1 00:00:16,579 --> 00:00:17,955 -[woman 1] Hi, there. -[woman 2] Hi! 2 00:00:18,039 --> 00:00:19,915 -[woman 3] Hi! [chuckling] -Hey! How are you? 3 00:00:21,042 --> 00:00:23,127 -Hey! -[woman 4] Hey! Oh! 4 00:00:24,670 --> 00:00:26,922 -[woman 5] Oh, yeah! -[woman 4] Hey! [laughing] 5 00:00:28,007 --> 00:00:30,468 A little hairless butt. [chuckles] 6 00:00:31,510 --> 00:00:34,764 So, hey, everybody. I'm glad you guys could make it. 7 00:00:34,847 --> 00:00:37,224 Oh, my gosh. This is so crazy! 8 00:00:37,308 --> 00:00:39,435 I know some of you guys are new to the cat community. 9 00:00:39,518 --> 00:00:42,605 So, if you guys just wanna go down the line and introduce yourselves 10 00:00:42,688 --> 00:00:45,483 so that everybody knows who's on the call. 11 00:00:45,566 --> 00:00:47,860 I'm Stacy, and this is Bonaparte. 12 00:00:47,943 --> 00:00:49,487 [woman 3] Hello! 13 00:00:49,570 --> 00:00:51,113 This is Mersha. 14 00:00:51,197 --> 00:00:53,616 Here's Lynx. He's just chilling over here. 15 00:00:53,699 --> 00:00:55,409 -Well, hi, Lynxie! -Hi, Lynxie! 16 00:00:55,493 --> 00:00:57,536 -[cat meows] -[all chuckling] 17 00:00:57,620 --> 00:00:58,704 [woman 4] Oh, hello! 18 00:00:58,788 --> 00:01:01,832 There's Mavi. Say hi to your friends. 19 00:01:01,916 --> 00:01:04,210 -Mavi's one of a kind. -Say hi. 20 00:01:04,293 --> 00:01:07,588 He's truly special. He's more than just a pet to us. 21 00:01:08,172 --> 00:01:10,132 Hi, Mav! [smooches] 22 00:01:11,175 --> 00:01:13,469 I'm having such a hard time putting it into words, 23 00:01:13,552 --> 00:01:15,471 because it's such a special thing. 24 00:01:17,139 --> 00:01:19,308 He's my emotional support animal, 25 00:01:19,391 --> 00:01:21,852 just like dogs are for so many other people. 26 00:01:22,353 --> 00:01:23,229 Hola. 27 00:01:23,312 --> 00:01:25,773 [Kayla] And it took being on Instagram and the cat community 28 00:01:25,856 --> 00:01:27,942 to see how prominent it really was. 29 00:01:28,609 --> 00:01:31,320 So, um, I wanted to get your guys' input. 30 00:01:31,403 --> 00:01:35,574 I don't know if you guys are aware, but next month is Maverick's birthday. 31 00:01:35,658 --> 00:01:37,451 -Yay! A birthday party! -Turning two? 32 00:01:37,535 --> 00:01:39,495 [Kayla] Yep, he is. He is. 33 00:01:39,578 --> 00:01:41,413 Look, Kayla, he's almost ready. 34 00:01:42,248 --> 00:01:43,124 [Kayla] Oh! 35 00:01:43,207 --> 00:01:44,083 Oh, look at that. 36 00:01:44,166 --> 00:01:46,293 [Kayla] You're so cute, Mersha! 37 00:01:48,087 --> 00:01:49,797 If you had told me two years ago 38 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,508 that I'd be planning my cat's birthday party, 39 00:01:52,591 --> 00:01:56,053 I probably would have called you crazy, but here we are. 40 00:01:56,137 --> 00:01:57,888 We could do fish cakes. 41 00:01:58,430 --> 00:02:01,016 Ooh, that's a good idea. Have you done those before? 42 00:02:01,892 --> 00:02:02,852 No. 43 00:02:04,770 --> 00:02:08,941 I think it would be fun if we all did, like, our costumes 44 00:02:09,024 --> 00:02:10,693 but out in public. 45 00:02:11,443 --> 00:02:12,820 -Oh! -And do a video. 46 00:02:13,612 --> 00:02:15,531 There's boxes, too. Like a box party. 47 00:02:15,614 --> 00:02:17,491 -[Kayla] Oh, that would be so cute! -Oh, yeah! 48 00:02:17,575 --> 00:02:19,785 -Oh, that is so perfect. -[Kayla] Isn't it? 49 00:02:19,869 --> 00:02:21,787 You could call it-- Who said that? 50 00:02:21,871 --> 00:02:23,873 Surfer Cat Island. That's so cute. 51 00:02:23,956 --> 00:02:26,625 -That could be fun. -[Kayla] Oh, that's a great idea. 52 00:02:26,709 --> 00:02:27,543 Amazing. 53 00:02:28,169 --> 00:02:32,590 Kayla, I'm actually excited to get your water training video. 54 00:02:32,673 --> 00:02:34,842 We're excited to put that one out. 55 00:02:35,426 --> 00:02:38,429 A lot of people think that cats just sit around the house all day, 56 00:02:38,512 --> 00:02:39,722 doing nothing. 57 00:02:39,805 --> 00:02:43,309 But let me tell you, Mavi can really do some cool things. 58 00:02:46,896 --> 00:02:49,356 [opening theme music playing] 59 00:03:19,970 --> 00:03:21,972 [humorous music playing] 60 00:03:22,890 --> 00:03:24,558 I, initially… 61 00:03:24,642 --> 00:03:29,772 I mean, I don't know how he felt, but I always sort of didn't want children… 62 00:03:29,855 --> 00:03:34,026 um, but, you know, "never say never" kind of feeling. 63 00:03:35,945 --> 00:03:36,904 [meows] 64 00:03:40,574 --> 00:03:41,450 [Kayla] Hey, Mavi. 65 00:03:41,951 --> 00:03:44,286 -[Mavi purring] -I just, for myself, it… 66 00:03:44,828 --> 00:03:48,082 it just seemed like it was not in the cards for me. 67 00:03:51,752 --> 00:03:54,755 Did I ever think I was ever gonna be a father? I'd never… 68 00:03:55,422 --> 00:03:56,590 I don't really… 69 00:03:57,508 --> 00:04:01,553 I-I cannot remember thinking about it like that. 70 00:04:03,472 --> 00:04:05,057 [Kayla] When Nick first moved in, 71 00:04:05,140 --> 00:04:08,519 aside from not having a cat, he had also never had a pet. 72 00:04:10,646 --> 00:04:13,148 Within a month, the cat won him over. 73 00:04:16,527 --> 00:04:18,279 -[Nick] Hey, buddy. -[Kayla] Whoops. 