Revealed by: Ingrid King. Final Up to date on: October 31, 2022 by Crystal Uys
Daniel “DQ” Quagliozzi is the cat guide behind Go Cat Go, a San Francisco’s primarily based consulting service for cat conduct recommendation. With over 15 years of frontline expertise in animal welfare, sheltering and one-on-one conduct counseling, DQ affords cat recommendation that people can relate to and apply to their very own lives, permitting them to “Reside within the Meow” with a greater understanding and stability.
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How do you method a distant session?
I method my distant consults the identical means, however I do spend just a little extra time with the interface between my shoppers and myself, as a result of the cats are normally simply hanging out close by. I ask that my shoppers present video and written info earlier than we meet on SKYPE so I at the very least have some form of baseline on their actions, as they’re unlikely to current behaviors on cue or in view of the digital camera. For issues like litterbox avoidance, I do ask that my shoppers take me on a digital tour of the locations the place accidents occur and naturally, the litterbox preparations. That’s all the time enjoyable! You title it, I’ve seen it – both in particular person or by means of the lens of a digital camera.
Are there any issues you can not handle with a distant session?
I feel there may be worth in simply having a face-to-face dialog with a guide. Positive, some issues could also be mentioned largely in principle, however I do consider that the private connection that I make with my consumer is what units me other than different consultants, and that enables for open and understanding discussions about points that may solely manifest within the absence of the guardian or each on occasion. I discuss concerning the large image earlier than we will even consider the precise difficulty we’re making an attempt to repair. I don’t really feel like there may be any topic or conduct downside that’s off limits for that form of dialogue. Additionally…topics coated in a distant seek the advice of depart room for additional dialogue and collaboration with my shoppers going ahead. Fixing these circumstances is a joint effort. No answer within the historical past of cat issues has each occurred with out some type of collaboration.
Inform us about your hardest case.
My hardest circumstances are all the time these the place my very own private security is in danger. Simply having prior data that you simply may be attacked the very second you enter somebody’s condo is just a little daunting and skews your expectations. I’ve to take heed to my very own conduct and the way I’ll set off this cat. I’ve to honor the cat’s sense of insecurity, concern or nervousness, whereas operating the chance of doubtless being harmed. There have been a handful of cats that will not enable me to remain in the home in any respect, regardless of all my makes an attempt to zero out my intentions in the direction of them. That makes it just a little onerous to delineate recommendation…. , like making an attempt to instruct another person the way to settle down a drunk man on the bar, whereas he swings at you and throws bottles.
I put on protecting gear, and attempt to get as a lot video as potential earlier than I arrive. In some circumstances, cats like this do higher with the distant consults.
Inform us about your most rewarding case.
I do that work to save lots of lives. That’s the underside line. So, anytime a guardian has or is considering surrendering their cat, I get just a little fireplace burning in my soul. I work very onerous to articulate the recommendation wanted to save lots of this cat from coming into a shelter, as a result of as soon as somebody has crossed that line in his or her thoughts… give up is all the time a chance. I work on a unique form of give up. I need my shoppers to give up themselves. Give in just a little. Let all of it go. Give up your self. Not your cat.
I’ve had shoppers name me, crying from the shelter parking zone, prepared to surrender on their cats due to a litterbox downside. When somebody says that YOU are the final hope for this cat… from the parking zone of the place that will finally be the final place they ever go…. There’s nothing left to do however act. You’re taking motion with kindness, understanding and compassionate help. You attain their hearts in an effort to deliver peace to their minds. I prefer to assume that each time that occurs, its not solely probably the most rewarding case, it’s the mission earlier than me. Let there be no mistake, although. The kindness wanted to speak somebody off the ledge of surrendering their cat, additionally must be very direct and agency.
Inform us about your personal cat.
Cubby, aka Cubby Saint Cubbins, aka The Munchkin cat from Mars, has been with me since I pulled him out of the SF County shelter in 2010. I used to be working consumption for the SFSPCA again then and had simply misplaced my senior cat Matilda to pancreatitis. I didn’t assume I’d take an opportunity on one other cat for some time.
There was Cubby, sitting in his cage like he owned the place. The track “Dreamweaver” performed in my head. I couldn’t consider a creature like this existed. Subsequent, I observed that he had an inclination to face upright (form of a munchkin breed high quality). I misplaced it. I needed to have him in my life. These legs. These eyes. That Napoleon complicated. He was simply magic.
Cubby has copiloted Go Cat Go along with me for the final 4 years and has fairly the next on-line. His is just probably the most adaptable, ornery little rascal I’ve ever met and on a regular basis we spend collectively is a 3 ring circus, however one way or the other…. He nonetheless tolerates me.
For extra details about Daniel and Go, Cat, Go, and to schedule a session, please go to his web site. You too can discover Daniel on Fb and Instagram.
