Let me start by saying I've had cats all my life. I've been around them since I was little. That being said, let it be known that I'm no schmo when it comes to cats and their correcting their behavior problems. Therefore I don't need any patronizing "advice". I need "real" advice.
But what happens when NONE of that works? I mean, not a single one of the traditional methods for getting a cat to cease its actions.
I have a cat. (Actually, I have three currently, but only one is the problem.) She is a year and a half old. Old enough to know better and learn. She is the ABSOLUTE most frustrating cat I've ever owned. No matter what you do, SHE WILL NOT LISTEN.
Not ONE of ANY of the cats I've EVER had has been like this.
For example, say she jumps on the counter and starts scratching at the calendar. I say NO and chase her off. LITERALLY 30 SECONDS LATER (or less) she is BACK on the counter. I get the spray bottle. "NO!" and shake the bottle. She runs off. LESS THAN 30 SECOND LATER: Back on the counter. "NOOOO!" and spray her. 15 SECONDS LATER, back on. "NO! NO! NO!"
I spray her again. She's back on. Eventually, I'm SCREAMING "NO! NO! STOP! STOOOOOP!!!!!!" and spraying her until she is basically SOAKED. But no matter how many times I scream, and no matter how many times she is sprayed, she keeps repeating and not listening. Well, until I've chased her off a dozen or so times.
Again, NO OTHER CAT has been this problematic.
Advice? (she is currently meowing at a closet door which I've chased her away from about 8 times already, screaming "THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE FOR YOU! SHUT UP!")
But what happens when NONE of that works? I mean, not a single one of the traditional methods for getting a cat to cease its actions.
I have a cat. (Actually, I have three currently, but only one is the problem.) She is a year and a half old. Old enough to know better and learn. She is the ABSOLUTE most frustrating cat I've ever owned. No matter what you do, SHE WILL NOT LISTEN.
Not ONE of ANY of the cats I've EVER had has been like this.
For example, say she jumps on the counter and starts scratching at the calendar. I say NO and chase her off. LITERALLY 30 SECONDS LATER (or less) she is BACK on the counter. I get the spray bottle. "NO!" and shake the bottle. She runs off. LESS THAN 30 SECOND LATER: Back on the counter. "NOOOO!" and spray her. 15 SECONDS LATER, back on. "NO! NO! NO!"
I spray her again. She's back on. Eventually, I'm SCREAMING "NO! NO! STOP! STOOOOOP!!!!!!" and spraying her until she is basically SOAKED. But no matter how many times I scream, and no matter how many times she is sprayed, she keeps repeating and not listening. Well, until I've chased her off a dozen or so times.
Again, NO OTHER CAT has been this problematic.
Advice? (she is currently meowing at a closet door which I've chased her away from about 8 times already, screaming "THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE FOR YOU! SHUT UP!")
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