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From: duhon@ihn5l.UUCP (duhon)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: water pistol unniceness
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Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 09:21:16 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  9 09:21:16 1985
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Tormenting cats with water pistols? It not tormenting cats that going
on, its a momentary annoyance, similar to having someone yell "NO" at
you. The advantage of the water pistol is that it does no damage, and
can reach a cat at some distance. Every cat I have had will learn that
when I get up and approach it while it's doing something nauty, it will
wait until the last minute and then run away. Great! Now I've taugh
my cats to run away when I approach. With the water pistol(actually
a plant mister/sprayer) I needn't get out of my chair/bed/etc.
I use the word NO, and if that fails, I use the water.
BTW, cats quite often learn where the water is coming from (they can
hear the squirting) but this doesn't seem to have any effect on the
waters effectiveness. Fortunately (for me) none of my cats likes water.


			Joey Duhon
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