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In a study submitted and approved by the Canadian Council on Animal Care, with a total of 31 cats studied (16 spayed females and 15 castrated males), it was found that the association between the sound and the spray was fast and using SSSCAT to redirect behavior was highly effective. 94.5% of all cats in this study stopped jumping on counters, 80% stopped trying to enter a baby room, the owner's bedroom or the living room with a bird cage, and Ssscat was found to be 100% effective with other behaviours such as fishing in the fish tank, drinking water in the fountain, and eating plants. The automated cat deterrent did not affect the relationship with the owner. As far as other behaviours observed during this study, all cats were observed to learn to avoid the cat deterrent training device only within few trials. For the complete cat deterrent problem study |