how do i get my cats to stop

[tiffanyjohnson]

how do i get my cats to stop claming on things that it knows not to get on i know cats like to be high but my kitten is not a play toy what should i do

[Karen]

Work on rewards-based training! Teach them to word "down" for example, and give them a treat when they get down. With some cats, a spritz of water when they jump up will annoy them into not thinking it is a fun thing. Do they have cat trees, and places that it is okay for them to climb?

[catmandu]

I sadly have found it almost impossible to stop my Found Hotel Cats from climbing.
My Empress is a climber and I have the feeling that she is giving Jo Jo lessons as he was up on a door ledge.
Thank God Kittens are tough!!!

[Jessika]

Do they have their own furniture to climb up on? I found when I bought my cats their own furniture to scratch and play on... and "rewarded" them for using it (also apply a liberal amount of catnip to the "ok" areas), they tended to leave my stuff alone.

If they like being up high, perhaps you can look into buying or building a tall cat tree?

In my experiences, kittens tend to have more tendency to climb than when they grow older. I couldn't keep Voltron off anything when he was a kitten; now he's maybe 1 1/2 years old and he doesn't have that "wild" energy anymore so he's calmed down quite a bit.

[tiffanyjohnson]

they have their own coach and scarching post and do get treats for doing right but they just wont stop thinking my kitchen is a play toy

[Freedom]

Rub catnip on THEIR things. You can squirt some white vinegar on the counter tops to try and repel them. I gave up as my cats just go up there anyway.