My current cat doesn't get sprayed with water because he's good. He also doesn't get the coin-can shaken at him because he's lazy and never gets into anything (forgot to mention they're crappy plastic coins from one of those dollar-store play registers and it gets shaken from across the room, my bad). Of course I'd prefer to just remove cats from the situation, that's always my go-to. I can't speak too much about dogs, since I've only lived with two and they've never been mine. I only mentioned the spray bottle and can because some people feel a need to punish pets (then they shouldn't have pets) and I'd prefer they do things that aren't overly harmful than things that are. As I said, the spray bottle and can is my last resort, the spray bottle for if a behaviour is causing problems (ex. scratching the couch so much that the stuffing is coming out because obviously I'm not going to declaw them) and the can if the fluffy dumbdumb is about to hurt themselves.
IIN to spank a cat or dog?
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My current cat doesn't get sprayed with water because he's good. He also doesn't get the coin-can shaken at him because he's lazy and never gets into anything (forgot to mention they're crappy plastic coins from one of those dollar-store play registers and it gets shaken from across the room, my bad). Of course I'd prefer to just remove cats from the situation, that's always my go-to. I can't speak too much about dogs, since I've only lived with two and they've never been mine. I only mentioned the spray bottle and can because some people feel a need to punish pets (then they shouldn't have pets) and I'd prefer they do things that aren't overly harmful than things that are. As I said, the spray bottle and can is my last resort, the spray bottle for if a behaviour is causing problems (ex. scratching the couch so much that the stuffing is coming out because obviously I'm not going to declaw them) and the can if the fluffy dumbdumb is about to hurt themselves.