Tablerunner makers: Do your cats sleep on them???
02-28-2011, 08:36 AM
#72
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I have three cats and two of them like to be where I am if they aren't playing and chasing each other. In my sewing area I have a plastic storage container on top of a cedar chest. Fella my big and oldest cat (7 yrs March 13th) likes the heighth so I put an old pillow with some old clothes on top of the pillow and that is where he sleeps when I am sewing. He even sleeps there when I am not sewing. The other kitty, Peaches (avatar pic) likes to lay on the bed on top of stash that I have covered with a sheet.
When in the living room where I have another machine on the fireplace hearth, if a fire is burning and I am sewing there, there is a cat bed on top of two boxes I stacked and that is where Fella will be and Peaches on top of my blue jean jacket close by. I have cat beds and kitty cube all over the house and depending on season they change their favorite spots.
When in the living room where I have another machine on the fireplace hearth, if a fire is burning and I am sewing there, there is a cat bed on top of two boxes I stacked and that is where Fella will be and Peaches on top of my blue jean jacket close by. I have cat beds and kitty cube all over the house and depending on season they change their favorite spots.
02-28-2011, 12:15 PM
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When the dining room is not in use (but open), the bottom is face-up ... and when the table is being set, the table runner is flipped over to the public side. Sassafras (the cat) knows the rules, but doesn't always follow them, so this is how I handle this particular issue.
02-28-2011, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by irishrose
No cats at the moment, but mine were never allowed on the tables. One calico, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, took exception to that rule when I was cutting out any apparel pattern. The tissue was just fascinating to her. I always told her if she got a paw cut, she was responsible. I think the Siamese had the same issue.
Sammicat used the server in the dining room to rest from playing with my Siberian/wolf, but it was only used on holidays and I always scrubbed it first. He was never on the tables or counters.
Cats are trainable - they just pretend they aren't. I had one that would ask to go upstairs. If I said "No, the baby is sleeping", he sat down and waited.
Sammicat used the server in the dining room to rest from playing with my Siberian/wolf, but it was only used on holidays and I always scrubbed it first. He was never on the tables or counters.
Cats are trainable - they just pretend they aren't. I had one that would ask to go upstairs. If I said "No, the baby is sleeping", he sat down and waited.
My two cats loved christnas day! When I unwrapped the presents I gave them the tissue paper and boxes to play with. They played and played the entire day long. When evening came and I picked up all the bits of tissue and boxes, they watched me with the most sad eyes you can imagine!
02-28-2011, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Buttons922
I would like to say that my cats are not allowed on the table. I made new Table runner, placemats and so proud of them. Laid them on the table to show off and I got up the other morning at 3 am, walked into the kitchen and BOTH cats are sound a sleep on my new table decorations!! So much for that blind thought.
I had upholstered dining room chairs though, and they would get on those, and just look, making sure there was nothing interesting in sight - and I would mostly chase them off...
After a while i realized that when i came downstairs in the morning I would hear two thumps. So I came down for a few days making a lot of noise and talking. One day, i crept quietly partway down, and there they were sleeping in the chairs. When I made a noise - thump, thump, two half asleep cats hit the floor, managing to look terribly guilty at being caught...
I laughed! because I loved them and really didn't care if they slept in the chairs! And so it went on..
they never did get over their daily guilt trip!
02-28-2011, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by cathylynn
I tried the spray bottle of water but my little white cat Nipper came to love being sprayed! never did figure out how to keep him off the counters, placemats, etc. I miss him (he passed away last year Jan. at 14 yrs old). wish he was still laying on my placemats.
Why did we put it in the basement? It wreaked havoc while we were at work!
So, some kittens do like being wet!
02-28-2011, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Decoratenu
Originally Posted by virtualbernie
Originally Posted by Murphy
If you make a special place for them to lay they will leave the others alone; at least mine do.
their bed,pillow or blanket will attract them to claim it for theirs!
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