Stove vs. cat...

[BarbPond]

happylabs... Mine do not get on the counters in the kitchen or stove. I am thinking you all need to discourage this habit!

Well I tried to discourage my cats from doing this but they do so anyhow! I would really have to whip them hard to keep them off and I will never hurt my kitties. I have tried swatting them, spraying them with water and yelling at them... it dont work! So now I never leave the stove until it is totally cool and I cover the burners! Lately they have lost interest in it.

[Lilith Cherry]

Helene if you know how to keep cats from going where they please let us into the secret!!

[BarbPond]

Yes Helen .... please let us know as it would save me lots of time de-furing the cabinets and stove before cooking a meal.

[Laura's Babies]

***Jumps up and raises my hand**** "ME TOO!"

When I was working I saw no point in discouraging them getting on the stove and counters because they were here 12 month of the year, I was here only 6 and I would not make my time home miserable for me or for them..

Right now I am trying to teach them NOT to get up there where I am working!

But I worried about the stove thing too and came up with just putting a pot of water on the hot burner until it cooled off.. sometimes I forget though..

[moosmom]

I have totally given up. They rule my house. END OF STORY.

Like Lilith Cherry said, please share your secret!!!

[BarbPond]

Yep I give up too!!! Although I do run them off when I a cooking.

[Too Many Cats]

I also have an electric stove and have always put a pan of cold water on the hot burner when I'm done. Ever since we got that awful thing I have been scared to death that one og them will jump down on it. They do seem to know it's hot while I'm cooking and stay away and just watch.

As for keeping them off the counter, no, I fail at trying to control anything they do. They know they can get away with anything around me. Heck, they even come and eat right off my plate and I let them, lol! But it's a different story with my husband. If they are on the counter when he walks into the kitchen they panic and jump right down...usually sending whatever is in there way to the floor with them, loll! They know he will whap them them if they dont. And when that happens, they always run to me for kisses.