74 00:04:19,154 --> 00:04:21,282 [Nick] You ready? Go for an elevator ride. 75 00:04:22,241 --> 00:04:23,867 -[meows] -[Kayla] I'll say two dozen. 76 00:04:24,785 --> 00:04:26,036 -Hey, buddy. -[Kayla chuckling] 77 00:04:26,537 --> 00:04:27,746 Am I doing it right? 78 00:04:29,123 --> 00:04:32,001 Yeah? We'll get you something as well, don't worry. 79 00:04:34,253 --> 00:04:35,129 I'm hungry. 80 00:04:35,838 --> 00:04:36,672 [Kayla] Yeah, me too. 81 00:04:41,927 --> 00:04:46,015 You want the other, uh, onion chopped up into small bits? 82 00:04:46,515 --> 00:04:49,768 No, but you can take those off now that you're not doing onions. 83 00:04:52,313 --> 00:04:54,273 [Kayla] Maverick actually chose us. 84 00:04:54,356 --> 00:04:57,276 It's kind of a long story, but, um… 85 00:04:58,152 --> 00:05:00,404 My brother, he got a Bengal cat, 86 00:05:00,487 --> 00:05:02,072 and she was… she was different 87 00:05:02,156 --> 00:05:04,783 than any other cat our family had ever owned before. 88 00:05:05,743 --> 00:05:07,536 And then she had kittens. 89 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,414 I was gonna find homes for them in-- in LA 90 00:05:10,497 --> 00:05:13,542 and have their potential new parents come and check them out. 91 00:05:14,668 --> 00:05:19,590 And one of them, which was Maverick, he had, like, a little limp. 92 00:05:20,632 --> 00:05:24,636 Uh, so, then I'd end up picking him up and taking him everywhere with me, and… 93 00:05:25,679 --> 00:05:30,184 Nick and I often joke that perhaps he was faking the limp 94 00:05:30,267 --> 00:05:32,603 'cause he really just wanted to stay with us. 95 00:05:34,313 --> 00:05:36,648 I started carrying him around in the kangaroo pouch, 96 00:05:36,732 --> 00:05:38,776 and so he would poke his little head out. 97 00:05:39,276 --> 00:05:41,904 It was-- We were just connected right away. 98 00:05:44,615 --> 00:05:47,201 From about seven years old, I've always had a cat in my life. 99 00:05:47,284 --> 00:05:50,371 I had a cat growing up named Pizza, 100 00:05:50,454 --> 00:05:52,956 and she was a mean cat. [chuckles] 101 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,335 She was, like, indoor-outdoor, but she would, like, bite… 102 00:05:56,418 --> 00:05:57,669 We loved her anyways. 103 00:05:57,753 --> 00:06:00,589 And then I had, um, Sasha when-- 104 00:06:00,672 --> 00:06:04,593 The beginning of my, um, adult life, like, 18, 19, 105 00:06:04,676 --> 00:06:06,428 and then I got Titten when I was 20. 106 00:06:06,512 --> 00:06:10,015 And I had her my entire adult life until she passed away. 107 00:06:10,849 --> 00:06:14,228 I've battled depression pretty much my-- my whole adult life. 108 00:06:14,311 --> 00:06:18,273 Uh, starting when I was, like, 16, 17, 109 00:06:18,357 --> 00:06:21,360 and I didn't really know what I was experiencing, 110 00:06:21,443 --> 00:06:23,028 so it was very foreign early on. 111 00:06:23,112 --> 00:06:26,907 It's something that's sort of prominent within my family, um… 112 00:06:26,990 --> 00:06:30,494 Just last year, December of 2019, my cousin took her life. 113 00:06:30,577 --> 00:06:32,162 My father took his life. 114 00:06:32,246 --> 00:06:37,042 So, it's something that was really hard for me to talk about for the longest time. 115 00:06:37,126 --> 00:06:40,045 I just knew that I had these times in my life 116 00:06:40,129 --> 00:06:41,922 where things were really dark. 117 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:44,758 I think of it as riding a wave, 118 00:06:44,842 --> 00:06:47,010 so the ocean goes out, 119 00:06:47,094 --> 00:06:48,470 the ocean comes in. 120 00:06:48,554 --> 00:06:50,305 [purring] 121 00:06:50,389 --> 00:06:53,267 Having Maverick for those times 122 00:06:53,350 --> 00:06:56,061 just makes it so much more livable. 123 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,484 And then the times shorten, and hopefully, you know, 124 00:07:02,568 --> 00:07:04,653 the times that are good, lengthen. 125 00:07:06,029 --> 00:07:10,701 I personally have Maverick as an ESA, an Emotional Support Animal, 126 00:07:11,201 --> 00:07:15,372 because for traveling, it's really nice to take him along. 127 00:07:16,206 --> 00:07:19,251 It is necessary for, like, mental health. 128 00:07:20,586 --> 00:07:22,588 [gentle music playing] 129 00:07:26,675 --> 00:07:28,677 [indistinct announcements on P.A.] 130 00:07:33,265 --> 00:07:36,560 [Kayla] We shouldn't discriminate on whether it's a dog or a cat. 131 00:07:36,643 --> 00:07:39,021 I think that they both should be included. 132 00:07:41,064 --> 00:07:43,484 There's no exaggeration when I say he goes everywhere. 