On 7/8/2010 10:42 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

> would require of a commercial kitchen, even if my cat doesn't
> go on the counters, she still spends enough time in there as
> that's where she's fed.
> nancy


How many cat owners 'really believe' that their cats don't go onto the
kitchen table or counters when we're out of the house? My cat's have
always been 'water spray-bottle trained' to keep off those particular
horizontal areas, and I've never once, in 30-40 years of
cat-companionship seen any of my cats go up there 'when I'm in the house...'

.... however... on a few occasions I have entered the house at times, I
suppose, that the cat wasn't paying attention, walked into the kitchen
and was as surprised as the cat, who virtually flew off the counter and
disappeared under the couch for the next three hours... finally slinking
out, keeping well in the shadows and close to the walls making her way
to her litter box. Hey... when ya gotta go, ya gotta go...

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