Water and graffiti are at the center of everything as Mario is mistaken for someone who's been painting the island in sludge, easily cleaned with a
few squirts of water.
Sometimes if I shoot a hard
squirt of water at him he will bite at it and get some water that way, but he usually doesn't drink enough unless he can lap it up from a bowl or cup.
In a paper published online this month in PLoS ONE, researchers showed that over the course of 3 weeks, individual wild beadlet anemones, Actinia equina, were remarkably reliable in how long they kept their tentacles withdrawn after being surprised
by squirts of water.
Just like with scratching post training, a loud scary sound or a
quick squirt of water can be enough to let your cat know that the biting was not a good thing.
Alternatively, punishment such as a
gentle squirt of water delivered at the right moment — so that your cat associates the unpleasant squirt with the bad behavior — can help.
Then it gently pushed the bottle away with
a squirt of water, directing it toward a current that brought it back toward the octopus.
She did NOT like getting
a squirt of water on the head / in the face etc. when she barked!
These unique systems are motion activated; shooting
a squirt of water when something triggers it.
with
a squirt of water in puppy's face to interrupt the behavior.
and perhaps
a squirt of water is enough.
If this method does not work over time, use a loud noise or
squirt of water to distract your dog when she is barking.
While negative reinforcement such as
a squirt of water or a «time out» can be somewhat effective in the short term, they can increase stress and damage the relationship between the two of you.
I would make a hissing noise and give
them a squirt of water if they got too close to the cages.