jad1044

Mine have become very well trained with the use of a squirt gun- they hate water to be squirted on them, and we made it clear, when they were so young last fall and brought them in, NO BEING ON THE TABLE OR COUNTERS - and it has stuck! we doused them with water about 3 times and they have never gone up on the table since.

Olivia's Grammy

My kitties are not allowed on the table, but at night........... I started putting aluminum foil across the table and now they don't get on the table. I only had to use the foil for a couple of nights.

MostlyMaja

The foil is a great idea. My cat doesn't sleep on the table, but he routinely gets on the counter--found a mouse there once and just can't give up looking for more.

KS quilter

You are certainly right about cats being trainable. Our gray &
white (she felt like velvet) decided she wanted to make her bed
on our diningroom table. She was full grown when we got her.
I would give her a good smack and raising my voice say 'no'
After a few days I didn't have to touch her, just do the 'no'
thing, and she would jump down. Next didn't have to do or
say anything, but when she saw me she would jump down.
Next step she just quit doing it at all.
I quilt in a hoop (in my lap). She would try to get in my lap
while I was quilting, and you know that didn't work. She learned
quite quickly that if I wasn't quilting, she was free to come up.
She was a little different, never ever bothered anything that
we left out, butter, tuna etc, only wanted her cat foodl. Never
wound around our feet, but followed us like a little puppy dog.'
She's been gone two years, and we still miss her, but you all
know how that goes

sandybuttons

Had a cat who thought the water spray was a fun game, loved the way the tin foil sounded, but I took a flat sheet of cardboard and made loops of masking tape sticky side out. I put it on the table or where ever I wanted to keep him off of, and it only took one jump up he hit the sticky tape and never went up there again!!

jbud2

Yep, same here. Cats are NOT allowed on the table or kitchen counters or computer table. But he doesn't ask me and I find him there when I come home. For some reason he hasn't tried sitting on the sewing machine with me.

primgranny

honey i dont have this problem with cats and table runners it is dogs and quilts an afagans

Quilt-Writer

The water bottle works until I'm away from home. Deaf and stubborn are not good combinations. He has his own cardboard box in each room. Cat furniture! Place mats and table runners are wonderful things to slide on when mom's away. The scoundrel stole a chicken pin cushion I bought to give as a door prize at my next book signing. Came home and found it in one of his cardboard boxes. He'd dug it out of a plastic bag full of other items. Did this three days in a row. I decided the door prize belonged to him.

ladyrebel2143

hello...i have 6 baby kittens ,,if any one wants one ,they r free,thanks all girls

ann31039

supersoaker 5000 will teach cats to mind. i taught mine to sleep at night with one. i was in college at the time in a one room efficiency. she would have her running yowling "fits" at night. i slept with the super soaker and after a coupla of nights, she would just come to bed and sleep.