Hi everyone,
We have 5 cats, 2 of them being 6-month-old kittens. The issue we are having with the kittens is that they have discovered that they LOVE to jump up on the kitchen counters. We just had our entire kitchen remodeled and have all brand new countertops, so we really don't want cats on them! Our older cats seem to know better and we very rarely catch them "counter surfing." We have tried everything with the babies to try to instill it in them that the counters are off limits, but they just keep doing it! Whenever we catch them, we immediately put them down and give them a firm "NO" or "OFF." We have also tried squirting them with a little water whenever we catch them on the counters, but this clearly doesn't bother them enough to keep them from doing it since we'll find them back up on the counters 5-10 minutes later, if that! They also walk across the ceramic cooktop and leave paw prints all over it, which is another thing that makes me crazy. Any suggestions to break these 2 little boys of this naughty behavior would be greatly appreciated! They have totally free run of the house other than this! Am I really asking them too much to just stay off my new countertops? LOL
We have 5 cats, 2 of them being 6-month-old kittens. The issue we are having with the kittens is that they have discovered that they LOVE to jump up on the kitchen counters. We just had our entire kitchen remodeled and have all brand new countertops, so we really don't want cats on them! Our older cats seem to know better and we very rarely catch them "counter surfing." We have tried everything with the babies to try to instill it in them that the counters are off limits, but they just keep doing it! Whenever we catch them, we immediately put them down and give them a firm "NO" or "OFF." We have also tried squirting them with a little water whenever we catch them on the counters, but this clearly doesn't bother them enough to keep them from doing it since we'll find them back up on the counters 5-10 minutes later, if that! They also walk across the ceramic cooktop and leave paw prints all over it, which is another thing that makes me crazy. Any suggestions to break these 2 little boys of this naughty behavior would be greatly appreciated! They have totally free run of the house other than this! Am I really asking them too much to just stay off my new countertops? LOL
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