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Spraying a cat for behavior modification is a recommendation from most vets. BUT, they do stress that you should not use a direct stream of water but a wide spray. The direct stream is to "direct" and if you aren't careful you can inadvertantly hurt the cats eyes or ears. But not all cats have that aversion to water and in those cases the spray method will not work. My Maine Coon will actually get in the shower with me if I leave the door open enough for him to be able to get in. The orange guy is just to damned stubborn and head strong to care about a little bit of water being sprayed at him. He's one of those that likes to drink water from the faucet and has no problems with his face getting wet.
Anytime you find something that they seem to have a "smell aversion" to you've got the perfect training aide. The sprays you buy in the store to keep cats off of furniture or away from certain areas have never worked on my cats. Citrus smell has never worked on mine. But you have to remember that most of their "taste" likes and dislikes come from the way things smell. The stinkier their food is the more apt they are to like it.
"Walking cats"? Oh heck yeah. Mine have been leash trained since they chose to come live with us. They travel with us all the time and when we make potty stops they're walked right along with the dogs even though we have a smaller litter box that we take with us. But they love to go for walks. All I have to do is mention traveling or a walk and they go to where their collars are kept. It's nothing to see my little orange guy walking around with his collar in his mouth like he's trying to tell me something.
Midnight....I'm a lot like you. My cats pretty much go anywhere they want to in our house. They're fed up on one of the kitchen counters. They walk all over the counter tops and the kitchen table. They do know to stay away from where I'm cooking or stay off the table when we eat but other times they go all over. I keep lysol wipes around and use them constantly. They're fed on the counter because if not they would never have any food. The mutants would keep it eaten. The rest of the time, I fully understand why they prefer to be up on a counter top or the table when just relaxing and laying around.Keeps the mutants away from them for one thing and it satisfies their desire to be "higher up" than everyone else.
Unless you're a person that mistreats your animals, no one should be berated or talked down to for how they treat their pets. I get fussed at a lot for spoiling mine. Sure, to a point, they're spoiled. But they all know their boundaries and they no when I say no that they aren't supposed to do that. But they depend on me to assure that their lives are safe and that they're kept in such a way to maintain their health. The mutants are very protective over their "mamma" and they are a great comfort to me when my husband goes to work at night. They're all four very social animals. They love people and they adore children. And I honestly feel that the cats would be just as apt to go after someone they thought was a threat to their mamma and their home as the dogs would.
But again, not everyone raises their pets the same way. As long as a person isn't abusing their pets no one, IMO, has the right to condemn someone for the way they choose to raise their pets. To me a person that will abuse an animal is the lowest form of life there is second only to a child abuser.
Anytime you find something that they seem to have a "smell aversion" to you've got the perfect training aide. The sprays you buy in the store to keep cats off of furniture or away from certain areas have never worked on my cats. Citrus smell has never worked on mine. But you have to remember that most of their "taste" likes and dislikes come from the way things smell. The stinkier their food is the more apt they are to like it.
"Walking cats"? Oh heck yeah. Mine have been leash trained since they chose to come live with us. They travel with us all the time and when we make potty stops they're walked right along with the dogs even though we have a smaller litter box that we take with us. But they love to go for walks. All I have to do is mention traveling or a walk and they go to where their collars are kept. It's nothing to see my little orange guy walking around with his collar in his mouth like he's trying to tell me something.
Midnight....I'm a lot like you. My cats pretty much go anywhere they want to in our house. They're fed up on one of the kitchen counters. They walk all over the counter tops and the kitchen table. They do know to stay away from where I'm cooking or stay off the table when we eat but other times they go all over. I keep lysol wipes around and use them constantly. They're fed on the counter because if not they would never have any food. The mutants would keep it eaten. The rest of the time, I fully understand why they prefer to be up on a counter top or the table when just relaxing and laying around.Keeps the mutants away from them for one thing and it satisfies their desire to be "higher up" than everyone else.
Unless you're a person that mistreats your animals, no one should be berated or talked down to for how they treat their pets. I get fussed at a lot for spoiling mine. Sure, to a point, they're spoiled. But they all know their boundaries and they no when I say no that they aren't supposed to do that. But they depend on me to assure that their lives are safe and that they're kept in such a way to maintain their health. The mutants are very protective over their "mamma" and they are a great comfort to me when my husband goes to work at night. They're all four very social animals. They love people and they adore children. And I honestly feel that the cats would be just as apt to go after someone they thought was a threat to their mamma and their home as the dogs would.
But again, not everyone raises their pets the same way. As long as a person isn't abusing their pets no one, IMO, has the right to condemn someone for the way they choose to raise their pets. To me a person that will abuse an animal is the lowest form of life there is second only to a child abuser.
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