How to Train Kittens to Stay Off Kitchen Counters

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  • Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2024

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  • @kayla3618
    @kayla3618 5 лет назад +328

    How to train kittens to stay off countertops- Don't let it happen in the first place. Okay thanks doc!🙃👍

    • @Cabaill21
      @Cabaill21 4 года назад +26

      Yeah like thanks toots that’s very helpful *eyeroll*

    • @amanda-precious1134
      @amanda-precious1134 3 года назад +3

      Right

    • @leanapereira1561
      @leanapereira1561 3 года назад +20

      Most useless advice

    • @Liaakaike24
      @Liaakaike24 2 года назад +2

      Hahha Really?

    • @EnchantedCosmos
      @EnchantedCosmos 2 года назад

      Are you dumb it’s called when you work you can’t control everything that happens at home . Slow ass.

  • @GMoney-B
    @GMoney-B 4 года назад +55

    Nothing works in this video. Accept for the loud noise suggestion. My brother and I started shaking a double size food can with rocks and change in it when they started scratching table legs all the time. It reduced it probably 90% or more. I’m going to try the same for counters. Problem is that with counters I have a feeling that our one cat will just continue to do it when we are home. I’m going to try the pokey mat thing, and if that doesn’t work then I will make a sheet of cardboard with blue painters tape strips facing up with ends rolled over to keep them in place. Then just remove cardboard when using. They hate hate hate tape. Haha. Will try these because I’m tiring of constantly saying “down!” With then jumping off but getting back up 5 to 10 minutes later. Haha

    • @michaelst9575
      @michaelst9575 5 месяцев назад +3

      Put tape on the counter

    • @GMoney-B
      @GMoney-B 5 месяцев назад

      @@michaelst9575 tape was very weird to work around in the kitchen. Ended up getting black or clear plastic spike mats. They are a God send and blessing, truly a miracle. Lol. They don’t hurt them at all but they are pokey enough to make it uncomfortable to walk on. Some places I had to double up the Matt because some places they place their toes around the spikes but it’s only one place in the house they only do that if it’s not double layered with two strips of cat mat. My brother and I have covered everything almost in it our townhouse, couch, movie shelves, tv shelf, some specific counters or places. Keeps them from marking things.

    • @michaelst9575
      @michaelst9575 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@GMoney-B but i have tape at home xd and dont u let your cats on the couch? o.O

    • @GMoney-B
      @GMoney-B 5 месяцев назад

      @@michaelst9575 If tape works for you then great! :). No, I do not let my cats on the couch. All 6 of them would be cozy all the live long day and be so incredibly and blissfully happy being so cozy and suggly in one giant 6 cat snuggly kitty pile. However, because of two of them who mark things they cannot be trusted and ruin it for all of them. Lol. Otherwise I would not care. :)

  • @blewprent
    @blewprent 2 года назад +32

    I just want to know who tf feeds their cat on the counter?

    • @aidasellsflorida
      @aidasellsflorida 5 месяцев назад

      😮 right so disgusting 🤮

    • @seabear5394
      @seabear5394 Месяц назад

      People that wanna keep the food away from dogs but want the food to be out most of the time

  • @cclauzon8716
    @cclauzon8716 8 лет назад +92

    My cat will walk across tacks to get where she wants. They don't care.

    • @imrlaps7097
      @imrlaps7097 7 лет назад +3

      I sure as hell hope you havent been putting tacks down..

    • @yvonnejenkins4357
      @yvonnejenkins4357 6 лет назад +1

      CC Lauzon I have tried most everything you have mentioned. No results

    • @yvonnejenkins4357
      @yvonnejenkins4357 6 лет назад

      What next?

    • @IHeArTrOcK20
      @IHeArTrOcK20 6 лет назад +2

      Yvonne Jenkins have you tried the water method? She said not to do it but, I feel like if you feed the cat and care for it, she won’t see you as the bad guy. My cat doesn’t.

    • @irenepst
      @irenepst 5 лет назад

      @@yvonnejenkins4357 it also depends on the breed of the cat and its nature and personality

  • @Theanimalfarm077
    @Theanimalfarm077 5 лет назад +48

    That poor kitten just like ok ok where do u want me?

