Alice has become a holy terrorist, and pushes our buttons in every way she can.
She jumps up on the counters, the dining table, bookshelves, desks, headboards, you name it, she tries to get up on it. And when she's up there, she HAS to knock down whatever is there. She has the door scratching post with the ledges, and no matter what I do, she won't learn.
I've tried spraying her with a squirt bottle, I've yelled, we've resorted to spanking, she has her own room that she goes into when she's bad that has everything she needs. I've tried leaving tissue paper with citrus oil because I've read that cats don't like the smell. That hasn't worked either.
Even when I play with her to the point that she pants, she's ready to go again in 10 minutes. I give her so much attention whenever she jumps up to my chair and I love on her for quite a while, then she leaves and goes back to being a terrorist.
Tonight she broke a couple items that were handed down from my in-laws to my husband. I'm currently looking up shock collars, and other means by which to stop her jumping up.
We don't have a free-standing scratching post because we live in military housing in Japan, and it is small. Once we get back to the states, I WILL be buying one ASAP, but right now, it's not possible. And she has a TON of toys.
I'm coming to you guys because I've gotten a lot of good responses from you in the past, and some good advice. I need to see this from a different perspective because I am so infuriated, and my husband is no better.
She jumps up on the counters, the dining table, bookshelves, desks, headboards, you name it, she tries to get up on it. And when she's up there, she HAS to knock down whatever is there. She has the door scratching post with the ledges, and no matter what I do, she won't learn.
I've tried spraying her with a squirt bottle, I've yelled, we've resorted to spanking, she has her own room that she goes into when she's bad that has everything she needs. I've tried leaving tissue paper with citrus oil because I've read that cats don't like the smell. That hasn't worked either.
Even when I play with her to the point that she pants, she's ready to go again in 10 minutes. I give her so much attention whenever she jumps up to my chair and I love on her for quite a while, then she leaves and goes back to being a terrorist.
Tonight she broke a couple items that were handed down from my in-laws to my husband. I'm currently looking up shock collars, and other means by which to stop her jumping up.
We don't have a free-standing scratching post because we live in military housing in Japan, and it is small. Once we get back to the states, I WILL be buying one ASAP, but right now, it's not possible. And she has a TON of toys.
I'm coming to you guys because I've gotten a lot of good responses from you in the past, and some good advice. I need to see this from a different perspective because I am so infuriated, and my husband is no better.