On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:04:53 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
>"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
.. .
>> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:29:14 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>>Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:03:45 -0400, (ms. tonya)
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> (Julie Bove) claiming:
>>>>>>> I have been having trouble with my little cat getting
>>>>>>> on the counters and even on the stove! For obvious
>>>>>>> reasons I do not want her there. Her mom has
>>>>>>> never gotten up there AFAIK. But the other day, mom
>>>>>>> discovered the bar stool. She hopped up there. Then the
>>>>>>> baby wanted up there but they both wouldn't fit. So
>>>>>>> today we bought another bar stool. They don't match but
>>>>>>> both are the colors of the kitchen and the one
>>>>>>> we got today is open at the bottom so my
>>>>>>> step stool can tuck underneath.
>>>>>>> Anyway... They are both super happy now. They can sit
>>>>>>> up on them and watch us cook which is all
>>>>>>> they wanted to do to begin with. They were both
>>>>>>> smiling and purring. And the baby hasn't gotten on the
>>>>>>> counter since!----------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I never would let pets in my kitchen period, my 2 late cats of 17
>>>>>> years were trained from day one kitchen was off limits even the
>>>>>> stool I had in corner now training new cat same rules.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Risk of pets getting hurt is to high
>>>>>
>>>>> Cats are amazingly adept at avoiding being hurt inside a house, they
>>>>> know their way about far better than you do, and it's easy to cat
>>>>> proof the danger zones, far easier than to child proof a house.
>>>>>
>>>>>> especially in a very small one plus
>>>>>> the risk you getting hurt with fur balls under your feet. And the
>>>>>> thought of fur in the air getting in the food turns my stomach.
>>>>>
>>>>> Where are your cats kept that their hair can't travel in the air
>>>>> throughout your entire abode? If you don't want to live with your
>>>>> pets then you shouldn't have pets... they'd be happier without you
>>>>> too.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed. Our current cats shed very little. Mom appears to be a black
>>>> Siamese. Very short, sleek fur. Baby is a brown tabby and her fur is
>>>> sparse but feels slightly fluffier. Still really on the short side.
>>>> Our
>>>> old brown tabby had slightly longer and much thicker fur all over and
>>>> very
>>>> thick, long fur on the tummy. A brushing session for her this time of
>>>> year
>>>> would yield enough fur to cover a young kitten. And yet even with her I
>>>> did
>>>> not ever find wads of fur in various places. The one dog that we had
>>>> would
>>>> leave wads of fur. And if she sat on my lap there would be fur all over
>>>> me
>>>> when she got up. I have never gotten fur on me from my cats except
>>>> perhaps
>>>> when they go to the vet. They will shed like mad there!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>I seem to recall that stress can do that.
>>
>> Humans shed when stressed too, hair and skin... some even wet their
>> pants. LOL The only people who complain about pet hair are those who
>> are slobs themselves... if one dusts/vacuums their abode and brushes
>> their pets regularly there will be very little pet hair.
>
>I'm not a fanatic about housecleaning but then again, a little cat fur on
>the chairs or the sofa doesn't bother me. Even if some cat fur wafts into
>the kitchen I'm not afraid of cat fur. Then again, Persia NOT jump up on
>the counters. (I can hear the nay-sayers now... of course she does, when
>you're not looking.) Truly, she's never jumped on kitchen counters or on
>tables. And now she's 14 years old and arthritic. She uses cat steps to
>get up on the bed. Whoever owned this beautiful cat before me (pre-2001)
>had trained her. She's simply never attempted to leap up on kitchen
>counters or tables. And she's been with me since 2001
>
>OB Food: She *did* swipe a hamburger off a plate I'd set down on the coffee
>table. (She didn't have to jump on the table to do that, just lean up with
>her front paws, snag the burger and run!) It was a nice, freshly grilled
>hamburger. I wasn't out of the room more than 30 seconds. She left me the
>bun. LOL It's a good thing I don't fire up the grill for just one burger
>
>> My cats can
>> go wherever they want, they have free reign of the house, naturally
>> they sleep in my bed, that's how we like it. And cats belong in the
>> kitchen, their main job is to protect the food from vermin.
>> The cat's cradle: http://tinypic.com/r/126dbet/5
>> Mice, what mice: http://tinypic.com/r/2ldzo91/5
>>
>>
>Great photos, thanks. Persia doesn't like it when I'm in the kitchen.
>She's allowed in the kitchen, of course. But if my going into the kitchen
>and opening the refrigerator doesn't immediately mean she's going to get a
>sip of milk, she starts fussing at me. Meow, meow, meow. She does not like
>hanging out with me in the kitchen. I agree, it's pretty boring for a cat.
>But I have to eat so I have to spend time in the kitchen. I don't have toys
>on the kitchen floor because I don't want to trip over them (or Persia).
>There is no sunshine on the kitchen floor for her to nap in. So she gets
>grumpy when I'm in the kitchen.
>
>Jill

Blackie is a floor cat, he can't jump very high so he never attempts
to get up on the counters or tables:
http://tinypic.com/r/2pys3uv/5