  • @stevemccull9699
    @stevemccull9699 5 лет назад +38

    I have had great sucess with Tupperware cups.
    Keep a stack near you at all times. Takes a couple weeks. When ever the Cat gets up on a counter, table, recliner etc... you say NO sharply! A finger click is a good extra too. At the moment the cat looks at you, toss the plastic cup into their vicinity. Near enough to startle, but, not to hit them. Best action the cup will ricochet off nearby surfaces. When the cat humps down. Its over! Till next he jumps on counter. In time, just a finger click will have the reflex action of NO.

  • @amyhebert5481
    @amyhebert5481 Год назад +6

    It’s become a real problem with my cat. He literally spends all day doing all the stuff he can’t. I’ve tried a bell, yelling, towels on the sides, crate, tin foil, tape, treats, a few cat trees, hell my cat will even jump on top of the stove. Absolutely nothing works. I’m going crazy. I’ve even tried taping up poster board. He’ll eat that! Literally nothing works. We just have to let him walk on cabinets with nasty litter paws.

  • @msutton1997
    @msutton1997 2 года назад +5

    I think my cat is broken. I tried the carpet runner thing... he thinks it's a shiatsu massage and rolls all over it😒

  • @typeOhh
    @typeOhh 7 лет назад +15

    15seconds in, leading by example huh?....

  • @zechariahrurak3456
    @zechariahrurak3456 Год назад +6

    My cat does it to look for food. Apparently 2 serverings 3 times a day isn't enough food

  • @Imanimbecilelol
    @Imanimbecilelol 3 года назад +13

    Thanks I'm getting a cat soon bc my naghbor cat had kittens and my mom dosen't want her to jump on the counter

  • @osuushiza8
    @osuushiza8 6 лет назад +10

    That is a super calm cat! :p

  • @mzahan
    @mzahan 7 лет назад +6

    I got three cats, all of them walking with no trouble on the "pokey spines". And it looks like there are other people whose cats do the same. This is definitely not working.

  • @tawianna07
    @tawianna07 3 года назад +8

    Who feeds their cat on the counter??

    • @nbidnm
      @nbidnm 3 года назад

      In my line of work I'm in a lot of homes and you would be surprised at how many people do that.

  • @candyies1270
    @candyies1270 Месяц назад

    This is one of the biggest problem that we’re having with our cat. She’s 6 months old & oh so curious as she should be. We have the glass top stove & the countertop she loves to jump on the countertop & walk. So we leave big pots with lids on the stove to stop her from jumping on the stove. Counters are still a problem in the works.

  • @mychanneljohn2024
    @mychanneljohn2024 3 года назад +3

    what if the cat/kitten does it on her own with nothing there ??

  • @burrleonard3976
    @burrleonard3976 3 года назад +37

    This is ridiculous. My cat jumps on our counter tops, even though we have long since done everything she says plus an absolutely clean, food-free kitchen counter always, sticky tape, sonar devices, clicker training, a tall cat tree next to kitchen, frequent feedings, and more. Nothing works. This woman is in some other universe. She should meet a cat.

    • @atdhehalimi5431
      @atdhehalimi5431 3 года назад +5

      Did anything work? Because nothing seems to work on my cat too?

    • @B888-h2o
      @B888-h2o 3 года назад +1

      Maybe spray a scent on the counters that the cat doesn’t like?

    • @B888-h2o
      @B888-h2o 3 года назад

      Also make sure water bowl is always full, sometimes they jump up to get to the tap

    • @carrikartes1403
      @carrikartes1403 2 года назад +6

      @@atdhehalimi5431 yell. Slap the counter hard with a rolled up paper to startle the cat.
      Do it as soon as you see the cat.
      If you are in the other room yell and run in. Always yell no and slap the counter. You may even have to push the cat off.
      A cat will still go on a counter sometimes when you are not there but the cat definitely won't when you are around.

    • @specialnewb9821
      @specialnewb9821 2 года назад

      Squirt bottle maybe

  • @evaganley3251
    @evaganley3251 3 года назад +3

    mine goes on the stove, and that’s not good.

