I just always assume that the best I can do is getting cats to stay off the counter when I’m home and awake. I still love the moment several years ago when my late lamented calico who gave Ora Zella a run for her money in the attitude department hopped up onto the counter. I told her to get off the counter and she did, she jumped up on top of the fridge!
I have a glass dining table. My cat will sit on one of the unoccupied chairs and try to subtly sneak a paw up and over the edge to snag something delicious, and doesn’t understand how I manage to spot her every single time!
I recently got a robot vacuum. My cat is currently engaged in a dominance struggle with it, expressed by sitting directly in its path and then getting upset when it runs into her.
Lupin and my cat definitely share an attitude towards sewing! She has pulled pins out of the fabric and tried to eat them, she has tried to eat pins directly out of the pincushion, she charges at the scissors while I’m cutting fabric, she has tried to attack the sewing machine needle as it goes up and down, the list goes on…
When my niece came by for a visit, my brother apologized for the trail of Cheerios she left on the floor. I told him not to worry, my cat would take care of it, and sure enough, she tracked down every single Cheerio that got dropped!
My cat loves playing “touch the fishy” any time I eat fish, and I don’t even need to be distracted. She’s been known to try to knock the chopsticks right out of my hand when I bring home sushi!
Any time I try doing yoga at home, my cat lets me know in no uncertain terms that stretching into odd positions in the middle of the living room floor is her job.
Mine mostly stays off the table, opting for her attempt at stealth instead. She sits on the chair beside mine, tucked away under the table, and reaches one little paw up…the fatal flaw in her plan is that the table is glass.
I just always assume that the best I can do is getting cats to stay off the counter when I’m home and awake. I still love the moment several years ago when my late lamented calico who gave Ora Zella a run for her money in the attitude department hopped up onto the counter. I told her to get off the counter and she did, she jumped up on top of the fridge!