Y'all know nothing of cats.
It's mostly the tomcats that will try to assert dominance like that.
Spray gun will just piss em off and go away to plot revenge.
Like crapping in yer shoes or taking a leak in yer underwear drawer.
Every once in a while Boris the Blade here forgets who's boss and then I have to put him back in his place. He'll just try to attack me and just is a plain @55hole.
When he does, I grab em in the skin of his neck and hold him up.
That is what their mother does when they are kitten.
and it pretty much shuts em down
Then hold them in front of your face, like your face , IN there face.
and growl louder then they can ever growl.
MEAN and sustained.
It puts the kitten fear in them & that will be it.
You will see it in their eyes, when you see the fear, give it one more snarl to make it count.
And said cat will be sweet as can be again.. it usually lasts 6-9 months, depends a bit on the season..
before
OG hardened criminal
after
Sweet innocent kitteh
for scratching things,
just get them a good rope scratching pole
and put sticky paws on the object they need to stay clear off.. they hate that crap
https://www.amazon.com/Sticky-Paws-Furniture-Strips-24/dp/B00IUHX55W