Pets

i think the water spray will still work even during times you're not in the house - but it will only work after you've done it for a long time already. if you spray your cat every time she jumps on the counter, and if you do this often enough, your cat will soon be properly "conditioned" - conditioned that every time she jumps on the counter, a water spray will follow. in time she will totally avoid the counter, but before this happens, you have to be persistent and consistent with the water spray. good luck!

I have 2 cats and the one gets on the counter so she can get in the window. My other one is missing a paw so he can't climb up there. Over the years I have had lots of cats and the only thing I ever found that worked was to keep my counters cleaned off so that there is nothing up there for them to eat and this finally discourages them. Every morning before I do anything in the kitchen I wash my counters cause I just know that Angel probley snook up there during the night. We had one that has become an outdoor cat because he wouldn't stay off my counters but also he sheds so much that my counters were covered with white cat fur! Sorry no other help for you.

I'm sure everybody will have different ideas on this, but this is what I have done with the best success. Lots have said to spray with a squirt water bottle. That does work well when you're up and around in the house, but you don't have any control with it when you're sleeping or away. This will probably sound weird: those times when I can't be there with the trusty squirt bottle, I buy a big thing of black pepper, put it in a pepper shaker, and leave a light trail of it along the counter. (Not the edge, but back about 3 inches, otherwise they'll just hop over it.) It takes a few nights of doing this, but it does work, and it doesn't hurt them at all. Just like us, they hate sniffing the pepper. This last cat I have was persistent about getting on the kitchen counters at night. After a week, he never got back up there, and still doesn't to this day lol. I have also used my black pepper method on houseplants that this one cat wanted to chew, and I take a shaker and sprinkle it on the bottom couple of rows of ornaments on the christmas tree too. I like it because it's non-toxic, cheap, easy, and really not hard to clean up. Good luck with your kitty!!

Cats like heights, and will go on the counters whenever you are not looking or not home anyway. Water bottles and/or aluminum foil are great suggestions, and do sometimes work as long as someone is home (I have tried both). But I have found evidence that my cat(s) completely disregard all of this when you leave the house. Maybe if you try this as well as buy them a cat perch or some other high place, and redirect them to their new perch every time they jump on the counter, they will accept the substitute, but no guarantees!

i don't have pets of my own.. i am not a pet lover and i get annoyed when the lick my skin.., but i find kittens and puppies cute.., But i don't like to cuddle them.., We have a number of dogs at home.., and they never go near to me because i never showed them affection like my younger siblings did..=)

First get a spray bottle and fill with water. During the day if you notice the cat trying to get up spray is with the water. now before you go to bed. lay some aluminum foil on the edge of your counters. when the cat jumps and it's feet hits the aluminum foil it will instantly jump back. I've had several cats and this works eventually they get it through their head not to get on the counter anymore also the spray bottle filled with water is a good to use when your cat gets into other things