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Breaking Habits

If your cat is already accustomed to trouncing on your counters and dinner table, there are a couple of simple ways to curb her enthusiasm for doing so. One way to break the habit is to leave pots, pans and cookie sheets on the areas. Another simple solution that serves much the same purpose is to line the surfaces with aluminum foil. Cats do not like the feel of metal on their feet, plus the sounds pots and pans make when bumped are also very unappealing for cats.

Once your cat has it in her mind that these locations are undesirable, and there are better alternatives for finding a high perch, the counter-surfing problem should become a thing of the past. Cat training takes time, so just be patient and remember to see things through the eyes of your cat as to why she's so fond of these areas to begin with.