Rose is Rose by Don Wimmer and Pat Brady for December 03, 2012

So do it, Jimbo! I mean, you’re bigger than the kitten, and stronger and meaner (well, maybe not meaner). Whenever my cat is where I want to be, I simply pick her up and put her elsewhere. She glares, but I don’t care; it’s my furniture.

Jimbo should read Peekaboo the riot act!

having typed around and read around the occasional sleeping cat, I sort of understand the reluctance to disturb the cute … then again, cat on keyboard gets moved, glare or not.

Is there anyone who can withstand the power of a cats glare?

Jimbo – Stand up, step back and slowly pull the paper towards you.

Kitty no to be on the table…

They let the cat on the table!?! yikes I have 2 and one of them tried a couple of times to make the table her perch…NONONO! I put a few obstacles in the way of her getting there, as well as my shout of panic when I saw her there…she now knows that is not her place. Table top (dinner) and kitchen counters are no place for the cat.

My cats are welcome everywhere except table, kitchen counter and keyboard. Train them using a water pistol…gentle and effective.

Yes, you can train a cat not to get up on certain pieces of furniture—at least when you’re actually present to see it!

You have to be careful removing a cat from a keyboard. Sometimes their claws will pull the keys loose.

I have a foolproof (or catproof, as the case may be) system for keeping my cats off the table and kitchen counters: I keep them so cluttered, there’s no room for a cat.

Ours do that when we’re on the couch reading something. Very difficult to read the paper with a kitty-poo in your face.

What is it about cats & laying on newspaper, book keyboard. Whatever you are trying to read or do- a cat will always come between you & it.

Peekaboo likes to curl up with a good newspaper.

bpullin: I would refer to the latter as “helping it log solo hours”. Not an actual kick, but an underhand toss or foot lift.

My wife reported a noise, checked, saw something moving and yelled for it to get out. That was met with a very loud hiss. She thought it particularly loud for a cat (it was dark, so it didn’t glare). I think it was our sometimes resident (under the house with semi-feral cats) raccoon. In college, I witnessed a pet raccoon hiss down the ruling neighborhood tomcat, and they do hiss very loudly in a territorial dispute.

My wife can’t. That’s why 2 of our cats are so fat.

I have a perfect method of training cats…. don’t have one.