There's even an elite team of cat sitters who call themselves the cat whisperers.

甚至還有一支精英團隊，他們自稱是貓語者。

They're hiring, so I found out just what it takes to become one.

他們在招人，所以我發現了要成為他們的一員需要什麼。

I'm here with Jacqueline Rivera.

我和傑奎琳-里維拉在一起。

She's the CEO of Pawfect Day and she is the OG Cat Whisperer.

她是Pawfect Day的CEO，她是OG的貓語者。

Cats believe that they should be on a pedestal, and we are there to serve them.

貓咪認為，它們應該站在一個臺階上，而我們就是要為它們服務。

And we are.

而我們是。

We are pretty much their servants.

我們幾乎是他們的僕人。

With an attitude to serve, I followed a professional cat whisper to visit three different cats on the Upper East Side.

本著服務的態度，我跟著專業的貓咪語錄去上東城拜訪了三隻不同的貓咪。

Pawfect Day cat whisperers make $17.50 an hour.

掌上天貓語者時薪17.5元。

Here's what happened.

事情是這樣的

So when you act like you don't care, all of a sudden they're just like, "Wait, I'm not the star of the show?"

所以，當你表現出一副無所謂的樣子，突然間他們就會說："等等，我不是明星嗎？"

I like to just come in, start fixing their food, and I don't even address them.

我喜歡剛進來，就開始給他們弄吃的，我甚至不跟他們說話。

And then they come to you.

然後他們來找你。

All right, that's the one.

好吧，就是這個。

A full page description of how they want to be fed.

全頁描述了他們想要的餵養方式。

She even has pictures.

她甚至有照片。

Sometimes they won't like the kibble, and we want to make sure that we're doing it the way they like it.

有時他們會不喜歡狗糧，我們要確保我們是按照他們喜歡的方式來做的。

Maybe we didn't serve it to their liking.

也許我們沒有按他們的喜好來做。

Oh, that was supposed to go into a glass bowl.

哦，那應該是放進玻璃碗裡的。

Seven steps to clean the litter box.

清潔垃圾箱的七個步驟。

If they want to watch a certain channel, then we will change the channel for them.

如果他們想看某個頻道，那麼我們就會為他們換頻道。

Sometimes they like watching the Discovery Channel, or they want a different music station.

有時他們喜歡看探索頻道，或者他們想換個音樂臺。

Wow, look at that.

哇，看那個。

Get your phone always ready for the good shot for the perfect shot for the perfect update to send to their owner.

讓你的手機時刻準備著，為好的拍攝為完美的更新發送給他們的主人。

You do have to be pet CPR and first aid certified to work with us.

你必須有寵物心肺復甦術和急救認證才能在我們這裡工作。

I have no idea how that works.

我不知道那是如何工作的。

Would you be able to show us?

你能給我們看看嗎？

Their heartbeat is much quicker than a human.

他們的心跳比人類快得多。

So you would do double, about a hundred or more per minute.

所以你會做雙倍的，每分鐘大約一百多個。

And if it's hard to remember that, you can go with the song Bee Gees' "Stayin Alive."

如果很難記住這一點，你可以用Bee Gees的 "Stayin Alive "這首歌來代替。

Ah, ha, ha, ha. Stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

啊，哈，哈，哈。活著，活著，活著。

I just always assume that I'm being watched.

我只是總以為自己被人盯上了。

When I first came in, I thought maybe this could have been a camera.

當我剛來的時候，我想也許這可能是一臺相機。

So anything that looks like that, anything that's circular like that, I just assume that it's watching me.

所以，凡是看起來像那樣的東西，凡是像那樣的圓形的東西，我就認為它在觀察我。

It turns out the hardest part about Cat whispering is dealing with spoiled cats.

原來貓語最難的是對付被寵壞的貓咪。

It's actually getting to them.

其實是在向他們下手。

There's a cab.

有一輛計程車。

Should we catch a cab?

我們要不要打車？

No, actually.

不，其實。

It never makes financial sense to take to use the money you just made cat sitting, to use a cab for the next cat sit because for that you should have just never went to the cats.

如果拿去用剛賺的錢坐貓，用計程車去坐下一隻貓，這在經濟上是永遠沒有意義的，因為對於這一點，你就應該從來沒有去坐過貓。

We walked two and a half miles between visits, which took an additional hour of our time.

我們在參觀之間走了兩英里半的路，多花了我們一個小時的時間。

Because commuting between cats can take a bunch of extra time, I give part time cat whispering two dollar signs.

因為貓咪之間的通勤會佔用一堆額外的時間，所以我給兼職貓語兩塊錢的牌子。

Well, I wouldn't recommend traveling across town for just one cat.

我不建議為了一隻貓而穿越城市。

It's perfect when you have time to kill and it's convenient.

當你有時間打發的時候，它是完美的，而且很方便。

I started doing it because when I was dog sitting I'd have these little awkward amounts of time in between that would say, "hey, I mean if I just go back home, I just have to come back out anyway."

我開始這樣做，因為當我是狗坐 我有這些小尷尬的時間之間 會說，"嘿，我的意思是，如果我只是回家， 我只是有回來反正出來。"

"So how would I make some extra money in between dog walking?"

"那我怎麼在遛狗的間隙賺點外快呢？"

And what do you think sets you apart from other candidates?

那你覺得你和其他考生有什麼不同呢？

Yeah. I mean, I think it's just my true, sincere belief that we as humans are placed on this Earth to serve cats.

是啊，我是說，我覺得這只是我真正的，真誠的信念，我們人類被安排在這個地球上，就是為了服務貓。

She's not impressed.

她並沒有被打動。