WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.820 --> 00:00:01.775 - [Voiceover] Here. 00:00:03.815 --> 00:00:06.673 (playful music, featuring a trumpet) 00:00:09.484 --> 00:00:11.297 - Mars and I have been 00:00:11.297 --> 00:00:14.828 cat human buddies for about five years now. 00:00:14.828 --> 00:00:17.409 He's just this, he's the biggest stoner cat. 00:00:17.409 --> 00:00:20.257 He just loves to sit around, eat, 00:00:20.257 --> 00:00:21.729 he loves being in bags, 00:00:21.729 --> 00:00:23.569 I don't know what to say, he just loves being in bags. 00:00:23.569 --> 00:00:25.137 - This is my cat Riceball, 00:00:25.137 --> 00:00:27.707 he's very friendly, he's more like a dog cat, 00:00:27.707 --> 00:00:29.382 He like, he does not afraid of people, 00:00:29.382 --> 00:00:32.038 he doesn't scratch, or anything. 00:00:32.038 --> 00:00:33.595 No, he has never been outside before, 00:00:33.595 --> 00:00:35.415 but when I moved out to LA, 00:00:35.415 --> 00:00:37.943 I did brought him with me, 00:00:37.943 --> 00:00:41.100 but he's never been actually, physically on the ground. 00:00:41.100 --> 00:00:43.746 - My name in Rocco, and I love cats. 00:00:43.746 --> 00:00:46.028 More than I could love anything else. 00:00:46.028 --> 00:00:47.884 My first adult job, 00:00:47.884 --> 00:00:50.924 being a cat care attendant at the SPCA, 00:00:50.924 --> 00:00:54.199 and moved into cat behavior specialist 00:00:54.199 --> 00:00:56.012 at the San Francisco SPCA. 00:00:56.012 --> 00:00:58.839 This guy is like, the most special cat I've ever met. 00:00:58.839 --> 00:01:00.652 I just was realizing that I wouldn't sell him 00:01:00.652 --> 00:01:02.050 for a million dollars. 00:01:02.050 --> 00:01:04.023 I think the benefits of walking a cat on a leash 00:01:04.023 --> 00:01:05.922 is that they do get that outdoor time, 00:01:05.922 --> 00:01:07.362 but then there's no chance that 00:01:07.362 --> 00:01:10.007 they're going to get mauled or carried away by a coyote. 00:01:10.007 --> 00:01:12.172 I would say the first piece of advice I have, 00:01:12.172 --> 00:01:16.706 not all cats are gonna take to a harness. 00:01:16.706 --> 00:01:18.615 - [Devin] Can you stay still for a second? 00:01:18.615 --> 00:01:20.033 Stay still. No. 00:01:20.033 --> 00:01:25.033 - So right now I'm trying to put the leash on him. 00:01:25.046 --> 00:01:26.998 - I'm not hurting my cat, I promise, 00:01:26.998 --> 00:01:30.038 I'm just kind of making him do something 00:01:30.038 --> 00:01:31.809 that is good for him ultimately. 00:01:31.809 --> 00:01:33.668 - [Iris] Riceball thank you! 00:01:34.688 --> 00:01:35.946 But you have to come back! 00:01:35.946 --> 00:01:38.965 - If your cat freezes in the harness, 00:01:38.965 --> 00:01:40.074 then you're going to have to work on 00:01:40.074 --> 00:01:42.218 its relationship to being inside that harness 00:01:42.218 --> 00:01:43.861 before you can take it outside. 00:01:43.861 --> 00:01:45.952 - So, I had to call in backup, 00:01:45.952 --> 00:01:47.648 this is my roommate Abby, 00:01:47.648 --> 00:01:51.268 we are going to attempt to put this on him. 00:01:52.597 --> 00:01:54.752 Yay, the harness is on! 00:01:54.752 --> 00:01:57.237 - Oh, but you look so cute in this! 00:01:57.237 --> 00:01:58.912 - He doesn't look happy, does he? 00:01:58.912 --> 00:02:00.809 - [Abby] No, no, that's not a happy cat right there. 00:02:00.809 --> 00:02:02.728 - [Devin] He does not look happy. 00:02:02.728 --> 00:02:04.617 - Okay, I heard you. 00:02:04.617 --> 00:02:05.999 - The best advice with any type 00:02:05.999 --> 00:02:07.162 of behavioral issue with a cat 00:02:07.162 --> 00:02:10.128 is try to figure out how to work with them. 00:02:10.128 --> 00:02:11.707 Because if it knows you want something, 00:02:11.707 --> 00:02:12.699 it's not going to do it. 00:02:12.699 --> 00:02:14.534 So if you want them to do something, 00:02:14.534 --> 00:02:16.816 then you're gonna have to figure out how to trick them 00:02:16.816 --> 00:02:18.576 into thinking that they want it. 00:02:18.576 --> 00:02:23.195 - What is this? Look at it! Oh! Oh! 00:02:23.195 --> 00:02:24.223 He's walking with me! 00:02:24.223 --> 00:02:26.292 - Here we go! 00:02:26.292 --> 00:02:27.242 Let's try this. 00:02:27.242 --> 00:02:29.631 No, let's go this way. 00:02:29.631 --> 00:02:31.587 No, let's go this way. 00:02:31.587 --> 00:02:33.395 (Mars meows) 00:02:34.531 --> 00:02:36.249 Mars! 00:02:36.249 --> 00:02:37.667 - [Iris] Let's go, let's go. 00:02:37.667 --> 00:02:39.502 Let's go, treat! 00:02:39.502 --> 00:02:41.800 - [Devin] Mars, c'mon. 00:02:42.755 --> 00:02:44.531 C'mon baby. 00:02:45.699 --> 00:02:46.841 We're just gonna go, 00:02:46.841 --> 00:02:48.712 no, we're just gonna go on a little walk. 00:02:49.881 --> 00:02:54.474 - (laughing) Look at her! 00:02:59.961 --> 00:03:00.953 - He's stressing me out, 00:03:00.953 --> 00:03:03.139 I'm really, this is really stressful. 00:03:03.139 --> 00:03:04.697 This is very, very stressful. 00:03:04.697 --> 00:03:07.246 Uh, he's not liking this, at all. 00:03:07.246 --> 00:03:09.251 - Oh he's, he's doing better than I thought. 00:03:09.251 --> 00:03:11.737 I thought he was just gonna, like, sitting in one corner, 00:03:11.737 --> 00:03:13.006 and doesn't move at all. 00:03:13.006 --> 00:03:16.142 But he's making some kind of process. 00:03:16.142 --> 00:03:17.934 C'mon, let's go! 00:03:17.934 --> 00:03:21.113 - Mars is now wedged in between my neighbors hedge 00:03:21.113 --> 00:03:22.371 and my front porch. 00:03:22.371 --> 00:03:25.827 - We probably walked, like, 00:03:25.827 --> 00:03:27.310 three steps out of apartment? 00:03:27.310 --> 00:03:28.985 The apartment door is right there. 00:03:28.985 --> 00:03:32.537 - I just feel like maybe this wasn't for him. 00:03:32.537 --> 00:03:36.974 Right? You wanna go back inside? 00:03:36.974 --> 00:03:39.086 - And cats, we're built to serve them. 00:03:39.086 --> 00:03:41.262 That's why the ancient Egyptian's worshipped them, 00:03:41.262 --> 00:03:42.307 you know what I mean? 00:03:42.307 --> 00:03:45.081 I live to serve my cat, and that's honest. 00:03:45.081 --> 00:03:47.673 So, if he wants to go on a walk, 00:03:47.673 --> 00:03:50.088 I'm gonna provide that service.