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I have actually read about the loud noise trick for training dogs and cats. For cats who jump where they aren't supposed to jump, you put a pie pan with marbles there so when they jump and knock the tin pie pan and all those marbles to the floor they run. I tried this with a wood cabinet I had that I did not want my cats to jump on because two hairline scratches were already there from their paws. They never jumped up there again, I never had to put the pan back. It made such a racket, and I still catch them looking up at that cabinet to this day, I guess they think that pan is still there. Granted, this was prior to Miss Gambler, so I would not try anything with marbles around her, I know she would eat them. But the loud noise theory is supposed to work. I know that when I want to correct Miss Gambler, or quickly get her attention, I have a loud click that I make with my fingers, husband hates it, but it works, she does not want to hear that click. It gets her attention every time. So, I think that if I had a puppy and I had just caught him peeing, I would show my displeasure by loudly clapping. Loudly scolding, taking them to the spot, or trying to shame them will not work. Make them not want to do it again, that is the key.
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