  • @Jetexjet
    @Jetexjet 3 года назад +6

    My cat was eating my food I left on the table for the second That I left and I got so mad!…

  • @johannjohann6523
    @johannjohann6523 Год назад +3

    Dogs and Cats are more thqan smart enough to learn commands. First pecking order - human is lead dog or cat. Then be commanding raising the level of your voice (deeper the better) loud enough the animal stops and goes "oh shit". Now you can tak to them because they are listening. But certain one word commands, said loudly - let them know who is in charge. As for the counter, water bottle for cats. Best way to train when they don't listen. Dogs seem to always listen cause your the Alpha. Cats will get it, it just takes longer, and constant monitoring. And the video is right about showing affection. Don't do that till the animal has been corrected. Then some TLC so they know you are not mad, it's just the rules of the house. Also, make sure to offer small places on floor or low to the floor your cat can run and hide when scared. this will also help when you correct them.These methods are safe and effective. I got my cats so they come when I call them, go outside and stay 99% in our yard. luckily they have some woods in the back yard.

  • @helenmclean2409
    @helenmclean2409 3 года назад +8

    Just say a firm “NO”. It’s unhygienic and, in my case, as I have a ceramic hob, dangerous.

    • @germphreak
      @germphreak 3 года назад +22

      if just saying no in a firm voice worked im pretty sure this video wouldn’t exist. and people wouldn’t be searching for it.

    • @helenmclean2409
      @helenmclean2409 3 года назад +3

      @@germphreak
      Everyone has their own way of training.
      I had a Birman cat. Birmans are natural “jumpers”. But, from a kitten, I trained him not to jump and only to use his scratch posts. Birman’s are usually kept indoors, But because I live in a safe environment and don’t believe in depriving a cat of it’s natural instincts, I trained him never to be picked up by anyone but me. When he was out, I would call him and he would always answer.
      As a result, I was able to take him anywhere in the knowledge that he would behave. I lost him last September aged 19.
      Cats can be trained and, I assure you that a firm “no” along with patience works extremely well.

    • @germphreak
      @germphreak 3 года назад +5

      @@helenmclean2409 Like I said if saying no worked nobody would be here searching for this video I’m not really sure why you were here other than to leave a comment to say ha ha my cat listens when I say no sucks for you guys. Sorry for your loss but this video doesn’t really seem to be for you.

    • @helenmclean2409
      @helenmclean2409 3 года назад

      @@germphreak
      Well excuse me for exercising my Civil rights. Who the hell are you to lecture me upon which site I watch and comment upon?
      Mind your own damn business. Bloody cheek!

  • @carolinejoss1453
    @carolinejoss1453 5 лет назад +8

    Hell, I’ve been snogging cats on my kitchen counters for over 50 years..........that’s why they jump up there. I give them cuddles and treats while they are up there ( saves me having to bend down), and then I wipe down the food preparation areas just before I prepare food on them - easy.
    No offence meant, because we all have our own way of doing things, and I can see that you understand cat/animal behaviour and apply good common sense to training! Oh, and if anyone is wondering, I haven’t given anyone tape worms or terrible diseases/ food poisoning etc, so maybe people should just try snogging the cat that’s sitting by their kettle when they go to make coffee, as it will relax and bring happiness to both parties.

    • @Lawltasticness
      @Lawltasticness 4 года назад +4

      Lol cat ladies r usually nice but kinda gross love u caroline

    • @stevemccull9699
      @stevemccull9699 2 года назад +1

      My cat figured that out. He would sit on a small table by kitchen/ living room. So he would get petted when I passed by!

    • @katiewollan2
      @katiewollan2 2 года назад +4

      Gross I’m sorry. Not hygienic.

    • @davidburcar7620
      @davidburcar7620 2 года назад +1

      Can I give you my cat?

