We have a spray bottle with water in it that we spray him with for disciplinary purposes, eg when he climbs onto the kitchen counter or tries to steal food off our plates. It works quite well, but Rajah has taken a liking to drinking the spray directly from the bottle, so for example, he will sit down and put his mouth over the nozzle. Hubby will squirt a bit gently into his mouth, which he will swallow. If hubby stops squirting, Rajah will pat the trigger, as if to try and squirt some more himself. It's the most bizarre thing I have ever seen. I have a thought that we may be defeating the whole object of the spray bottle being a method of discipline by allowing the cat over familiarity with it, but it still chases him off when we spray a jet across the room to deter him from bad behaviour.
Is there a better way of disciplining incidently?