133 00:07:43,567 --> 00:07:45,152 Like, there's nowhere that he doesn't go. 134 00:07:45,235 --> 00:07:47,571 If we go to a grocery store where it's not allowed, 135 00:07:47,654 --> 00:07:49,656 one of us will stay in the car with him. 136 00:07:49,740 --> 00:07:51,241 Um, but other than that, 137 00:07:51,325 --> 00:07:53,952 we've totally restructured our lives to where-- 138 00:07:54,036 --> 00:07:58,040 Any sort of staples that we need, we pick stores that allow pets 139 00:07:58,123 --> 00:07:59,541 so that we can take him. 140 00:08:02,169 --> 00:08:03,003 Come on! 141 00:08:03,086 --> 00:08:06,590 [Nick] You know, when he gets really mad, if Kayla and I have to leave… 142 00:08:06,673 --> 00:08:07,508 [meows] 143 00:08:07,591 --> 00:08:09,760 …he'll jump on the wheel and he'll go really fast. 144 00:08:09,843 --> 00:08:11,386 He'll run on the wheel. 145 00:08:11,470 --> 00:08:15,057 It's his way of saying, "Hey, you guys, take me with you." 146 00:08:15,557 --> 00:08:17,684 And we'll be hearing him as we're walking away. 147 00:08:18,185 --> 00:08:20,145 I started taking him in the bag places, 148 00:08:20,229 --> 00:08:22,773 and he would sort of treat it like he was on a balcony. 149 00:08:22,856 --> 00:08:25,984 Like, he would perch his-- his front feet and just sort of-- 150 00:08:26,068 --> 00:08:28,779 his head out, and he was checking everything out. 151 00:08:31,156 --> 00:08:33,492 He's worn a harness since he was eight weeks old. 152 00:08:33,575 --> 00:08:37,829 The first day that we put on the harness, we just sort of let him integrate 153 00:08:37,913 --> 00:08:40,082 with the harness around the house. 154 00:08:40,165 --> 00:08:43,210 Then, the second day, we did another six hours. 155 00:08:43,293 --> 00:08:45,837 By then, he was sleeping in it, playing in it, napping in it. 156 00:08:45,921 --> 00:08:47,297 It was like second skin. 157 00:08:47,381 --> 00:08:49,258 He sort of forgot he was even wearing it. 158 00:08:49,341 --> 00:08:51,468 And then, on the third day, we took him out. 159 00:08:51,552 --> 00:08:52,761 You got it, Mavi. 160 00:08:52,844 --> 00:08:54,638 You got it. You got it, boy. 161 00:08:55,180 --> 00:08:57,391 So, I had a pet store harness on him, 162 00:08:57,474 --> 00:09:01,436 and we were on Melrose Boulevard at one of our favorite coffee shops. 163 00:09:01,937 --> 00:09:04,856 And we were sitting outside at the patio just sipping our coffee, 164 00:09:04,940 --> 00:09:06,942 and he backed out of the harness. 165 00:09:07,025 --> 00:09:11,488 So, he pushed backwards and pulled it off through his head, 166 00:09:11,572 --> 00:09:15,033 and he was standing there with nothing, and there's cars whizzing by. 167 00:09:15,117 --> 00:09:18,287 And so I scooped him up, and my heart was racing. 168 00:09:18,370 --> 00:09:21,623 That was what motivated us to create our own harnesses. 169 00:09:22,666 --> 00:09:25,586 Ready to go, Bubs? Which one do you wanna wear? 170 00:09:29,172 --> 00:09:30,007 Want this one? 171 00:09:30,632 --> 00:09:31,466 This one? 172 00:09:31,967 --> 00:09:32,968 This one? 173 00:09:34,177 --> 00:09:35,053 Purple? 174 00:09:36,138 --> 00:09:37,097 Sparkles. 175 00:09:39,308 --> 00:09:41,184 All right. Get your booty in. 176 00:09:41,768 --> 00:09:43,520 Good boy. Have a seat. 177 00:09:44,021 --> 00:09:44,855 All right. 178 00:09:47,107 --> 00:09:49,276 Seventy-six percent Syrah. 179 00:09:49,359 --> 00:09:51,403 That's gonna make for a bit of a spice-driven… 180 00:09:51,486 --> 00:09:53,572 [Nick] People react very strange. 181 00:09:53,655 --> 00:09:57,326 Some people say, "Oh, my God, is that a cat?" 182 00:09:57,409 --> 00:09:59,536 And I always say, "No, no, it's a dog." 183 00:09:59,620 --> 00:10:02,289 "It just looks a little bit different." [laughing] 184 00:10:02,372 --> 00:10:03,332 [Kayla] Come on, Bubs. 185 00:10:05,667 --> 00:10:06,877 [laughing] 186 00:10:07,502 --> 00:10:10,005 -[woman on computer] Hello, handsome. -Hi, Grandma. 187 00:10:10,088 --> 00:10:12,674 -How are you… -I miss you, you know? 188 00:10:12,758 --> 00:10:14,551 Aw, I miss you, too. 189 00:10:14,635 --> 00:10:17,929 It's very good to see you. We have a special guest. 190 00:10:18,513 --> 00:10:19,640 -Oh. -You do? 191 00:10:19,723 --> 00:10:22,559 -Yeah, yeah, he's… -[man] Four-legged friend, is it? 192 00:10:22,643 --> 00:10:25,562 Four-legged guest. He was pretty good yesterday in the pool. 193 00:10:25,646 --> 00:10:27,564 I grew up in Newcastle, England. 194 00:10:27,648 --> 00:10:30,942 It's just below Scotland, on the northeast coast, 195 00:10:31,026 --> 00:10:34,655 and I came to America when I was a late teenager. 196 00:10:34,738 --> 00:10:35,864 The wake experience. 197 00:10:35,947 --> 00:10:37,949 [surf music playing] 198 00:10:41,119 --> 00:10:43,497 And through the sport of wakeboarding, 199 00:10:43,580 --> 00:10:47,626 I was lucky enough to become a citizen and came to stay in America. 200 00:10:49,169 --> 00:10:50,295 [laughing] 201 00:10:51,338 --> 00:10:54,299 Maverick was, I think, around ten or 12 weeks. 202 00:10:54,383 --> 00:10:58,428 We did a day trip to the beach when we were visiting my folks in Florida. 203 00:10:58,512 --> 00:11:01,640 We're on the beach, and there was these little pools of-- of water, 204 00:11:02,140 --> 00:11:03,350 uh, that were shallow, 205 00:11:03,850 --> 00:11:07,020 and he wanted to get from one side to the other 206 00:11:07,104 --> 00:11:11,400 'cause there was some mangrove trees, and he just walked right through. 