Pump was Given Away After All!
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chiluvr1228 — 12 years ago(April 07, 2013 01:05 PM)
WOW! I didn't see this particular episode but I hate this woman already! She gave away a 23 year old cat? Did her boyfriend have this cat from the time it was a kitten?
"Let's not ask for the moon, we have the stars".
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spark20 — 12 years ago(April 07, 2013 06:50 PM)
I'd read the posts on this board first, and couldn't make it through half of Pump's segment. Seeing that sweet cat on this witch's lap, and then enjoying her stupid "healing," I seriously wanted to cry, knowing that she was going to re-home him, knowing full well that it could kill him.
The woman is a shrew.
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"Well, if it isn't my old friend Mr. McGreg, with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg!" -
JC_Aliss — 12 years ago(April 08, 2013 12:36 PM)
Basically this woman's oh-so-mature resentment of an innocent, sweet cat was a bad case of projection; she repeated numerous times in a bitter tone of voice that the cat had originally been her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend's, both of them predating her being in his life. For whatever reason, when the guy broke up with his first girlfriend, he ended up with her 12-year-old cat. So Pump was the cat that he brought into his relationship with Candice.
Since I wrote my first post, I learned more about this infuriating situation. Candice always intended to get rid of Pump, even before the episode was filmed. She agreed to the show for the fee they paid to her and for free advertising for her business. The outpouring of negativity she received when this came to light caused her to issue an apology to Jackson and an offer to return the fee to Jackson for him to donate to any cat charity of his choice. She also apologized for having stated "I am keeping Pump" twice on the air, knowing, as she admitted, that it wasn't the truth.
There was also some question of exactly who ended up with Pump. One account has him with her mother, the other account with the guy's mother.
Apparently most of this played out on Facebook; she had to delete her company's Facebook page and supposedly her business got trolled pretty bad on Yelp (all bad comments have since been deleted.) I saw most of these posts as copy-and-pastes on other discussion boards that took place around the time the episode originally aired. Although I'm sure this second round of airing has helped remind people exactly who they are dealing with in this woman.
Oh, and there as also another cat, a 12-year-old of his, they got rid of at the same time who for some reason was never mentioned in the episode, and a dog (I'm unclear if they still have the dog.)
EDITED TO ADD: I just saw in the thread simply title "Pump" that a lot of the same information I just explained about the truth of the situation was also discussed right here in that thread. My apologies; I didn't notice that thread before. I am acknowledging that I am not the first one mentioning it here and I am not trying to replicate the same information over and over! -
LilyViolet — 12 years ago(June 01, 2013 04:15 PM)
he had the cat for 12 years. you have to watch the episode, watch to see if theyll have a repeat. they should. you will hate this woman. she shows no compassion. and the husbands just lets her talk to him like a servant
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blackno31 — 12 years ago(April 26, 2013 09:57 AM)
I found this out on Jackson's Facebook page as well, about a week after I had seen the episode. That particular episode unnerved me in a way no other episode of the show has; I even cried. The absolute worst to me was when she threw the book at the door and screamed at Pump. The woman is obviously off-balance and it probably is a good thing Pump went to live with Lucas' motherthere is no doubt in my mind that Candace would have eventually come unhinged enough over the cat to hurt him or even kill him. What a four-letter word. Also I think both Candace and Lucas used Jackson and that Jackson either wasn't in on the scam at all or at the very least decided to go ahead and try to help and maybe reverse the decision to rehome Pump.
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agswain1987 — 12 years ago(April 29, 2013 09:25 PM)
I hate that she gave the cat away, I just seen that episode again on saturday for like the second or third time, Candice is such a beautiful woman on the outside, but not so much on the inside, I didn't know that people are paid to be on this show, it's usually the other way around.
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drft187 — 12 years ago(May 04, 2013 09:02 PM)
If anyone should've been re-homed it was Candice. She exploited a sweet, gentle, loving cat for exposure and money. I hope many of her clients have left her as a result of seeing her callousness towards Pump.
Sucks to be that guy. If I were him I would've dumped her ass. Unfortunately they have a kid. -
Haifis — 12 years ago(May 21, 2013 10:23 AM)
Pump is actually safer being out of a toxic home like that.
I'm actually glad he's away from that crazy woman because now he's in a more stable environment.
It's actually better for him to have a caring owner and a good home.
If I lived with Candice, I'd want out too.
So Pump got lucky because he doesn't have to live with that piece of crap anymore.
He gets to live a better life without having books thrown at him or being yelled at. -
spark20 — 12 years ago(May 26, 2013 11:32 AM)
Of course I'm happy if Pump is in a better home. But seriouslyCandice was the one that needed to be "re-homed." What kind of evil, psychotic *itch holds so much hatred towards a SWEET and LOVING 23 year old cat?
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"Well, if it isn't my old friend Mr. McGreg, with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg!" -
jrach18 — 11 years ago(June 06, 2014 01:39 PM)
Everyone should be so lucky as to have a sweet old lap cat around their house! And that healing stuff is a load of cr*p. Ugh. I feel so sorry for her child. My friend has a mom just like her and she has so many issues due to her craziness.
But you've got to love the power of the internet to publicly shame her, ruin her business and force her to give the money back. -
ksm — 11 years ago(July 16, 2014 12:37 AM)
I just watched this episode for the first time today. I did not like Candice one bit. She seemed very resentful and like a b****. I couldn't figure out why Lucas with her. He must be p-whipped IMO.
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felice-witch-1 — 11 years ago(December 07, 2014 01:48 PM)
I have just discovered this show and absolutely loved it. But I did find this episode heartbreaking and all the while I was thinking "this woman is HORRIBLE. How can she be a healer? I just don't understand. The world doesn't make sense. And she seems to have a nice partner" So I am kind of reassured to see that other people found her horrendous. And I am so sorry for Pump. I cried watching that poor elderly cat against that horrible woman. I mean she just gave me the creeps. She came across as so spoilt and selfish and manipulative. And her poor poor baby. I agree with Jackson that we shouldn't be judgemental, but then again, that is partly our human instinct because some humans are dangerous and we need to be able to suss them out. And this story shows that my instinct is good. But my heart goes out to Pump and her child.
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JelenaG890 — 10 years ago(April 08, 2015 06:27 PM)
I'm glad that I'm not the only one who found her vile. A lot of people on this show are actually the problem- not the cat. She's a shining example of that. I cannot believe that anyone would go to her to be "healed" after seeing her on this show. Disgusting to treat a 23-year-old cat that way!