Does using the water bottle really help with your cats?

Question

To Train your cats not to do bad things,I have 3, 5 month old wild kittens and i use it on them not a lot just in their direction so they stop jumping up on the door frames and to get them off the counters in the kitchen,but when i do use it they look at me with such dislike and run and hide for hours,Now am i ruining my relationship with them i mean our they going to be scare of me and always run and hide and not come to me when i call them,cuz if so what other way method can i use to teach them beside saying NO and yelling at them..Thank You For Any Advise

Answer 1

My kitten was really scared when I first started using the water bottle, then after like the hundredth time he gets down when I show it to him.  He does not run and hide anymore.  Your cats will not hate you, it is just like when your parents use to punish you, I am sure you gave them dirty looks too.  Sometimes clapping your hands, saying NO or another sound to get their attention.  

Answer 2

You could try a firm but not so loud "NO" and remove the cat from what it is doing and keep this up for a while, cats are wise and will soon learn that you will not tolerate the bad behaviour. Good luck and persevere.

Answer 3

Yeah, they know it's you doing it.

I stopped, my cats would only stop doing things when I was around due to it.

Get them a cat tree to climb on :)

With cats it's best to show them where they can climb, scratch,. etc rather than telling them they can'.