    • @carolinejoss1453
      @carolinejoss1453 2 года назад +1

      @@katiewollan2 Hi, if you clean your work surfaces with antibacterial products before food preparation it's hygienic, but it's a personal thing as some people don't like the idea, which is fine. I don't like it when some parents sit their babies on restaurant tables, even though their little one may be filling their pants but I guess I can live with it! X

  • @USMC_BABE38
    @USMC_BABE38 7 лет назад +6

    I'm currently struggling with this behavior how do I train my cat Steve not to get up on the counter top my roommate is fusterated because of this. I've tried everything

    • @osuushiza8
      @osuushiza8 6 лет назад

      Erin Averyt Even sticky, db sided tape? Also, what about sour apple spray?

    • @GMoney-B
      @GMoney-B 4 года назад

      osuushiza8 taking 2.5-3 inch blue painters tape and putting it on its backside on the counter with the ends rolled over to stick to the counter to keep the tape strips in place works great. Only problem is you have to cover almost all the counter in strips. Maybe a piece of cardboard with the tape strips, then you can remove it when using. Blue painters tape is lower stick too so it doesn’t wreck surfaces or stick too hard to cats. Blue painters tape is great for tons of other uses too. Also having some noticeable success with putting rocks and change in a large food can/tin, shaking it very loudly. They hate that. Has worked significantly with stopping them probably 90% from scratching table legs.

    • @Cabaill21
      @Cabaill21 3 года назад +2

      Have you tried renaming your cat? Then Steve won’t be on the counters.

    • @davidburcar7620
      @davidburcar7620 2 года назад

      Try not naming your cat Steve

  • @Emily-mn1hr
    @Emily-mn1hr 4 года назад +11

    Jesus loves you❤️

  • @brandtbuchanan5526
    @brandtbuchanan5526 2 года назад +17

    Slap that cat to the floor with the swiftness of a reflex and transition immediately into an aggressive defense stance, staring squarely through him/her and snarl "I will eat you cat!" And don't break eye contact until it recognizes your dominance by yielding its eyes and shoulders away from yours in
    Don't let the cat experience anything but that response so that it becomes aware that that is your countertop and you will in fact eat him/her. It's all about timing and consistency

    • @jaj4706
      @jaj4706 Год назад +1

      😂😂😂😂 that made me laugh. I am just envisioning you acting this out. Lol. I get where you’re coming from though, that’s how animals communicate but still on a human it’s a little comical… lol

    • @All_Smiles27
      @All_Smiles27 10 месяцев назад

      😂 man this is too funny. My cat bites me when /if I violate him, most unprovoked lol. Why can’t we retaliate just a little to set boundaries as well?

  • @Ivyinterrupted
    @Ivyinterrupted 3 года назад +6

    Thank you my kitten keeps trying to get on table this really helped

  • @imrlaps7097
    @imrlaps7097 7 лет назад +4

    i havent heard the pennies in a soda can used for training, mentioned in so long.

  • @impressedbysteph5068
    @impressedbysteph5068 6 дней назад

    This is not the case for me my cat has a space where I feed her and it’s not the counter top I’m at my wits end it is not sanitary for her to jump on my counter top no matter what I do she still does it. Right after she uses her litter box too 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @joannehetherington3907
    @joannehetherington3907 2 года назад +2

    My friend used tinfoil to stop the kitten and the kitten just started sleeping on top of it

    • @cynthiabarrow1867
      @cynthiabarrow1867 Год назад

      I think that tin foil only works on certain cats. Lol.

  • @myaag3216
    @myaag3216 5 лет назад +3

    My kitten don’t give two donuts.

    • @myothergem
      @myothergem 4 года назад

      Mya AG you look scary

  • @mykerropi
    @mykerropi 2 года назад

    amazing explanation

  • @Yan_Yan209
    @Yan_Yan209 Год назад

    I remember when my cat went on the kitchen counter. My mother's hand were burned.

  • @angelinasurreal
    @angelinasurreal 3 года назад +1

    One of my husbands cats (former cat owner of 14 cats at one point as a kid but now dog lover) and he’s just fat. I think they’re over weight and they never trained them so they go everywhere. At this point the cats are about 7+ years it’s a nightmare. I’m really trying to get comfortable with the cats but it’s hard. Did I mentioned I was not allowed to bring in my dog. 🧂y yes I know…🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @shane3428
    @shane3428 7 месяцев назад

    That was the most unhelpful video ever. You just said things that are common sense

  • @horseandcart5978
    @horseandcart5978 3 года назад +1

    Just put an inflated balloon anywhere you don't want your cat to go.
    Problem SOLVED!!!