207 00:11:11,983 --> 00:11:14,861 It was pretty deep for him, and we couldn't believe it. 208 00:11:14,945 --> 00:11:16,947 Looked like a little jaguar, he was so young. 209 00:11:17,030 --> 00:11:20,325 And went right into the mangrove trees, the water went up to his neck 210 00:11:20,409 --> 00:11:23,620 and on his back, and then he came out the other side 211 00:11:23,704 --> 00:11:26,081 and shook it off and continued on. 212 00:11:27,124 --> 00:11:29,584 [Kayla] With Bengals, they do take to water a bit more 213 00:11:29,668 --> 00:11:32,629 than the regular domestic cat does. 214 00:11:32,713 --> 00:11:38,051 We did, like, super, super tiny baby steps to integrate the water experience 215 00:11:38,135 --> 00:11:39,845 and make it a positive one as well, 216 00:11:39,928 --> 00:11:41,638 and he took to it right away. 217 00:11:41,722 --> 00:11:44,266 So, Nick was like, "I'm gonna teach him to surf." 218 00:11:44,766 --> 00:11:46,101 He started the surf camp. 219 00:11:46,184 --> 00:11:49,104 [Nick] I pulled a board down, and I put it in the house. 220 00:11:49,187 --> 00:11:50,647 He was just so little. 221 00:11:50,731 --> 00:11:53,525 He would climb and run around the board, and he got comfortable on it, 222 00:11:53,608 --> 00:11:58,530 and then I would put it up on a chair, so it would be like a seesaw almost. 223 00:11:58,613 --> 00:12:01,366 And after he played in the house on that, 224 00:12:01,450 --> 00:12:02,784 I just said, "You know what?" 225 00:12:02,868 --> 00:12:05,370 "Let's take it into the pool and see how he does." 226 00:12:05,454 --> 00:12:08,999 And then, when we went onto the lake in Florida, in Orlando, 227 00:12:09,583 --> 00:12:13,837 um, on the stand-up paddle boards, he completely surprised us. 228 00:12:14,337 --> 00:12:17,758 Kayla and I were in the middle of the lake. I think she was on a kayak, 229 00:12:17,841 --> 00:12:19,509 and I was on the stand-up, 230 00:12:19,593 --> 00:12:22,971 and Maverick just dove into the lake. 231 00:12:23,472 --> 00:12:25,223 I was definitely panicked. 232 00:12:25,307 --> 00:12:28,185 I was scared. Like, I was, "Is he gonna know how to swim?" 233 00:12:28,268 --> 00:12:31,772 [Nick] Kayla was maybe, you know, 20 feet away, 234 00:12:31,855 --> 00:12:35,650 and he swam over to her and jumped on her kayak, dried off, 235 00:12:35,734 --> 00:12:38,487 and we were like, "Wow, that was crazy!" 236 00:12:38,570 --> 00:12:40,197 And after that, I thought, 237 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:42,741 "Oh, maybe he needs to, you know, catch a wave, 238 00:12:42,824 --> 00:12:44,659 and I'd love to take him surfing." 239 00:12:44,743 --> 00:12:46,453 I just wanted to take him out 240 00:12:46,536 --> 00:12:49,706 when it was, like, six-inch waves and really small. 241 00:12:49,790 --> 00:12:51,166 And that's what we did. 242 00:12:51,249 --> 00:12:54,669 And he caught his first wave in Malibu. 243 00:12:55,295 --> 00:12:57,297 [surf music playing] 244 00:13:04,262 --> 00:13:07,015 I just thought, "This cat's something else." 245 00:13:07,098 --> 00:13:10,268 And maybe I've rubbed off on him a little bit, who knows? 246 00:13:10,769 --> 00:13:14,481 The qualities that really stick out, that he has as a Bengal, 247 00:13:14,564 --> 00:13:16,441 is his energy level. 248 00:13:17,526 --> 00:13:20,654 I never-- I didn't even know what a Bengal was till Kayla told me. 249 00:13:20,737 --> 00:13:26,618 It's a-- a cross between a tabby and, uh, an exotic cat. 250 00:13:26,701 --> 00:13:31,957 So, an F1 Bengal is the first generation of Bengals. 251 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,084 Now, they get more diluted as they go down. 252 00:13:34,167 --> 00:13:37,128 So, F2's a farther generation removed. 253 00:13:37,212 --> 00:13:38,171 F3. 254 00:13:38,255 --> 00:13:42,884 The closer they are to the source, the-- the more rambunctious they might be. 255 00:13:45,095 --> 00:13:46,972 [peaceful music playing] 256 00:13:47,055 --> 00:13:50,684 [Kayla] He's an extremely high-maintenance animal, 257 00:13:50,767 --> 00:13:53,019 so it's definitely not a breed for everyone. 258 00:13:53,103 --> 00:13:57,899 If you can't spend a certain amount of time with them, 259 00:13:57,983 --> 00:14:01,194 they start to digress mentally, 260 00:14:01,278 --> 00:14:04,531 and then they can even have aggression issues. 261 00:14:04,614 --> 00:14:08,285 [Nick] A Bengal needs to run, whether it's on the wheel in the house… 262 00:14:10,662 --> 00:14:11,496 …and outside. 263 00:14:12,414 --> 00:14:14,624 -They have a lot of energy. -[Kayla] Good boy! 264 00:14:14,708 --> 00:14:15,917 [Nick] They love to explore. 