What is the best way to keep a cat off the kitchen counter?
My cat loves the counter, only his second favorite place to play is the fireplace. I wake up every morning or come home from work to find black pawprints all over the counter. I allow my cat, which is always kept inside, almost unlimited freedom. The counter Line Counter is one place I forbid. I have tried double-sided tape (it's more of an inconvenience for me than him), water in cookie sheets lined around the counter edges (there are only so many sheets), squirting with a water gun (I can only monitor it so many hours a day, and he waits until I'm away), yelling and even light smacks to his rear. He knows it is forbidden, but he does not stop jumping up there. I have always been a dog owner, and he is my first cat. We get along great until I catch him on the counter. I have zero experience in cat discipline. Someone, PLEASE help me figure out a way to get through to this knucklehead.
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