I have 2 cats. Wadsworth - because he is such a long fellow and Gizmo. She's a medium/long fluffy female. We trained both with the squirt bottle. One day, Gizmo was on the table and DH picked up the water bottle expecting her to run. She didn't. Just staired at him. So he went to squirt her and got it straight in his own face. With that Gizmo jumped down, while he laughed his head off.