My pesty kitties and work surfaces
#151
My husband saves cats. We have 18 right now. We always get them fixed. Some are indoor- outdoor and some are almost feral. They own my house not me. My husband spoils them to death. I probably could have trained them if it wasn't for hubby,s spoiling. He thinks they should be allowed any where they want. We even had a tail on fire once. It didn't stop them or hubby.They have taken over my sewing and crafting room(there is a cat door in the window). so now I use the office. Even he understands how dangerous pointy objects for sewing are. Peace at last.
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Originally Posted by blzzrdqueen
I have 4 cats, all of whom like to lay on top of high surfaces, like tables and ironing boards. I make them shoo off of these surfaces several times daily. My sewing room is my dining room, and I have my mini ironing board and my cutting mat and my box of current fabrics on my table and my sewing machine on a smaller desk. I'm forced to wipe down my surfaces and lint roll my ironing boards and I'm simply too lazy to put things away. How do you keep your kitties off work surfaces and ironing boards and where ever else they may lay?
#155
Originally Posted by Linsoblu
Try a spray bottle with water it has been the best way I have found to train cats to stay off tables, kitchen cabnets etc.
Havn't been able to train her not to stand on the phone when I am on it so have now have bought a cordless hand held phone.
#156
OMG! These are your CHILDREN that you are talking about!!! Why would you even want to banish them. Fur is just the leavings of their love for you. LOL.
I gave up a long time ago trying to keep my babies off the bed and table. I have never had a problem with them on my stove or counter tops. My baby Snoozer(now deceased) jumped on my counter one time after he adopted me and scared me so much that I screamed. He never did that again. I think I scared him more than he did me. None of my kitties have ever gotten on the table while we were eating tho. They only like to get up there when "daddy bear" (hubby) is reading the paper or we are doing a puzzle and then they got in the box with the pieces so we couldn't get them. Curled up and went to sleep. They were so cute. One cat I had -- a Maine Coon slept on the headboard every night.
I gave up a long time ago trying to keep my babies off the bed and table. I have never had a problem with them on my stove or counter tops. My baby Snoozer(now deceased) jumped on my counter one time after he adopted me and scared me so much that I screamed. He never did that again. I think I scared him more than he did me. None of my kitties have ever gotten on the table while we were eating tho. They only like to get up there when "daddy bear" (hubby) is reading the paper or we are doing a puzzle and then they got in the box with the pieces so we couldn't get them. Curled up and went to sleep. They were so cute. One cat I had -- a Maine Coon slept on the headboard every night.
Originally Posted by blzzrdqueen
I have 4 cats, all of whom like to lay on top of high surfaces, like tables and ironing boards. I make them shoo off of these surfaces several times daily. My sewing room is my dining room, and I have my mini ironing board and my cutting mat and my box of current fabrics on my table and my sewing machine on a smaller desk. I'm forced to wipe down my surfaces and lint roll my ironing boards and I'm simply too lazy to put things away. How do you keep your kitties off work surfaces and ironing boards and where ever else they may lay?
#158
I gather you have EXPLAINED to them that they are not ALLOWED on these surfaces. You are only their HUMAN not to be taken seriously. I learned that when my baby brought me a sign for my bday that says "The CAT and his housekeeping STAFF live here" We just have to remember that WE do NOT have any say in anything. If you don't believe that, just ask them. They will give you "THE LOOK"
Originally Posted by blzzrdqueen
They are not allowed on these surfaces, but they are extremely stubborn and because there are 4 of them, they team up to rule the roost... :D
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