LOL - we're lucky with our cats. They jump up on the counter, ontop of the micro, then the fridge, and then walk along the divider between the livingroom and kitchen area.....a cat's paradise. I give up trying to stop them, I don't cook on that counter anyway. The only other time I've caught them on the counter is one day Dasher saw a squirrel when he first moved here....he ran around the house, hitting every window, then up on the counter and looked out the kitchen window. You should've seen the look on his face when he realized what he'd done........he KNEW that was a no-no! LOL