How do you keep your cat off kitchen benches?  

hi bill I dont know as there really is any way to keep cats off higher place other than squirting them and as you said it does not seem to
work. I am here in a retirement center and my first roommate had a black tom cat. No matter what she did to try to stop him, he would jump up on things piled on her bureaus and knock things over then sort of grin at her. she would scream at him and stick him in the bathroom, and shut the door. I was the unfortunate person in the middle of the squabbles she had with her cat. she went to the hospital and the cat behaved perfectly so I guess that he did it to keep her yelling at him. but sadly when I tried to pet him he scratched my hands.the next morning I was in agony, my arms were scarlet red and swollen and I was running a fever.ended up in the emergency room, cat scratch fever me an elderly lady. but I got a heavy intravenous iv of benadryl and some antibiotics. I got back and found the cat stuck in a cat carrier, my poor roommate had died of pneumonia and the aunt took the cat and the belonging. then I got moved to a new room with out a cat and a nice roommate who did not dislike having a roommate.I really liked that cat but he had been mistreated and did not trust anyone.

RawBill1 (1420)

Use a spray bottle, use water or water and some vinegar in the water,

Spay the cats are on the bench spay a shot at them and thats it, They hate that, And soon they will not go where they hate,,,,,,
Being spayed with water they hate, \This will not hurt them and is safe.

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It is not possible to watch them 24/7. Animals like that will go through phases, and it can be difficult to train them otherwise. While you might not like it. Clean off your food-prep areas before preparing food, and be sure to clean it as soon as possible afterwards. This will help with possible contamanation issues you may be having concerning food. The cleaning will help detir them as well because animals often don't care for wet places.

Also seal off areas you don't want them going if at all possible for times when you can't watch them.

Easy for me... I dont have a cat - but, in your case I think you'll have to get rid of the dining table & benches

The best way to keep your cat of the kitchen benches is to kill the cat..lol

I use a spray bottle of water to keep them off the kitchen area. One of my cats likes to jump up near the burners due to the fact that I use to keep the catnip in a shelve above. So, I removed the catnip and anytime the cat jumps up near the stove, I shoot it with the water spray. It worked for me.

Good luck on this one, my rug rats will do as they please and whenever they want to do it. They don't go outside at all and they'll get their baths about twice a year, so we just go with the flow. Christmas trees and plants were outlawed in our house ages ago, they're the boses, i guess. (lol)

Be very diligent while they are still young and reinforce that they are not supposed to do that. I have also heard that cats can not stand how aluminum foil feels on their feet or the sound of it. So try covering the counters and benches with aluminum foil before you go to bed at night and leave the house, hopefully they will not like it and stop jumping up there. Then after they have stopped for a while hopefully they will not jump up and do it anymore.

By not keeping a cat, at all! ;)