I consider myself lucky in a way as TJ never did get onto my kitchen/dining room table in our house. Now the table is so far from the window that she also doesn't bother it, although I now have my computer & monitor on the table, so it's a mute point I guess. She does, however, like to sleep with me now that DH and I have separate bedrooms, which we just began to use after moving from a 3-bedroom home to a 2 -bedroom apt. He is on disability and since I've been unable to find a job, having been laid off about the same time he became disabled, being together 24/7 I had to insist on separate bedrooms so I could have a place to "get away" and maintain some sanity. It helps that we each have our space and so does TJ.

Why not use a sheet of aluminum around the area until they figure out it's not their territory.

My daughter's well trained cat would NEVER do such a thing...my two, however, refuse to subject themselves to any boundaries. Battle lost here. Make it, use it, defer it