At least once a day, my kitten jumps up at me. No matter how many times I tell her no, and pull her from my leg (her claws are extracted as if to pull herself up), she keeps doing that.
Sometimes when I'm sitting at my desk, she'll jump straight onto my lap, sometimes she misses, and needs to pull herself up the last bit, but I don't feel her claws that much then.
I've tried immediately picking her up when she jumps at my legs, thinking she just wants to be held, but she wiggles out of my arms. And it's not because she can't reach the counter either. I've tried setting her on the counter, and she wanted off.
Today, for the first time I tried using water to discourage her. It didn't work. She's used to me saying no, as I lift her off the dining room table and set her to the floor, try to pull her out of a drawer she managed to squeeze into despite it being nearly full, get her away from cables, tell her to stop scratching furniture, put her on her scratching post and praise her when she scratches there.
Saying no to jumping is not getting through to her. I sprayed a little bit of water on her, and she immediately ran, no stormed up the dining room table, and onto the back of the dining room chair. Quite aggressively too, as if to say, "You just don't do that to me! Or else!" She knows perfectly well that I don't tolerate her being on the dining room table or the backs of any of the chairs in there. And she really doesn't do that anymore, normally.
Maybe I misread her, that might explain why she reacted that way. But why would she be jumping? Could it mean that she wants me to sit down, so she can jump into my lap? Could it mean that she wants something? She always starts to jump me in the kitchen. No, it's not food she wants, or milk. Tried all that.
I'm getting desperate. Her claws are ****! I need to get her to stop doing that, but how?
Nishi
Sometimes when I'm sitting at my desk, she'll jump straight onto my lap, sometimes she misses, and needs to pull herself up the last bit, but I don't feel her claws that much then.
I've tried immediately picking her up when she jumps at my legs, thinking she just wants to be held, but she wiggles out of my arms. And it's not because she can't reach the counter either. I've tried setting her on the counter, and she wanted off.
Today, for the first time I tried using water to discourage her. It didn't work. She's used to me saying no, as I lift her off the dining room table and set her to the floor, try to pull her out of a drawer she managed to squeeze into despite it being nearly full, get her away from cables, tell her to stop scratching furniture, put her on her scratching post and praise her when she scratches there.
Saying no to jumping is not getting through to her. I sprayed a little bit of water on her, and she immediately ran, no stormed up the dining room table, and onto the back of the dining room chair. Quite aggressively too, as if to say, "You just don't do that to me! Or else!" She knows perfectly well that I don't tolerate her being on the dining room table or the backs of any of the chairs in there. And she really doesn't do that anymore, normally.
Maybe I misread her, that might explain why she reacted that way. But why would she be jumping? Could it mean that she wants me to sit down, so she can jump into my lap? Could it mean that she wants something? She always starts to jump me in the kitchen. No, it's not food she wants, or milk. Tried all that.
I'm getting desperate. Her claws are ****! I need to get her to stop doing that, but how?
Nishi