  • @petepete2284
    @petepete2284 Год назад

    No wonder my cat doesn't want to be up there. Perhaps you should do your investigations on the floor.

  • @germphreak
    @germphreak 3 года назад +3

    Yeah I just don’t let it happen in the first place let me just control my cat with my mind. wtf

  • @ΜολονΛαβε100
    @ΜολονΛαβε100 Год назад

    Those spines my cat will use it as the cat post. That won’t work. The squirt gun has been the only thing that she knows to avoid because when she does something she isn’t supposed to do and she sees the squirt gun right after she will walk away knowing she is about to get soaked for it. Problem is cats never learn until you squirt them 375 times not to do something…

  • @zechariahrurak3456
    @zechariahrurak3456 Год назад

    Thanks for the advice genius 😂

  • @bellabenton5594
    @bellabenton5594 4 года назад +1

    Squirting with a water or vinegar bottle works well. Loud high pitched noises do to. Time outs in the kennel or closet work on some temperaments of cats.

    • @kiwigirlNZ
      @kiwigirlNZ 3 года назад +2

      Spraying teaches your cat not to do it when you’re around. As soon as you leave the house, guess where your cat goes? Also, time outs are a human concept, and not one that makes sense to an animal. I’d kick your arse if I saw you shutting a cat in a closet. What a moronic thing to recommend.

    • @ujeifk55
      @ujeifk55 3 года назад +3

      @@kiwigirlNZ Ikr like the sqirty water bottle thing sometimes could work but you CANNOT in ANY WAY lock them in a closet. I really agree with you on that

    • @truthfactors9958
      @truthfactors9958 2 года назад +2

      Yup time outs in the carrier.

    • @alexabernhardt2856
      @alexabernhardt2856 Год назад

      @@truthfactors9958 we do the crate time outs & she still jumps on our tables! The kitchen table is important, I don’t want poop paws on the table we eat at. & the tables in the family room she jumps on top of & knocks stuff down on accident/on purpose. & We’ve never even fed her from the counter top?!🙄😭😭I just don’t understand why she’s doing this now..I want her to stop this asap, this is like the 3rd time we’ve seen her do it on the kitchen table😭the family room tables she jumps down before I can catch her most the times..

  • @nan.123
    @nan.123 3 года назад +1

    But my cat started to climb
    I move him down
    But again and again
    I never reward
    But it's exhausting 😪
    I'm tired a week now
    Omg ...... 😲😱 pffffffff

  • @ellaproud2989
    @ellaproud2989 4 года назад +1

    I'm always letting mine on the counter oops

  • @ΜολονΛαβε100
    @ΜολονΛαβε100 2 года назад

    I have dogs and they go after her food so I have one designated counter in the bathroom for her. I just don’t want her in the kitchen.

  • @marshallderriek1858
    @marshallderriek1858 5 месяцев назад

    Fly swatter worked for me

  • @ezelgrier5971
    @ezelgrier5971 2 года назад +2

    This is bullshit!! I gave cats food on floor from babies and they still do it.

  • @PhienixxStJames
    @PhienixxStJames 3 года назад +5

    Get a spray that does it automatically, that way you aren’t at the other end of it.

  • @specialnewb9821
    @specialnewb9821 2 года назад +2

    I dislike cats but my spouse demands one. I have 0 problems if it associates me with bad vibes. If it leaves me alone that is ideal.

