| Off the Counter Techniques for Your Sneaky Cat | | | | the short term only and you have to keep reinforcing |
| EEEEK! There he goes again, up on the counter, the | | | | them. This isn't to say you shouldn't do them, it's a |
| fridge, the table, the top of the cupboards and no | | | | flag saying, you will have to do this more than just |
| matter what you've tried so far, nothing works. Don't | | | | once. Cats are not only smart, they're very |
| you just love cats? I mean seriously, they can go | | | | persistent and if they hopped up on the counter just |
| wherever they want to, jump as high as they need | | | | once and found a treat, they will keep doing it |
| and can give you that "HA on YOU" look when | | | | because it paid off for them the first time. Now if |
| they're up where they're not supposed to be. You've | | | | you also have a Jack Russell Terrier who likes to |
| seen that look, the one that says clearly you've lost | | | | climb on the counters â yes ON the |
| your marbles because you're having a fit about them | | | | counters via the large dog kennel for the |
| being up on things. The cat on the other hand | | | | Weimaraner, to do the same thing the cats do, then |
| doesn't see it as being a problem. | | | | you have a doggedly different problem. However, |
| What can you do? There are a variety of things you | | | | the solutions may be the same. |
| can try, but to be honest, many of them work for | | | | |