Have a cat that won't stay off your counters? I do. I finally got fed up with it
enough to do something about it: scare the crap out of him with a motion-detecting blender
(while recording the results for my own amusement, of course).
This is a repeating shot of security camera footage of my
cat jumping on the counter - in search of a plant to munch on - and initiating my Blender Defender.
Take a look at the following comic (Courtesy of Sarah) to get a better understanding
Of course not! To teach a cat not to do something, it has to get the idea that what
it is doing is a bad thing.
The best way to teach the cat not to get on a counter is to take yourself out
of the picture. If the cat jumps up on the counter and is greeted with a scare, it
will learn that the counter is not a very nice place to be. The cat is never harmed,
but it's instincts tell is that this may be something to be feared. Just like a vaccuum.
The cat doesn't like it at all, so it stays away