265 00:14:16,001 --> 00:14:18,295 [Kayla] I've heard so many sad stories about Bengals 266 00:14:18,378 --> 00:14:21,339 because people will get them because they're pretty 267 00:14:21,423 --> 00:14:23,800 and they have a high price tag, 268 00:14:23,884 --> 00:14:28,054 and they think that it has, you know, a status symbol or something to have them. 269 00:14:28,138 --> 00:14:29,681 Or they just think it's cool, 270 00:14:29,764 --> 00:14:33,393 and then they don't set aside the time to put into the animal. 271 00:14:33,476 --> 00:14:36,146 And then six months goes by, and they're like, 272 00:14:36,229 --> 00:14:37,939 "Well, I got a broken one. Mine's broken." 273 00:14:38,023 --> 00:14:41,401 "Mine pees in the corner, and mine bites me, and mine scratches me." 274 00:14:41,985 --> 00:14:44,070 And I get so frustrated with those people 275 00:14:44,154 --> 00:14:47,157 because I think that that's created through neglect. 276 00:14:47,657 --> 00:14:50,744 'Cause there's a lot of Bengals that do get returned, 277 00:14:50,827 --> 00:14:52,037 and they end up in sanctuaries, 278 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:57,042 and those habits are really, really hard to get at and fix. 279 00:14:57,125 --> 00:15:00,170 They're not a good animal if you're a super busy person. 280 00:15:03,632 --> 00:15:05,634 -[clicking tongue] -[cat meows] 281 00:15:07,636 --> 00:15:09,763 -[Nick] Good boy, good boy. -[Kayla chuckles] 282 00:15:16,269 --> 00:15:19,105 Mav, this one. This one. It's got your top on it. 283 00:15:19,773 --> 00:15:21,191 -[meows] -Let's go with this, Mav. 284 00:15:21,816 --> 00:15:23,318 Let's take old faithful. 285 00:15:24,402 --> 00:15:26,029 Wanna ride in one of these, buddy? 286 00:15:28,448 --> 00:15:32,369 Which board do you want, buddy? He's sniffing out the one he wants. 287 00:15:33,119 --> 00:15:33,954 Oh. 288 00:15:35,163 --> 00:15:36,957 What you got in your mouth, buddy? 289 00:15:37,457 --> 00:15:40,669 -[Kayla gasps] Oh, my God! -[Nick] What happened? 290 00:15:40,752 --> 00:15:43,797 -[Kayla] It's a dead mouse or a live one. -[Nick] It's live, he just grabbed it. 291 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,257 Hey, Mavi. If you pick him up, he'll let it go. 292 00:15:46,341 --> 00:15:47,634 [Kayla] But I-- I can't. 293 00:15:48,176 --> 00:15:49,636 He needs his leash on. 294 00:15:49,719 --> 00:15:52,681 Bubby, you can't be eating the mice. 295 00:15:52,764 --> 00:15:54,975 Now, needs to let it go, and it can run. 296 00:15:55,058 --> 00:15:58,269 I don't want him to get hurt or sick. Honey, don't do that. Don't do that. 297 00:15:58,812 --> 00:16:00,939 -He needs to drop it. -[Nick] I'll let you do it, then. 298 00:16:01,022 --> 00:16:02,232 [Kayla] You can drop it. 299 00:16:03,024 --> 00:16:03,858 Mavi. 300 00:16:04,901 --> 00:16:05,986 Oh! 301 00:16:06,069 --> 00:16:08,363 -[Nick] He's never done this. -[Kayla] I'm just afraid-- 302 00:16:08,446 --> 00:16:10,365 Oh, there we go. Let it go, let it go. 303 00:16:10,448 --> 00:16:12,075 Sorry. I'm sorry, Mav. 304 00:16:12,158 --> 00:16:14,536 -[Nick] Run away. -I know you're gonna be so mad at me. 305 00:16:14,619 --> 00:16:17,080 I'm sorry, bub. Sorry, bub. 306 00:16:17,872 --> 00:16:18,832 [chuckles] 307 00:16:19,374 --> 00:16:21,042 -No, no, no! -[Nick laughing] 308 00:16:21,126 --> 00:16:22,293 [Kayla] Can you get rid of it? 309 00:16:22,377 --> 00:16:24,754 -[Nick] Mavi-- Sure. -Well, not with your hands. 310 00:16:25,839 --> 00:16:28,216 -[Nick laughing] Okay, what with? -What do you want me to do? 311 00:16:28,299 --> 00:16:30,427 -I'll pick it up. -He's gonna choke himself. 312 00:16:30,510 --> 00:16:32,804 -Sorry. Did you get rid of it? -We'll get you better food. 313 00:16:32,887 --> 00:16:34,514 -Yeah, it's gone. -He won't find it? 314 00:16:34,597 --> 00:16:35,432 -No. -Okay. 315 00:16:35,974 --> 00:16:36,933 -Good boy, Mav. -Whew! 316 00:16:37,434 --> 00:16:39,561 [Nick] Come on, Mav. Let's go pick a board. 317 00:16:40,311 --> 00:16:41,146 Not a mouse. 318 00:16:41,646 --> 00:16:43,940 -What did you do with it? -It just ran away. 319 00:16:44,024 --> 00:16:45,775 -Oh, so it lived? -It was playing dead. 320 00:16:45,859 --> 00:16:47,027 -Yeah. -Okay, good. 321 00:16:49,487 --> 00:16:52,449 [Kayla] We decided we move from the city to the country, 322 00:16:52,532 --> 00:16:56,161 that it was a perfect opportunity, um, to get some chickens. 323 00:16:56,244 --> 00:16:57,078 [chickens clucking] 324 00:16:58,121 --> 00:17:01,041 Ever since I was little, I grew up surrounded by animals, 325 00:17:01,124 --> 00:17:04,085 so it's really important to me that Mavi loves them, too. 326 00:17:04,878 --> 00:17:06,880 -They're good boys. -[Mavi meowing] 327 00:17:06,963 --> 00:17:08,006 So, Ashwagandha, 328 00:17:08,089 --> 00:17:10,842 she would just ride around in the palm of my hand. 329 00:17:10,925 --> 00:17:14,471 She's obviously now bigger, so she's not so much of a lap chicken, 330 00:17:14,554 --> 00:17:19,059 but I can walk in and pick her up, and she likes to ride around in my hands. 331 00:17:19,142 --> 00:17:23,104 Uh, we have Minooka, Ashwagandha, and Drogen. 