Get off that table!!!!

• 04-01-2008 10:27 AM

  BlackLabbie Joined on 01-28-2008 South of Boston Posts 799 Points 185	Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact Is there anyway to keep my cats (3 of them) off the kitchen table? Everytime I come home, at least 1 of them is curled up on it...the hair it driving me crazy! Not to mentions where their paws have been (litter box) and then on my table where I eat. I'm constantly cleaning this table...help!
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• 04-01-2008 10:43 AM

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  CoBuHe Joined on 08-03-2007 Southeast Texas Posts 670 Points 35

  Re: Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact Have you tried a water bottle?  Works like a charm in my house.  And eventually just the sight of the bottle will ward off bad behavior.  Start off by saying whatever word you use (down, off, whatever).  Give'em a spray then praise when they get down.  They will be miffed of course, but still praise.   You might have to do that a few times.  Then start leaving the water bottle on the table for a while...maybe they will be weary of getting on the table again. Good luck!

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• 04-01-2008 11:19 AM

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  Golden Tails Joined on 03-09-2007 Central Cali Posts 439 Points 100

  Re: Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact Try some chili powder, sprinkle a little bit on the table and when the cats jump up they will get it on their paws, their lick it off and most likely jump down. They will begin to understand the the table = hot stuff and will want to avoid it. It might take only once, or a couple of times but I heard it works like a charm. I have personaly never tried it because our cats eat on the table (we don't eat on the same one) so it hasn't been a problem with us. Good luck and let us know what works! ~Jessie~

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• 04-02-2008 7:25 PM

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  erica1989 Joined on 02-21-2007 Clearwater, Florida Posts 2,356 Points 190	Re: Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact Cats like to be up high. Maybe provide an alternative for them to go on? My cats eat their food on the counter (otherwise the dog gets it). They are allowed on the table, but know to get down when we are eating. I don't know how they know to do it - they just do.
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• 04-02-2008 9:17 PM

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  BlackLabbie Joined on 01-28-2008 South of Boston Posts 799 Points 185

  Re: Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact See, they know I don't like them on the table...because I always scoot them off. So, when I go out they lay out on it, because they know they won't get caught. Then when I walk in, if I'm really quite, I'll catch them napping up there... They have a high cat tree, and they have a small table of their own in the corner with their food on it, and are allowed pretty much anywhere else. I just don't like them on my table. I'm going to try the water bottle- I'll have to be pretty stealth to catch them in the act, if that fails maybe the chilli powder. Is there any product that people can stand but cats can't?

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• 04-04-2008 2:30 PM

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  CoBuHe Joined on 08-03-2007 Southeast Texas Posts 670 Points 35

  Re: Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact BlackLabbie: I'm going to try the water bottle- I'll have to be pretty stealth to catch them in the act, if that fails maybe the chilli powder. You might not be able to catch them in the act on the table, but surely there are other bad behaviors that they demonstrate while you are aound.  After a couple of sprays of that water bottle, they won't want to be around it at all, anywhere, anytime.

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• 04-10-2008 12:14 PM

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  Calinisima Joined on 12-05-2007 Venezuela Posts 787 Points 235	Re: Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact Yeah, I vote for the water bottle too. It really helps. But I don't know what you should do while you are away. Good luck
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• 04-10-2008 12:20 PM

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  rwbeagles Joined on 09-10-2007 DFW, TX Posts 14,107 Points 2,025

  Re: Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact SCAT MAT....lol Also... Double stick tape stuck in various places. If they do it when you are not there...your options are limited to the subterfuge methods. I also saw a VERY interesting motion tripped AIR SPRAY can thing that I am considering...like canned air...which my cats HATE....triggered to spray upon motion. Gina H. dog.community Moderator "Do the day, and let the day...do you!"-Wireman "Duma Key"

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• 04-10-2008 3:14 PM

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  BlackLabbie Joined on 01-28-2008 South of Boston Posts 799 Points 185	Re: Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact rwbeagles: I also saw a VERY interesting motion tripped AIR SPRAY can thing that I am considering...like canned air...which my cats HATE....triggered to spray upon motion. I'm going to google that to try to find some info....it sounds interesting!
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• 04-10-2008 3:20 PM

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  rwbeagles Joined on 09-10-2007 DFW, TX Posts 14,107 Points 2,025	Re: Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact I saw it in my Jeffers Pet catalog Gina H. dog.community Moderator "Do the day, and let the day...do you!"-Wireman "Duma Key"
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• 04-10-2008 7:51 PM

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  BCMixs Joined on 01-10-2008 Virginia Posts 992 Points 25

  Re: Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact  This might take some collecting first but a line of empty soda cans around the edge of the table would fall and make a racket and startle them if they tried to get up there.  I've used it with cans with some coins in them for a counter surfing dog and it only took once, he hated it so much he always viewed the counter and soda cans suspiciously for the rest of his life!  LOL! I second the recommendation about the double sided tape, change the position it's in every day so they're never quite sure where it's at.  I tried that on my couch corners but the Evil Milo just moved to other areas to destroy.  I admitted defeat and left him the corners.    "I wonder what goes through his mind when he sees us peeing in his water bowl" Penny Ward Moser Save a life, make a shelter pet part of your family.

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• 04-13-2008 4:40 PM

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  Golden Tails Joined on 03-09-2007 Central Cali Posts 439 Points 100

  Re: Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact The cans are a good idea. never thought of that. Not sure why I didn't suggest the tape beofre. We actually use it. Sugar like to scratch on the walls and the tape that we got (In the cat section at PetSmart) is good for it. It doesn't hurt the paint or the furnature. And, it's see through so it dosen't stand out. I think it's called "No Scratch" or somthing like that. Anyways, the despenser is red. ~Jessie~

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• 04-18-2008 3:19 PM

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  ladiebug Joined on 08-19-2006 S Florida Posts 758 Points 100

  Re: Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact When our climber was climbing the counter tops, then the tops of the cabinets & knocking my vases off at 2 or 3am, we were going nuts!  We tried the soda cans with pennies, the 2 sided tape, hadn't tried the scat mat yet because we found the Snappy Trainer at our local PetsMart. It worked INSTANTLY!  He got so scared that he just about fell off the counter top running for his life.  That was the last time he climbed the counters.  Now, he uses his kitty tree ALL the time - like his brother!  Check it out: www.snappytrainer.com  (I'm speaking from personal experience / success.  I'm not a trainer, or sales person for the Snappy Trainer).

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• 04-18-2008 3:38 PM

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  JackieG Joined on 04-15-2008 Central Texas Posts 60 Points 105	Re: Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact My cat was getting on our stove when we were at work.  I balanced some cookie sheets so that when he jumps up the cookie sheets fall, making a very loud clatter.  Seemed to do the trick.  I have also used the double sided tape on furniture legs and this may work on the table also. JG
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• 04-18-2008 6:35 PM

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  BCMixs Joined on 01-10-2008 Virginia Posts 992 Points 25	Re: Get off that table!!!! Reply Contact  I think I'd be afraid my cats would catch a paw in that snappy trainer thing.  It looks from the video like a mousetrap with a flyswatter stuck to it. "I wonder what goes through his mind when he sees us peeing in his water bowl" Penny Ward Moser Save a life, make a shelter pet part of your family.
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