Keeping Harry In Check

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My partner and I recently had our lives enriched when we acquired a kitten, who goes by the name of Harry Ramone. He is a very loving cat, and his feline frolics are a never-ending source of amusement. But running alongside the love and the fun there is another side to Harry that needs to be kept in check. Harry doesn’t know that sharpening his claws on the sofa will be frowned upon by his human carers. Nor is he aware that clambering up the shelving unit to the top, where fragile items of great sentimental value are housed, will cause great anxiety to his keepers. Chewing the ends of the venetian blinds might be an improvement in Harry’s eyes, but we find it less visually attractive. Yet Harry is just doing what any healthy adolescent cat would do. But we have to protect our possessions, and so with this in mind we bough the item in the photo. It is a metal squirt gun that we keep close at hand to check Harry when he is in destructive mode. The gun really works, as a quick blast will see Harry dart away from the curtains, or whatever it is he is chewing or clawing. It causes him no distress, as the little scamp will be purring at our feet only minutes after a blast. So while the gun is effective, it is only so when we are present. What Harry gets up to through the night, when he has the run of the entire downstairs, is anyone’s guess.