggression.
This can be redirected aggression, meaning I can’t get to that cat outside so I will
attack you, or even arousal based aggression, meaning she gets so aroused by that cat that
she basically explodes with aggression.
Cats are very territorial so this is common.
The owners will have to find a way to keep the other cat away from her eyesight or find
a way to keep her from the windows.
Or both.Nice.
So they did sight blockers
to keep her from being able to see everything, they used sprinklers to keep the neighbor’s
cat away from the yard but without hurting him, and they used redirection to keep their
cat calm and doing something appropriate instead of attacking.
Good job.Come on!
This is also noice.
They added these shelves around the house that allow the cat to be in a safe location
that lets her observe everyone from above and avoid them if needed.
I love happy endings.
Don’t you?But this
is not the end because you can also continue enjoying my face and my reviews of other animal
behavior professionals in this video.