332 00:17:23,188 --> 00:17:25,398 He's known them since they were a day old. 333 00:17:25,482 --> 00:17:27,817 And during that time, they would be in the bathroom 334 00:17:27,901 --> 00:17:29,527 and, every single day, 335 00:17:29,611 --> 00:17:32,989 he would come in and he would, at first, see them through the cage. 336 00:17:33,073 --> 00:17:36,367 Eventually, the baby chicks were, like, riding on his back. 337 00:17:36,451 --> 00:17:38,161 Like, I'm not joking. [laughing] 338 00:17:38,953 --> 00:17:42,791 And now, they're just sort of, like, brother and sister. 339 00:17:42,874 --> 00:17:43,708 Okay. 340 00:17:44,375 --> 00:17:47,170 [Nick] Good boy, Mav. That's his sister. 341 00:17:47,253 --> 00:17:49,756 [Kayla] I don't know if he sees that they're chickens 342 00:17:49,839 --> 00:17:52,717 or if he thinks they're cats or whatever. 343 00:17:52,801 --> 00:17:53,760 Good boy, Mavi. 344 00:17:54,469 --> 00:17:57,722 So, we wanted to add a few more to the family. 345 00:17:57,806 --> 00:17:59,390 'Cause these ones are a little bit… 346 00:17:59,474 --> 00:18:01,392 -[Nick] They're a little feisty? -[Kayla] Yes. 347 00:18:01,476 --> 00:18:04,229 We'll have to reacclimate Mavi from the beginning, 348 00:18:04,312 --> 00:18:07,398 but I'm hoping that he remembers all of his training. 349 00:18:07,482 --> 00:18:13,279 'Cause a predator is the cat, and the prey would be the chicken. 350 00:18:14,072 --> 00:18:17,951 So, we kind of have to get them together in a controlled environment. 351 00:18:18,034 --> 00:18:18,868 Hi. 352 00:18:20,912 --> 00:18:23,373 -[dramatic music playing] -[Kayla] Oh! 353 00:18:23,456 --> 00:18:25,458 -[Nick] Oh, he's scared. -[Kayla] It's okay. 354 00:18:25,542 --> 00:18:27,544 [Nick chuckles] Mav got scared. 355 00:18:31,172 --> 00:18:32,090 [meows] 356 00:18:32,173 --> 00:18:33,591 [Kayla] For his second birthday, 357 00:18:33,675 --> 00:18:36,803 we wanted to let him show off what he could do on the water. 358 00:18:38,930 --> 00:18:41,432 [Nick] He's confident on the board. He can jump on the board. 359 00:18:41,516 --> 00:18:45,311 He's not scared of being out floating on the board himself. 360 00:18:45,395 --> 00:18:46,229 Good boy. 361 00:18:47,063 --> 00:18:48,314 Ready, Mav? [laughing] 362 00:18:48,398 --> 00:18:50,108 -Hey, he did it! -Oh, good boy! 363 00:18:50,191 --> 00:18:53,153 But if we can get him used to traveling at speed on the board, 364 00:18:53,236 --> 00:18:55,864 then it-- it'll really help with his confidence. 365 00:18:55,947 --> 00:18:57,407 [surf music playing] 366 00:19:08,710 --> 00:19:10,128 [Kayla] So, Maverick is a Leo. 367 00:19:10,211 --> 00:19:13,214 His birthday is, uh, August 18th. 368 00:19:13,298 --> 00:19:17,177 Last year, for his birthday, we did Cat Burning Man. 369 00:19:17,260 --> 00:19:19,762 And it's pretty cute. You can check out the hashtag. 370 00:19:19,846 --> 00:19:22,891 This year, we're gonna have to come up with something to beat that. 371 00:19:24,142 --> 00:19:25,560 'Cause I'm thinking… 372 00:19:25,643 --> 00:19:28,479 I don't know, the movie-star thing might be too hard to do. 373 00:19:28,980 --> 00:19:29,814 Right. 374 00:19:29,898 --> 00:19:32,233 But you have to think, like, what-- 375 00:19:32,317 --> 00:19:33,193 I don't know… 376 00:19:34,235 --> 00:19:36,779 Like, how can you top last year? 377 00:19:36,863 --> 00:19:37,697 I know. 378 00:19:39,699 --> 00:19:43,578 I don't know, I always liked the stuff that's, like, super extravagant, like… 379 00:19:44,454 --> 00:19:45,538 diamonds and… 380 00:19:45,622 --> 00:19:46,497 Yeah, yeah. 381 00:19:46,581 --> 00:19:49,125 -All sorts of, like, fake fur. -Yeah. 382 00:19:49,876 --> 00:19:52,587 -I can see people-- -Oh, it could be like "Mavi's Luau." 383 00:19:52,670 --> 00:19:56,174 -Yeah, yeah. -Or "Mavi's Maui Luau." 384 00:19:56,257 --> 00:19:57,175 Yeah. 385 00:19:57,258 --> 00:20:01,721 When it's summertime, 'cause he has a summer birthday, so… 386 00:20:05,016 --> 00:20:06,309 What do you think, Mav? 387 00:20:11,105 --> 00:20:13,858 He's able to communicate on a different level as well. 388 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:15,777 He can tell us what he wants. 389 00:20:15,860 --> 00:20:17,320 You need to walk, Mavi? 390 00:20:17,403 --> 00:20:18,780 -[Mavi meows] -All right. 391 00:20:18,863 --> 00:20:21,491 He can tell us, "I don't like this," or "I wanna do that." 392 00:20:21,574 --> 00:20:23,660 -Or, "Can I go over here?" Or… -[meows] 393 00:20:23,743 --> 00:20:25,620 Um… you know, "My leash is caught." 394 00:20:26,204 --> 00:20:28,915 -[meows] -He can let us know vocally. 395 00:20:28,998 --> 00:20:31,376 I think he's taught us his language. 396 00:20:31,459 --> 00:20:32,669 [meowing] 397 00:20:33,670 --> 00:20:36,339 And then, one morning, he told us something was wrong. 398 00:20:36,422 --> 00:20:37,507 He-- he went all quiet. 399 00:20:38,883 --> 00:20:42,303 It happened very much out of the blue. 400 00:20:42,804 --> 00:20:44,514 We woke up one morning, 401 00:20:45,056 --> 00:20:47,892 he wasn't in the bed. He wasn't even in the room. 402 00:20:47,976 --> 00:20:49,394 [somber music playing] 403 00:20:49,477 --> 00:20:53,147 Eventually, I found him in the far corner of the closet. 