Harbor's Cat Repellent and Trainer - 8 oz

This worked great for me. I have 2 cats that climb my Christmas tree, knock it over, and chew the wires from the light strands. I used this and after 3 days they stopped messing with the tree completely. I’m very happy. I have ordered 2 bottles, one for Christmas 2019 and one for 2020. At $20 a bottle it is not cheap. But I only get it once a year and it’s worth not having them mess up the tree everyday. It comes with 2 nozzles, a pump action and a trigger action. I use a generous amount so the trigger action is better. The trigger nozzle came with a piece installed that prevented it from working. It would make sense if that nozzle came installed on the bottle and you didn’t want it to spray accidentally in transit, but it came on the side with the pump nozzle installed on the bottle. I only bring this up because it took me 10 minutes of fiddling with it to figure out a piece had to be removed for the trigger nozzle to work. There were no instructions and it was not obvious. I feel like if I didn’t have an engineering background I wouldn’t have figured it out. Pretty sure 90% of the people will think the nozzle is broken and throw it away. Instructions would be helpful for sure. The piece is horizontally installed behind the trigger. It keeps the trigger from moving. It comes apart in 2 pieces. I used the pump last year and it takes longer to spray down the whole tree. The trigger is so much better. Like I mentioned before, I spray a generous amount. Use almost an entire bottle during Christmas, 2x daily. The smell is so very strong tho. It’s not bad, but over powering. Takes a good 30 minutes to go away. But like I said, I spray a lot. The first couple days the cats still messed with the tree when I first start spraying, but after 3 days of 2x a day heavy spraying they leave it alone completely. I recommend it, at least for protecting a Christmas tree. Probably works for other stuff too. Just don’t spray the tree when the family is planning to chill around it. Wait until everyone is out of the room or folks my complain.

We applied to our outdoor couch/ table as we wanted a place for us to have dinner without so much cat's hair on it, from the first application our cat doesn't get close to this area, and also stopped scratching the couch. On day 3 I forgot to apply the product in the morning and she was smelling and checking the couch out. We are on day 5 applying 3x a day. Not sure if once we stop applying she will stay out honestly but the manufacturer says you need to apply 3x a day for 7 days so, I will update the review after that. Ps I don't have the pillows on the couch either, I am curious if I put the pillows the temptation may be greater than the unpleasant smells for my cat? hopefully not :)Update: Don't waste your money or time. I can't understand the good ratings. Maybe nobody came to update. The fact is after a week or 2 my cat just got used to the smell and as soon as it faced a bit she would jump right there. So Unless you are willing to keep using the product like every hour maybe forever this will not work...I bought 2 of these and always the spray stops working about half way to the end of the product... really annoying..... anyway dont recommend this unfortunately didnt work for me

This product has worked better than expected! My cat has not pooped or urinated on my sofa since I started using this almost a week ago. It had gotten to the point he was doing it every day or every other day. He is healthy… It was behavioral issues due to some changes around the home during the pandemic isolation.This product also smells great as I love the scent of oranges. So why am I giving this three stars? For a small bottle that costs $17 there should not be any issues. The first bottle arrived without the extension that connects to the spray nozzle so I was spraying and it was just getting very messy. I ordered a replacement and it sprays but it still doesn’t spray well… It gathers together in large drops and just falls onto my sofa like the first bottle. So this is obviously a flaw in the spray nozzle chosen for this particular product. I used the spray nozzle from a bottle of rubbing alcohol and it sprays fine… Maybe more than it needs to so I do it just once rather than three times. One shouldn’t have to put the contents of a product into another container for it to work properly especially when said product is expensive. For this reason alone I am knocking off two stars.

This works okay. I made sure to follow the directions and let the scent build, but usually it seems like more of an annoyance to my cat than an actual repellent. I think it's better than nothing, as my cat will avoid the area I spray for about half an hour to an hour right after I spray, which can be enough that she loses interest in whatever I didn't want her near; but even trying to build up the scent doesn't seem to work long term. It also leaves an oily residue, so I'm not sure I'd recommend it if you're trying to get your cat to avoid nice furniture - I haven't had any stains, but nice wood or fabric might be affected differently.UPDATE: I've added a star because this is the only thing I have that will keep my cat out of my artificial Christmas tree. I still don't think it works as a "training supplement" (or whatever it's advertised as) because there really aren't any long term effects, but it does deter her from climbing into the tree immediately after spraying, which is usually enough to get her to lose interest for a while.