how to keep cats from jumping on the
kitchen counter first of all if your cat
likes food which many do you don't want
to leave any food open and out on the
counter to attract them because that's
just creating a bad habit so if you do
have food at least keep it covered
otherwise your cats getting a great
reinforcement every time they jump up on
the counter and get something delicious
to eat that's made it a great fun thing
for them to do and even if your cat only
gets something once in a while it
actually turns more into playing the
lottery for them and if they're getting
a treat once in a while by jumping on
them the counter then it makes it even
more tantalizing the next time
so again removing all those items would
be a good place to start the other thing
that you can do is to make the counter
an unappealing place to be so if your
cat is jumping up onto the counter you
can use something like sticky paws and
sticky paws is a product that's actually
just a double-sided tape so if you can't
find this you can buy some double-sided
tape and it should work the same way so
this comes in strips and you peel off a
strip and it has two sides to it you lay
this clear sticky tape down right on the
edge of the counter where your cats
going to be hopping up and then you're
actually able to remove the paper part
and it leaves a clear film behind the
great part of this is that your cats not
able to see that there's anything on the
counter so they're likely to try jumping
up and you don't need to scold them in
this situation just allow them to jump
up and feel that their paws get stuck on
there then instead of thinking that the
counter is a wonderful place to be
they'll find it a lot less appealing
cats don't like to be stuck to things
again I would avoid disciplining your
cat in these situations because cats
will just think that you're upset and
they won't necessarily understand that
it has to do with their behavior the
other problem is if they don't do it
when you're around because you're
disciplining them when you're not around
to discipline your cat they're still
going to get away from it so then keep
the counters clear and you can use
something that's unappealing to your cat
that they can't necessarily see so even
when you remove that
tape your cat still thinks that it's an
unhospitable hair area to be the other
thing to keep in mind is your cats
probably jumping on the counter because
it's high up it's an attractive place to
be in the cat world to be on high
vertical surfaces so one way to keep
your cat from jumping up here is to make
sure you don't give them any attention
or affection when they do even talking
to them and telling them to get off or
removing them physically can be some
type of attention so you want to create
other spaces that are comfortable for
your cat these could be window perches
high scratching posts maybe a shelf that
your clear off and make interesting for
your cat to be on but usually they're up
in these areas because they want to be
in a high space so if you create high
spaces for your cat they're less likely
to seek out the areas where you don't
want them to be