…that I’m losing ground on my “no cats on the table” rule.
“What cats? I don’t see any cats!” -Chaos
“What table? I don’t see any table!” -Mayhem
…that I’m losing ground on my “no cats on the table” rule.
“What cats? I don’t see any cats!” -Chaos
“What table? I don’t see any table!” -Mayhem
What is a table? I only have “flat filing cabinets” 😉
I don’t see a table – just a handy vantage point!
That’s a tough rule to keep enforced!
Feline Union (FU) rules prohibit compliance with the “no table or counter top” clause in the human relations contract.
It appears that the table is too close to a window to effectively enforce said rule.
My Mom just took her cat and took off on a sailboat for months on end. She said she’s having difficulty explaining to him that these are still counters and tables and fridges and not suitable cat surfaces. (She only think she had control of these issues at home! hehehe)
I gave up on the ‘no cat on table’ rule long ago. I seem to do pretty well with the ‘no cat on countertops’ rule, though, partly because I have so little counterspace and partly because I often leave stuff on the edge of the counter that’s next to the table, so it’s less inviting.
I gave up fighting that battle a loooooooooooong time ago. They pretty much go where they want, when they want.
Yeah, I’ve given up on the “no cats (Gandalf) on the counter” rule too. It’s just…pointless. 😀
Besides, look how content they are!
I thought that was an elevated kitchen floor – you know, sort of the opposite of a sunken living room?
I gave up that fight long ago – so long as they are not on the table when we are eating. I gave into the counters too, so long as we are not cooking. I’m a pushover.
Sigh . . . I fight the same battle at my house, and I too am losing. I suppose I don’t mind the dining room table, since we never eat there (and when we do, there are no cats allowed while we are eating), but the kitchen counters thing bugs the crap out of me . . .
What?!?! Cats aren’t supposed to be on the table? Here I thought I was a genius for teaching mine to stay off the counters. Tee hee.
Oh come on! They’re like kids, the minute you are not looking, they are off to do the forbidden things….
This of them as decorations. 😉
Omg, why can’t I spell?!
“Think of them as decorations :)”
There we go.
What a lovely centrepiece you have, Chris!
Well, that slippery slope is done…you’ll never have the table for your own use again.
We have a very strict “no fuzzles on the bed” rule, but there are a very few, very strict exceptions. Like they are allowed on the bed if they are looking “too cute to move.” Or if they are getting snuggles. Or if it’s a day of the week ending in “Y”… and we wonder why there’s always so much fur in the dryer lint trap when we wash the sheets!
I don’t have a table for eating per se…I have a cutting table in the sewing room and a tv tray for eating upon in the living room. Both are considered fair game by The Meezer and since it doesn’t bother me that she’s on the cutting table…I’m not sure how to say “no” to the tv tray!
Counters however, appear to be acceptable as “off limits” locations…she doesn’t even try.
(When I’m home anyway!)
(((hugs)))
look at that first pic… it made me think of this lyric…
“I like big butts and I can not lie
You other brothers can’t deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist
And a round thing in your face
You get sprung
Wanna pull up tough
Cuz you notice that butt was stuffed
Deep in the jeans she’s wearing
I’m hooked and I can’t stop staring”
It’s not a table, it’s a bird watching perch! Quit eating on the perch!
You know they’re there when you’re not at home, so it has to be hard to enforce when you are home. There’s nothing my cats want to lie on that is off limits, except a special blanket or two, and even then, Rosie is inching towards naps on the mohair. Sigh. 🙂
May and Chaos look right at home on the table eventhough you’re standing right there taking pictures.
Only one of our cats jumps on the dining table. But we also have a tall cat condo in the corner of the dining room (in front of the french doors) so he’s usually content to lie on top of that while we’re eating. Ricky only sneaks onto the table (or kitchen countertop) when no one is looking. And when I yell, “No Ricky”, he’ll jump off and run.
Chris- I find it easier to let them do as they want. They’re going to anyway.
Chops has a tablecloth to lie on.
I woke up one morning, when much youmger, to find the table set for breakfast, with the cat sitting in the middle of my plate, with her paw in my glass, batting the ice cubes around.
Our cats seem to regard that rule with hauteur and ignorance, too. Maybe if you closed the shade/blind on that window next to the table? Then again, cats can stare nothing for hours, so it may not help.
I have that same problem, I was actually hoping you would have a solution to this problem, but I guess not!!!!! (:
Heh. That is one problem that doesn’t have a solution, unless you want to put flypaper (or some other sticky substance) along the tops of all your tables.
Don’t you know? That’s not a table, it’s a sun deck!
Yeah. Lost that battle a long time ago. You should see the surface of my dining room table. I seem to remember that is did not have claw marks when I bought it. I wouldn’t have bought it with claw marks, would I?
I could tell you the best way to do that, but you wouldn’t like it!
Oddly, neither of my current cats are table- or counter-sitters. It’s nothing I’ve done, it’s just their personalities. Harley has jumped up on the dining room table a few times when she was totally freaked out about something, but it’s not a daily occurence. Very weird…
Cats off the table can be a tough row to hoe. I’ve often wondered if making the table top unpleasant for a few days would do the trick (like sticky or slippery). My parent’s burmese knew to stay off the table but would jump up there if he thought he was being ignored. He’d parade up and down the table meowing until he got attention (which usually backfired as he would be put in my parent’s room for “time out.”). Good luck!
That is not a table. It is the “cat lounging platform”.
I can keep them off the table – just give them plenty of counter space to roam.
No counter exploits here. Tables, on the other hand, hahahahahahaha. The whole “bowl” thing is a giveaway, right?
Rule? What rule? Your cats follow rules??
Willie and Lucy are amused by this suggestion.
Hmmm…..I seem to have the same issue with my “no people on the table” rule! 🙂
I gave up long ago. My kitchen table is next to a window, which is perfect for bird watching. So I just got an oilcloth tablecloth that stays on the table until we want to use it for eating. Course we don’t often use it for eating. 🙂
Rule? What rule? 🙂
Reminds me of once we set the dining room table for company, with the good china and wine glasses. When we came back in from the kitchen, there was my mom’s cat, right in the center of the table between the candlesticks. She looked at us so proudly as if to say, “You know, there was a centerpiece needed here.” Other than that, she usually stayed off the tables (as far as my mom knew 🙂 ).
Hummmmm obviously the no cats on the table rule would not apply to Chaos or May because they do not think they are cats. Sometimes I think the only reason my cats allow me to live in the house is because I can open cans and cater to their every whim.
Yeah, what they said! Actually, our table is sort of a conduit to the window shelf with the bird feeder right outside. They never show any interest in our plates, though, if we’re eating there. I think a cat or two on the table adds character to the household.
My 2 old girls have figured out the rule. Or maybe they are just too old to be jumping around like the other young idiot I have. Whom I find on tables, counters,the backs of chairs that tip over, plants and on the tv…