Dream on. They can do whatever they want when you're not there. I still make token efforts to keep mine off the bar, but he just looks at me like "What ARE you talking about?"
Heh...as things are, they aren’t allowed on the counter. Halvah doesn’t generally *ever* break that rule, unless something like tuna is involved. Tam, being what he is, will get up there to taunt me if he’s just been told “no” in another quarter. Or he’ll scratch the couch. Or start knocking things off shelves. Or...some other devious thing.
Sometimes I’m kind of glad Halvah isn’t the brightest bulb.