Which one you use depends on the set-up of your apartment and Chestnut's dislikes.
Option 1: Get a spray bottle and fill it with ice-water. When Chestnut scratches your couch, squirt her. The trick is: you can't let her see you, or she'll connect Lilith with the water.
Option 2: If you can't find a place to hide and squirt, get your vaccuum cleaner and an extension cord. Set up the vaccuum near Chestnut's favorite spot (that alone was enough to break one of our kitty's couch-scratching habit) and hook it up to the extension cord, which you will run into a room out of Chestnut's sight. Turn on the vaccuum, but don't plug in the cord until you hear scratching. She''l get the picture soon, if not the very first time.
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Two Kitty Discipline Techniques
Date: 2004-06-14 05:09 pm (UTC)Option 1: Get a spray bottle and fill it with ice-water. When Chestnut scratches your couch, squirt her. The trick is: you can't let her see you, or she'll connect Lilith with the water.
Option 2: If you can't find a place to hide and squirt, get your vaccuum cleaner and an extension cord. Set up the vaccuum near Chestnut's favorite spot (that alone was enough to break one of our kitty's couch-scratching habit) and hook it up to the extension cord, which you will run into a room out of Chestnut's sight. Turn on the vaccuum, but don't plug in the cord until you hear scratching. She''l get the picture soon, if not the very first time.