the kitten chronicles - part 57

There's a very good reason Pavlov didn't use cats in his experiments. If he rang the bell to signal there was food, most of the time the cats wouldn't salivate, they'd barely raise a furry eyebrow. Still I persist in a vain attempt to keep the boys off the kitchen counter - at least when I'm preparing food. I spray them with the squirt bottle repeatedly and this seems to catch them by surprise every time. They are intensely stubborn little fur-bags. They seemingly can't distinguish between daytime - Big Cat's not here we can walk freely on the counter! Long live kitten freedom! And night time -we're not allowed on the counter? Why?, Big Cat, why? Making this futile game of crime and punishment even more futile, they purr when they jump back up on the counter after being sprayed, as if to say, we are friendly little kitties, how can you treat us so badly? Rooney is the worst (he of "I can't find the litter box" fame)He just keeps coming back for more like Paul Newman fighting George Kennedy in Cool Hand Luke (lie down, Luke, lie down!)The upside is after repeated spraying with the water bottle he is a very clean cat. At this rate he won't have to lick himself for a month. xxx dad