Orpheus99 > wrote in
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> 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...

I've had that happen on many occasions also. Quite funny.
I was told to put jelly roll pans filled with water around the
counter tops or where you don't want a cat to jump up too.
That is a heck of a shocker to the kitties. They think 2 or 3 times
before trying to jump again.