It's only taken a year-and-a-half LOL, but Chumley (feral kitty rescued at 3-4 years old) is finally comfortable enough to be a bad kitty! 
When he had his own trailer, he LOVED sleeping in the sink. We didn't know then we'd be integrating him over here full-time, and we have a "no kitchen counter" policy here. When we made that decision to bring him over here full time, I worried about how to "untrain" him from the notion counters were OK. Once over here, he jumped on the counter a couple of times, and I just told him "No," and picked him up and put him back on the cat tree.
He preferred to travel around "up" and not use the floor. And instead of jumping from the cat trees to the counter (they're right across from the counter), he started jumping over to the couch.
SUCH a smart, good boy! 
Well... one and a half years later, he's on the counter. I was preparing their dinner, and had the 8 bowls out. I got interrupted and didn't keep an eye on things for a few minutes. When I went back to finishing, I caught Chumley jumping from the counter back to the cat tree as I turned. The bowl of food at the end had a bunch of cat food missing from it.
What gets me is that he KNEW he wasn't supposed to be over there, and surreptitiously jumped back to the tree just as he was about to be caught in the act!
When he had his own trailer, he LOVED sleeping in the sink. We didn't know then we'd be integrating him over here full-time, and we have a "no kitchen counter" policy here. When we made that decision to bring him over here full time, I worried about how to "untrain" him from the notion counters were OK. Once over here, he jumped on the counter a couple of times, and I just told him "No," and picked him up and put him back on the cat tree.
He preferred to travel around "up" and not use the floor. And instead of jumping from the cat trees to the counter (they're right across from the counter), he started jumping over to the couch.
SUCH a smart, good boy! Well... one and a half years later, he's on the counter. I was preparing their dinner, and had the 8 bowls out. I got interrupted and didn't keep an eye on things for a few minutes. When I went back to finishing, I caught Chumley jumping from the counter back to the cat tree as I turned. The bowl of food at the end had a bunch of cat food missing from it.
What gets me is that he KNEW he wasn't supposed to be over there, and surreptitiously jumped back to the tree just as he was about to be caught in the act!
So much for animals being incapable of having a guilty conscience. Whoever said that never had sneaky pets.
..... AND I am impressed that you were able to teach your kitties - no counter... I guess I haven't really tried hard enough 
Kitties are OH SO SMART - 
