I was always just a dog person and felt that cats were out to kill me by sending me flying down a flight of stairs. Then I got a kitten and of course fell in love with feline attributes, but now that she is 7 months she is really underfoot much too much. I and my elderly father can't afford to fall, much less down steps. Has anyone ever trained a cat to stay clear? I trained her to not bite and scratch us when I first got her (lots of sharp nos), and later to ring some bells on the door to be let in (I rang them each time I let her in). Both took only about 2 days. I just don't think yelling no is clearly related to being underfoot.

Previous cat, quite a few years ago, got stepped on once after running across my path and never did it again, but Pickle, now present, has never learned the art of staying clear, even though she has been stepped on. When you learn how let me know. I can't afford a fall either, by tripping over a cat !

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Now I am curious about tickle and Pickle and if there is a name trend in your household...

Now I am curious about tickle and Pickle and if there is a name trend in your household...



**laughing** (hate lol). No, purely coincidental, joypulv. I have no idea why I chose 'tickle' (reduced to 'tick' by excon a long time ago), and Pickle, well, when she was a kitten she was always in a pickle, so husband named her that. At the moment she is in the bathroom with husband killing the bathmat for the upteenth time (she is about 5 years old I guess). She is husbands cat by choice (his and hers).

My good girl, hound X is called Brook. It's a good thing she is not called "Brick". Then it would be tick, brick and pick; then your assumption would have been correct!

You created quite a chuckle for me this morning before off to work, thank you.

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I don't mind LOL so much, especially strung together as in LOLOLOL. Or as Monk said in one episode, LOL out loud.

My cat, Mippy, is always underfoot in the kitchen especially. He's gotten stepped on a few times but never seems to "get it". I don't want to hurt him or have one of us fall either. If there are any tricks, I'd love to know!

Hi horn1, this was an eternity ago (18 months, wow) and I am happy to report that my cat has stopped being underfoot. Unfortunately the person I was most concerned about, my dad, has been gone 14 months.
One thing that might have helped is that I stopped any canned food (I don't use AC and it gets moldy very fast) AND I give her all the dry kibble she wants. Being underfoot I think was related to wanting to be fed for the most part. When she wants to go out, she leads me, walking at least 5 feet ahead. Good kitty.

The reading I've done makes me believe he just wants to be close to us (rescue kitty -- long story), since he eats some of his food and then comes right back to be where we are. I've learned to step carefully and watch whenever I push out a chair from the table.