My cat cured herself of her ironing board addiction. She would get get so close when I was using it that I would be worried about her jumping on it and burning me and her. I would take the iron with me with I had to leave the room. I had taken the iron into the kitchen to cool down and empty. She's scared of the hissing sound of the iron so she won't come near it. When I came in the doorway of my sewing room,she made her move and jumped on the ironing board. Since she's kinda hippy and well fed, the ironing board came over with her weight and the edge landed on her tail. She jumped back and looked at my poor ironing board as though it was defending itself and to this day(a year later) she will not go near it.