Redditor Uses A Cat Squirt Bottle On His Nephew Who Wakes Up Late Every Morning, Gets Accused That He Is "Treating Him Like An Animal"

"It took me throwing off his blankets and physically dragging him out of bed"

Maryjane

• Published in Animal Stories
• October 15, 2022

Cats are one of the most popular pets in the world. No doubt, they can be naughty at times, but they learn best when the positive reinforcement technique is used.

It can involve rewarding the desired behavior with a tasty treat, a fun toy, or praise. If you own a cat, you are aware that sometimes it engages in behavior that is less than ideal, such as leaping up on the dining room table that is set for guests, rattling papers to wake you up in the morning, or gnawing and scratching on furniture.

Using a squirt bottle to shoot water at the cat to halt or dissuade them from bad behavior has become a popular technique among cat owners. Due to its widespread use, this approach is seen as a viable solution to issues and a successful way to teach a cat certain behaviors, but in reality, it isn't.

The Redditor in today’s story found another use for his cat’s squirt bottles, and fortunately for him, it worked out well. He chose the story with the AITA subreddit community where he talked about how he was the legal guardian of his 15-year-old nephew.

But then, he always fights to get him up every morning. That is when the squirt bottle came to the rescue, and you can read all about it below. 

And here we have the title

The OP is Michael's legal guardian

The OP was running late for work on a certain morning

A huge improvement from ten minutes

He's now getting up on his own

The post got more than 4K upvotes along with hundreds of comments. Some Redditors had a much worse waking-up story and here are a bunch of their topmost comments below.

He has it easy

Flicking the lights on and off

How this Redditor's mom chose to wake him up

Lucinda can take her nose somewhere else

This Redditor used a spray bottle

A pretty humane method of training large animals

It's literally just water

If he joked about it, then he found it funny

It is unusual but it worked

When the cold becomes almost painful

You tried multiple ways to get him up

He never once attacked my dad

You are doing the responsible thing

This Redditor's dad had the singing bass fish

It was time for him to learn to wake up on time

It is a last resort

You don't have time to mess around

Preparing them for independence in the real world

He authorised me to wake him up

Keep on with the spray bottle

Cats don't take punishment well, so people tend to use squirt bottles to house-train them. This Redditor found a good use for it, and Redditors loved the idea, as it appeared he’s not the only one who’s done something like that.

Are you in agreement with the OP’s waking-up technique? Drop your thoughts below and share this post with others as well.

Maryjane