  • @kalifa______
    @kalifa______ 3 года назад

    Ok so no squirt gun just take the cat off or put something on the surface that feels uncomfortable👍

  • @yamaha04rider
    @yamaha04rider 3 года назад +1

    Dr. Thicc over here. You can tell she got an absolute dump truck just by looking at the front of her gahd damn I’m in love. What’s her @ tho

  • @myothergem
    @myothergem 4 года назад +10

    Excuse me, we never put our cat on our counter or made her food on the counter, and he knows not to jump on the counters... yet he jumps up on there when we are sleeping or when he thinks we are sleeping for no fucking reason. We dont leavr food out over night and for some reason, he knows not to jump up there when we are up and moving about. Hes just a little prick who needs a good wack

    • @stevemccull9699
      @stevemccull9699 2 года назад

      Naw!
      Its pointless to punish any pet after the fact!! They are ALWAYS curious & must go on "Cat Patrol " endlessly

    • @phyllisswanda153
      @phyllisswanda153 2 года назад

      ​@@stevemccull9699

  • @PhilMoskowitz
    @PhilMoskowitz 8 месяцев назад +1

    A cat is the limit in size and cleaniness any human should have living in the house with them. Dogs are absolutely a non-starter.

  • @dmomcilovic9185
    @dmomcilovic9185 2 года назад +1

    pointless, the car will not care ignore you, and do it the moment you are out

  • @pxnxpxb5694
    @pxnxpxb5694 2 года назад

    this video is misleading, i have been search for 'how to teach kitten not okay to jump table' and instead i get teach how with the cat, complete disgrace

  • @flyfly2850
    @flyfly2850 Год назад

    Be able to read your cat mind first, than get a cat in your life!

  • @Epic_Moist_Loaf
    @Epic_Moist_Loaf 4 месяца назад

    “Don’t let it happen in the first place”
    Seriously? That’s your advice? 😑

  • @shannonlambert1240
    @shannonlambert1240 5 лет назад +3

    Not helping

  • @moondancer9066
    @moondancer9066 3 года назад

    I'm bad. I have rewarded bad behavior and my kitty is still very little.
    Oh! My brother said to use a squirt bottle! Glad I didn't!

  • @jasonzhao8536
    @jasonzhao8536 2 года назад +1

    Ahh shoot guess I'm too late

  • @Ijustwanttofindvotes
    @Ijustwanttofindvotes 3 года назад +9

    My wife & daughter convinced me into getting a cat. I'm not a pet person, AT ALL.
    After the first hour of bringing the cat into our home, I knew the cat had to be returned.
    My daughter is upset with me and my wife as well, but the sight of a cat on my counter and stove top is disgusting.

  • @ExtraterrestrialBeing-jc7to
    @ExtraterrestrialBeing-jc7to 2 года назад

    The Dr. Is Hot

  • @lbee171
    @lbee171 2 года назад +2

    I find it disgusting that people allow their cats to walk on benches. I caught my kittens jumping up on the bench a couple of times, scolded them very loudly and strongly. Since then they never do it. Problem solved.

  • @tericoulter4426
    @tericoulter4426 16 дней назад

    Don't feed you cat on the counter, not even once; as she feeds the cat on the counter.

  • @Theclassiccarnut
    @Theclassiccarnut 5 лет назад +4

    useless info

  • @amandagregory3944
    @amandagregory3944 9 месяцев назад

    ya didn’t work for us lmao

  • @Adam-vd7op
    @Adam-vd7op 4 года назад +4

    Karen’s evolving

  • @michaelst9575
    @michaelst9575 5 месяцев назад

    *TAPE*

  • @jamesmoseley6490
    @jamesmoseley6490 2 года назад

    Good grief!

  • @muncheez9325
    @muncheez9325 2 года назад

    Gee whiz

  • @hugo9618
    @hugo9618 Год назад

    Dont buy a countertop. Simple

  • @jamiestimely6339
    @jamiestimely6339 3 месяца назад

    This was such a useless video

  • @torquemadax9507
    @torquemadax9507 8 лет назад +4

    I love short hair on women.

  • @cameronpaulson3209
    @cameronpaulson3209 3 месяца назад

    Useless

  • @daviddesmond2143
    @daviddesmond2143 4 месяца назад

    Flypaper, hot pepper in food, swatting the bad cat. Very nasty animals get in area where food is made.

  • @axiom4018
    @axiom4018 5 лет назад +2

    Like cats have brains to reason. Give me a break.

  • @zechariahrurak3456
    @zechariahrurak3456 Год назад

    I find smacking the sheet out of the cat works wonders. Put the fear in that mofo