Free __top__ | Smudge Housewife Cindy Brutus The Neighbours Dog Complete Tested

Cindy’s mornings began with the same small rituals: kettle humming, left mug, right mug, slippers against linoleum. Her street was a tidy row of houses where lawns minded their boundaries and curtains kept polite secrets. Cindy liked order. She liked schedules. She liked the way the sun hit her kitchen table at precisely 8:12 a.m. every Tuesday.

But is Cindy's approach really the solution to dealing with pesky pets? And what does the science say about the effectiveness of smudging as a means of controlling animal behavior? Cindy’s mornings began with the same small rituals:

Rinse 2-liter soda bottles. Fill with 1 inch of pebbles or dry beans. Tie them to the fence where Brutus jumps. Cindy’s mornings began with the same small rituals: