That last picture of Meeko is class!
Hope you have strong curtains!!

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Cheeky has never done the curtain climbing, but in my old house i had a dear, thick wallpaper in the bathroom and found him climbing up the wall one day arrrrgh.

cats are snobs and will pick who and what they like

The curtain rail had literally just been renewed a week or so earlier,old curtains put back up,luckily.It was a room that was never used apart from dumping stuff and was in the process of being cleared and redecorated.Meeko saw the spider before we did and he was off like a "cat up a curtain"

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One of my previous cats used to climb up the wallpaper at my parents house. It was that horrible anaglypta stuff.

Caramel can't sit on top of the tv coz its too thin, but that hasn't stopped her from trying once or twice.

I have a door on my kitchen, to stop unwanted ginger whirlwinds. She has been in there and if I'm smoking by the window she comes and watches the world go by with me.

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Caramel (ginger girl) Harry (oldest son) Nick (Youngest son)

I have worktops on opposite sides of my kitchen, Seb will only jump up onto the side where the sink is, he's obsessed with water and would sit in the sink all day if I gave him the chance He has never jumped up on the side where the hob is. Frankie will jump up on both side and has even run across the hot hob before

Frank is very stubborn, I tell him 'no' in a stern voice, and tell him 'down' most of the time he'll look at me blankly and other times he'll just look away

Our TV is on a wall bracket, it's not high up on the wall, they've never been bothered about climbing on it.

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Not to poo-poo the idea but this will only treat the problem, not cure it.

My first 2 cats, one of which is Polly who I still have, never jumped up on the kitchen work surfaces or even went up the stairs (due to my husband and sons asthma). They were told no from the day I got them at 4 months old. They were very well behaved kitties and Polly still is although she does go upstairs now (having realised husband and son are not actually affected by cat hair). My next cat Beanie from day one went wherever he pleased. Rules and boundaries made no sense to him at all and still don't. Whisper my kitten is the same although I am trying to stop her from jumping up on the work surfaces. Last night she jumped up on the gas hob when it was on so will have to be very careful with that now. I used to think cats could be trained but now I'm not so sure!

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Non of mine go on the kitchen worktops. When they were younger it was just a matter of being stern and getting them down each time - sometimes with a loud noise or me shouting 'no'. They'd soon hop down. I don't think its very hygienic having them in places like that, and I know you can't always stop it but we seem to be managing. They also aren't allowed on the dining table or coffee table for the same reasons really. I don't think they go on while we're not there but I could be wrong.
I'm having a bit of a battle at the moment with the youngest as she hasn't learned this yet. She knows not to go on the dining table, and I'm not sure she can reach the kitchen worktops yet but each morning when I come downstairs she's greeting me on the coffee table! It's hard to keep on top of because kittens are relentless. However, my three have numerous window sills, bookcases, cabinets and two large cat trees where they can chill. I've found that their want to get onto these places diminishes when there are nicer places to relax

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That made me giggle as Jenny does the same thing, I think after reading this ill leave her be as she likes to lay on the sky box, Providing she shows no interest in the wires.

She has found the on off button and paws at it and has managed to turn it off once

What a pretty kitty

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