404 00:20:54,565 --> 00:20:58,194 I don't even know how to explain it. He looked as if he was drugged or drunk. 405 00:20:58,278 --> 00:21:02,365 He tried to walk, and he couldn't use his legs. 406 00:21:02,448 --> 00:21:04,826 And he fell down, and then he tried to get back up, 407 00:21:04,909 --> 00:21:05,743 and he fell down. 408 00:21:05,827 --> 00:21:09,580 And, as he got to the hardwood floor, his legs just split apart and he fell. 409 00:21:09,664 --> 00:21:12,917 We were-- Immediately knew something was up. 410 00:21:13,001 --> 00:21:16,838 Kayla came and ca-- started calling, 411 00:21:16,921 --> 00:21:20,758 and we got a vet that, uh, said, "Yes, come down right now." 412 00:21:20,842 --> 00:21:22,510 So, we just took off. 413 00:21:22,593 --> 00:21:25,430 Was getting into the car. I'm holding him in his bag. 414 00:21:25,513 --> 00:21:29,142 He just starts to go. Like, he starts to leave us. 415 00:21:29,225 --> 00:21:32,562 Like, consciousness-wise, his body becomes limp, 416 00:21:32,645 --> 00:21:35,356 almost as if he's been tranquilized. 417 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:36,691 He's just out. 418 00:21:36,774 --> 00:21:39,319 Then, we got to the animal hospital, 419 00:21:39,402 --> 00:21:42,280 and, um, they took him in to do some tests. 420 00:21:42,363 --> 00:21:44,282 Ran test after test after test. 421 00:21:44,365 --> 00:21:46,367 Everything's coming back, "We don't know what it is." 422 00:21:46,451 --> 00:21:47,618 "Let's run more tests." 423 00:21:47,702 --> 00:21:49,787 It's, like, nearly midnight, and they're saying to us, 424 00:21:49,871 --> 00:21:53,082 "Okay, so we wanna keep him overnight to monitor him." 425 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:58,254 I was like, "No, he's not comfortable if he's not with us." 426 00:21:58,338 --> 00:21:59,339 "He's not happy." 427 00:22:00,590 --> 00:22:03,051 I was like, "No, no, we're taking him home." 428 00:22:05,511 --> 00:22:08,973 It was definitely in the realm of reality that he could leave us. 429 00:22:10,683 --> 00:22:13,644 [Nick] We couldn't imagine life without him. He's part of our family. 430 00:22:15,438 --> 00:22:17,815 [Kayla] The little guy's, like, stolen my heart. 431 00:22:17,899 --> 00:22:20,193 [emotional music playing] 432 00:22:20,276 --> 00:22:23,237 Little bit of time goes by, and-- and he throws up, 433 00:22:23,321 --> 00:22:26,324 and we're like, "Oh, my God, this is horrible." 434 00:22:26,407 --> 00:22:28,368 "The symptoms are getting worse." 435 00:22:34,749 --> 00:22:35,750 [uplifting music playing] 436 00:22:35,833 --> 00:22:39,379 And what it turned out to be was he had gotten into fishing lure 437 00:22:39,462 --> 00:22:41,297 that had, like, a certain coating on it, 438 00:22:41,381 --> 00:22:44,008 and that's what had affected his neurological system. 439 00:22:44,509 --> 00:22:47,261 Oh, sleepy boy. Come here, sleepy. 440 00:22:47,345 --> 00:22:50,515 It was one of the most scary experiences I've had with Mavi. 441 00:22:50,598 --> 00:22:51,432 There we go. 442 00:22:52,308 --> 00:22:53,142 Sleepy. 443 00:22:53,226 --> 00:22:56,854 I just have to realize how blessed we-- we really are. 444 00:22:56,938 --> 00:22:58,606 [Nick] Yeah, he's very unique. 445 00:22:58,689 --> 00:23:01,317 Mavi was sleeping on top of the fridge. He's been-- 446 00:23:01,901 --> 00:23:03,986 He's got his birthday bandana. 447 00:23:04,070 --> 00:23:06,489 I'm gonna put him in his chair. Hopefully he'll chill out. 448 00:23:06,572 --> 00:23:09,117 My goodness, there's a handsome boy. He's two now, right? 449 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:12,245 -He's two today! Exactly two today. -[Nick] Yeah, he's two today. 450 00:23:12,745 --> 00:23:13,871 -Happy birthday! -[Kayla] Say hi. 451 00:23:13,955 --> 00:23:17,959 To the one who really changed our adventure life. [laughing] 452 00:23:18,042 --> 00:23:19,419 Cheers! 453 00:23:20,211 --> 00:23:21,379 Bonjour. 454 00:23:21,462 --> 00:23:23,381 -Happy birthday! -Happy birthday! 455 00:23:24,006 --> 00:23:26,134 [man] Did you guys get his present that I sent? 456 00:23:26,217 --> 00:23:28,386 -Is this your package? -Yeah. 457 00:23:28,469 --> 00:23:31,222 It's the box, right? You got him a box. 458 00:23:31,305 --> 00:23:34,100 -[Kayla laughing] -Oh, Doctor. 459 00:23:34,183 --> 00:23:37,103 Drew sent the toilet training system. 460 00:23:37,186 --> 00:23:39,897 Oh, Mavi loves the box. Oh! Danger zone, bubby. 461 00:23:39,981 --> 00:23:42,900 Mavi's favorite part is the box, of course. 462 00:23:42,984 --> 00:23:45,486 Cats just love boxes. 463 00:23:46,112 --> 00:23:48,948 We have a five-foot Maverick. 464 00:23:49,991 --> 00:23:51,492 I think he's gonna have a nap. 465 00:23:51,576 --> 00:23:54,454 Dan, you better jump in before Mavi falls asleep. 466 00:23:54,537 --> 00:23:57,957 -[Mavi purring] -[chuckles] Well, happy birthday, Mavi. 467 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:01,961 I can't wait to see the new sports you're gonna teach this cat. 468 00:24:02,044 --> 00:24:04,547 Jumping through fire hoops, and… 469 00:24:04,630 --> 00:24:07,925 -[Kayla and Nick laughing] -…back flips, and ice-skating. 