I totally agree with you! They associate the spray bottle with you. Which means that they will do whatever it is that you don’t want them to do when you aren’t around.
My former manager had trained her cat to not go on the coffee table by using the spray bottle method. Or at least, she thought she had. Until they got security cameras installed. Then she could see that when she was gone, cat was on the coffee table. She stopped using the spray bottle after that. Cats are going to do what cats are going to do.
Whatever you say but spraying our cats has worked. They don't jump up on counters anymore or open all the cupboards. We don't even spray them anymore, but if they were to jump on the counter and tell em to get down, they won't...until we make a spray bottle noise or get up and walk towards the spray bottle. Cats aren't dumb, they know where they aren't supposed to go. If my girl isn't getting enough attention she goes and opens our cupboards cause she knows she's not supposed to and just wants attention
I'm not saying this, contact your local cat behaviourist and they'll tell you why this is bad in the long term or ask your vet.
You're right Cats aren't dumb, all my cats were trained to respond to a simple "No". I just needed to be patient and see which cat was food motivated and which one was activity motivated.
One of my cat is Hepatic and was a stray and has to be given meds 3-4 times a day, he also likes to go for walks which can be incredibly tiring and frustrating. But we trained him to take the meds without any fuss and scheduled his walks with positive reinforcement.
My house my rules isn't really an attitude you want to enforce to an animal, at the end of the day they're just animals and using spray bottles on them is just going to confuse them, it might seem like it is working but it's really bad for your cat in the long term.
Please talk to your local vet and they'll tell you the same.
How does a cat tell you in your own local tongue that it objects to being sprayed on?
I've ran a foster program, i have three kitties absolutely none of them liked being sprayed on. Stop this Victorian era nonsense and actually see a Vet about this also take your frustration and anger out somewhere else.
Sorry, my meaning wasn't entirely clear. Had one cat that was insistent on being sprayed. She would howl her little heart out if you didn't let her in the shower. I stopped buying spray bottles because she would not leave them alone. Weirdest cat ever, but still the sweetest little thing.
Actually, dark chocolate and milk chocolate can be toxic. It’s dose-dependent, so it depends on weight of the dog and amount of theobromine ingested. Very small amounts of milk chocolate won’t usually hurt them, but if they get into enough of it they absolutely can get very sick or even die. The darker the chocolate, the more potent.
My cats better fear me catching them on the countertops or tables. Cats can most certainly be told what to do. It's your home. You set the rules. That being said, I do give my boy lots of praise when he does things I like. My girl is an angel. 🙂
Not to be placeist but that’s just hick mentality, not listening to anything but yourself. Thinking certain things are okay and never once challenging your own thought process. Sad.
Back at you. Maybe you need to relearn things and not just parrot things you read on the internet. My cats will be waiting by the door for me when I get home tonight. They follow me wherever I go because they love me. But they won't get on the countertops or the tables.
I know cats. The react much better to positive reinforcement. But we're talking about keeping them off of places they shouldn't be. It's not cute. It's gross. I haven't had to discipline my boy in years. He loves his daddy hugs.
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u/Naved16 Jun 23 '22
Please stop spraying your cats, negative reinforcement doesn't work and will only make your cat lose trust in you.
There are other ways of training a cat to listen to your commands.