My cat will eventually listen to me and not do things. But when he gets annoyed or angry enough he will just do the thing anyway. Usually in his seeking for attention because he is very very clingy.
Acting like i don’t you know he gets on the counter when I am not ho.e.
My sweet Maggie used to love to help me on my computer, but I couldn’t get any work done until I put a smallish box next to my monitor. She got so excited when she saw it, and climbed right in, curled up and went to sleep. I’d forget all about her until I’d notice her quietly snoring.
Stick a small box next to your computer, and you’ll solve the problem instantly.
Maggie is gone now, and I miss her. Her excitement at having her own box on my desk is one of my favorite memories of her.
Why do people stop them?
Outside of when you’re actually cooking they’re not harming anyone as long as you clean the counters before you cook.
Appart from the fact I have knifes and other stuff they could be knocked over, the counter is also right next the cooktop. The kichen counter is off limits, last thing I want is my cats getting hurt.
They walk on their own shit in their litter boxes. Why would anyone want that on their counters?
They also walk all over the rest of your house?
Why are the counters any different?
Like I said earlier, as long as you clean the counters before you cook then it’s fine.
I don’t cook or eat on the other surfaces in my house. Other than the kitchen table, which the cat also is not allowed on. Who wants to completely clean and disinfect their counters every single time they cook? I cook several times a day, that’s a major pain in the ass.
You should be cleaning your counters every single time you cook, both before and after.
Why would I waste time by cleaning an already cleaned surface? I clean it after I finish cooking.
Edit: You seriously disinfect and clean your counters twice every single time you cook? What do you only cook like one meal a week or something? You’re suggesting I clean and disinfect my counters literally twice as much when the cat can just be trained to not go on the counters. One seems like much less effort than the other to me.
I put blue painters tape down as a visual boundary line for my dogs to learn not to cross as puppies.
Only takes a couple weeks of praise training, then the tape is gone.
If I can manage to accidentally drop a knife and cutmy foot or burn myself in the kitchen, they’re fucked. I’ve seen a person carry a stew from stove to counter and trip over their eager pet standing behind them. It went badly for both.
It’s easy to teach a cat boundaries. Praise reinforcement is the way If they’re curious, let them know their curiosity is only ever rewarded by a treat given in one spot and one spot only. Otherwise put them in hi-vis and hope nothing bad happens for 14 years 🤷
Only takes a couple weeks of praise training, then the tape is gone.
Your dog experience doesn’t really translate to cats…
Honestly, it depends on the cat. I had one who would have learned the expectation immediately, then only broken it if she was annoyed at me, to make a point.
And another one that would have been scared of the tape and just avoided that room entirely.
My wife trained our cat to sit on a chair, right outside the kitchen area. Cause sometimes she just wants to hang out when my wife is cooking, so that’s where she’s allowed to watch from. Nobody wants a cat under your feet when you’re boiling something
The MythBusters tested having things fall out of a freezer onto a dog… it wasn’t pretty.
Yep. Pets can be given the space of the world. But keeping them out of a dangerous 100 square feet spot is the least someone can do if they claim “care” for an animal.
I had a cat that refused any training. because they were a cat.
had to get rid of her because she was too much of a danger to have around with a newborn.
Tbh it is really good you got rid of a pet you weren’t able to take care of.
A cat that is a danger is a cat who doesn’t feel well at all. Also cats can respect boundaries, if you respect theirs.
I readily acknowledge that 90-99% of poor pet experiences are because of impatient owners that can’t work within their pet’s animal limitations and habits.
But I don’t think people realize there are a minority of animals that are just mean. They understand what is wanted, they don’t need to do the things they do, but they do them anyway, and don’t care about the harm they cause.
sure. letting their shitty buttholes sit on my counter next to clean baby bottles is totally safe.
Don’t you know the famous Cat’s butthole on surfaces experiment from 2021 ?
If their butt is really full of shit they have diarrhea because you feed them bad stuff.
Ok have fun with the tin foil on the counter
And this spray bottle
…AND MY A—
JK, who’s a good kitty kitty? 😸
Lately, a cat from the neighborhood has been stopping by my place a lot. The first thing it usually does is jump up on the counter—I don’t mind that the little guy takes his liberties. I’ve already moved everything out of the way that could be dangerous or break, and I just give it a quick wipe down once he’s had his fill. That way, we have a tacit agreement that the counter is fair game…
Do you call him mr bigglesworth?
I’ll do anything for you, Mr. Bigglesworth.
The cat knows that’s where the oranges are stored and avoids that area. She hates the smell.
I’ve tried strategically placing citrus scented candles near plants and objects to deter our young man. Unfortunately he doesn’t give a shit. He was a friendly city stray that was picked up and we adopted him last year. The absolute lack of shits he has to give about anything probably helped him survive so well. No matter how convenient or inconvenient you make something, he’s still going to do what he wants. At least he’s not a monster, just obnoxiously friendly with no personal boundaries.
I have a cat like that, unfortunately he wants to get on the stove and play with the dials, chew on electrical cables, and push everything off of all tables, including glass.
I had a cat that wanted little more than to chew on the plastic mesh bags that oranges are sold in.
You can never predict what motivates a cat.
Can’t? Or "shouldn’t?"
You can, if you don’t knock a single thing off of it.
I like how the cup is lying on the ground in the meme. That’s a no. There’s only ‘allow cat’ or ‘have knockable stuff’, never both.
One of my old cats would only knock stuff off the bench if I was staring at him, so he’d carry on meowing like crazy untill I was looking at him, then he would just smash shit off the bench as fast as he could before I got to him then he’d just leg it away, laughing his ass off at me, I miss that little piece of shit.
She’ll be up there if she wants to.
I don’t have enough respect to prohibit it. And that is my own fault
Till you get the upside down sticky paper on the counter! Your ass is gonna learn!
Compressed air only works if it’s one of those designed for cats that are activated by a motion sensor. If you are the one holding it they just learn to do it when you are not looking.
Ok … i changed my mind
No!
