Sparkle goes up on the counter when she wants attention; and boy! does it work! She gets my attention FAST! Unfortunately, I then realize she has been trying to get my attention for awhile, and I was ignoring her (reading a good book, folding the laundry, whatever) so I figure out what she wants and she gets it. Which means . . . I am rewarding her for getting on the counter. So who's training whom here?