Blender Defender

Back when I had sixteen cats (came with the job), I had to get creative to keep cats off the kitchen counters. I found that giving three of them pills when they were on the counter was enough. They were vitamin pills, so no harm done, but you know how much cats like having a pill shoved down their throat. The three must have passed the word along to the rest, because my cats wouldn't jump up on a kitchen counter even if the yummiest food on earth was up there.

That was my solution. Squirtguns work too. The key is to get the cat to associate getting on the kitchen counters (or whatever behavior) with something they really dislike. Yelling at them doesn't work, cats are smart enough to know that they can do whatever they want if they wait until you aren't there.

For those who prefer a gadget, there is the Blender Defender. Effective, and a lot more entertaining for the human, and has the added benefit of not getting scratched when the kitteh tries to escape getting the pill. Check out the videos!