470 00:24:08,426 --> 00:24:10,511 Happy birthday, Mavi! Cheers! 471 00:24:10,595 --> 00:24:11,429 Cheers! 472 00:24:11,512 --> 00:24:12,346 Cheers, Dan! 473 00:24:12,430 --> 00:24:15,224 -Cheers to ice-skating! [laughing] -Cheers to ice-skating! 474 00:24:15,308 --> 00:24:18,311 So, he's been learning how to jump. 475 00:24:18,394 --> 00:24:21,272 He's gonna do a show today for the guests that come. 476 00:24:21,355 --> 00:24:23,608 He's gonna jump from board to board. 477 00:24:23,691 --> 00:24:26,527 Kayla taught him all the tricks, and I taught him how to surf. 478 00:24:26,611 --> 00:24:27,820 Don't like that, do you? 479 00:24:28,321 --> 00:24:31,741 -Well, I love you guys so much. -[all] Cheers, love you! 480 00:24:31,824 --> 00:24:33,493 Cheers! Happy birthday! 481 00:24:33,576 --> 00:24:35,578 -[Kayla] Bye, guys. Bye. -[Nick] Bye. 482 00:24:35,995 --> 00:24:37,997 -[Dan] Bye-bye. -See you in person soon. 483 00:24:38,581 --> 00:24:39,582 Bye, Vaida! 484 00:24:40,458 --> 00:24:41,292 [man and woman] Bye. 485 00:24:41,375 --> 00:24:42,752 And we'll see you soon. 486 00:24:43,794 --> 00:24:45,755 [chuckles] Bye, guys. Bye, Grandma! 487 00:24:46,881 --> 00:24:48,174 Bye, Mom. Bye, Dad. 488 00:24:49,509 --> 00:24:50,927 -All right. -[Kayla] Come on. 489 00:24:52,887 --> 00:24:54,972 -[guest 1] So good to see you guys. -[Nick] You, too. 490 00:24:55,056 --> 00:24:56,766 -So good to see everybody. -[guest 2] Cheers! 491 00:24:56,849 --> 00:24:58,935 [indistinct conversations] 492 00:24:59,018 --> 00:25:00,186 [guest 3] Where are your chickens? 493 00:25:00,269 --> 00:25:02,688 -Oh, that's where you are. -[Nick] That's what we want. 494 00:25:02,772 --> 00:25:04,315 They were the wee, wee, wee ones. 495 00:25:04,398 --> 00:25:07,568 I was expecting little chickens I get to hold and play with. 496 00:25:07,652 --> 00:25:09,779 No, they grew up fast, man. 497 00:25:09,862 --> 00:25:11,364 Where's the birthday boy? 498 00:25:12,031 --> 00:25:12,865 Um… 499 00:25:14,242 --> 00:25:15,493 [Nick] Mavi pulled through. 500 00:25:15,993 --> 00:25:19,455 We weren't sure if he's his old self, but we're about to find out. 501 00:25:20,498 --> 00:25:21,624 [Kayla] Okay, here we go. 502 00:25:21,707 --> 00:25:22,750 [Nick] Here he goes. 503 00:25:22,833 --> 00:25:25,503 -[all cheering] -[upbeat music playing] 504 00:25:25,586 --> 00:25:27,213 [Nick] He knows where he gets that. 505 00:25:27,296 --> 00:25:28,839 They're coming. They're lining up. 506 00:25:28,923 --> 00:25:30,716 [Kayla] Ooh, that's a big jump. 507 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:31,968 [Nick] Lining up. Launching! 508 00:25:32,051 --> 00:25:34,136 -[cheering] -[Mavi meows] 509 00:25:34,220 --> 00:25:37,014 -[Nick laughing] Yeah! -[Kayla] Okay, that one deserves a cheer. 510 00:25:37,098 --> 00:25:38,266 [guest 4] That was excellent. 511 00:25:38,849 --> 00:25:40,726 [Kayla] Holy cow, Mavi! 512 00:25:41,936 --> 00:25:44,230 He got so-- so proud of himself. 513 00:25:44,730 --> 00:25:45,565 Attaboy. 514 00:25:46,190 --> 00:25:47,817 [uplifting music playing] 515 00:25:50,611 --> 00:25:52,863 -[cheering] -[Nick laughing] Oh, yeah! 516 00:25:55,366 --> 00:25:56,742 [Kayla] Holy cow, Mavi! 517 00:25:58,077 --> 00:26:01,038 You've had a long birthday. It's still not over. 518 00:26:02,999 --> 00:26:03,958 Ready? 519 00:26:04,041 --> 00:26:07,295 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 520 00:26:07,795 --> 00:26:10,381 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 521 00:26:11,090 --> 00:26:14,760 ♪ Happy birthday, dear Maverick ♪ 522 00:26:14,844 --> 00:26:17,722 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 523 00:26:17,805 --> 00:26:18,639 [Nick] All right. 524 00:26:18,723 --> 00:26:20,683 -[blowing] -[cheering] 525 00:26:20,766 --> 00:26:22,476 Good job, you did good. 526 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,771 -Happy birthday, Maverick! -[Kayla] You did good! Whoo-hoo! 527 00:26:25,855 --> 00:26:27,648 [indistinct conversations] 528 00:26:29,859 --> 00:26:34,030 [Nick] Him coming into my life was something that I never saw coming, 529 00:26:34,113 --> 00:26:37,533 and it just became something really huge. 530 00:26:38,951 --> 00:26:42,538 [Kayla] There was something about knowing that his birthday almost didn't happen 531 00:26:42,622 --> 00:26:44,915 that just made it extra special. 532 00:26:46,292 --> 00:26:49,795 [Nick] Thought we'd celebrate his birthday and recovery by hitting the waves again 533 00:26:49,879 --> 00:26:52,214 and letting him unleash his inner surfer cat. 534 00:26:53,883 --> 00:26:56,761 [Kayla] A lot of people probably think that we're crazy, 535 00:26:56,844 --> 00:27:00,556 but I would just say to them we're having the time of our lives. 536 00:27:01,223 --> 00:27:03,309 [uplifting music playing] 537 00:27:16,781 --> 00:27:18,741 [closing theme music playing]