This question:

[What's better than a spray bottle for negative reinforcement of a cat?][1]

Was marked a duplicate of:

[How should I discipline my cat for bad behavior?][2]

And the two questions are clearly, utterly different questions altogether.

I created the question because I found a better solution than the squirt bottle for negative reinforcement and decided to share it Q&A style - an option that's promoted by Stack Exchange. 

Also, [my answer][3] was *down-voted*, so not only were my efforts to share the answer to a common problem shut down by the question being wrongfully called a duplicate, but were even criticized, and I would like to know if someone can tell me what I did wrong to get answer down-voted and why my question was called a duplicate. 


  [1]: https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/7684/whats-better-than-a-spray-bottle-for-negative-reinforcement-of-a-cat/
  [2]: https://pets.stackexchange.com/questions/67/how-should-i-discipline-my-cat-for-bad-behavior
  [3]: https://pets.stackexchange.com/a/7685/3541