Sammy has developed a bad habit if jumping on the table and cleaning it of all crumbs. (Even when there is no food on the table, and it has bene wiped clean- she keeps getting reinforces so intermittantly that the behavior is worth persisting in). I have tried sticky tape- blocking off the dining room, a spray bottle, a supersoaker (yes....a supersoaker..), and a time out immediatly after she gets on the table.

Any suggestions? It seems like such a simple fix- but she has so many ways to make the ideas turn into her favor. She is a little over a year old now, and has had an obedience class in. She is in her own room when I am at work or when my housemate has her- hanging out with him. I talked with him about the issue, and he says that he also puts her in time out when she gets on the table.

Help!?

I have literally watched her push on the chair legs so she can scamble up. Believe me, we've been consistent about that!  She is quite a character- and I am quickly learning that training a rattie is different than a german shepard.

I had a very similiar problem with Brutus the cat terrier about a month ago!!  Except it wasn't with the table, it was with my counter tops!!  I heard a crash the one day and went to investigate only to find a butter dish upside down on my kitchen floor.  I look up and could not believe my eyes when I saw a dog on my kitchen counter.  He would jump up on the bar stool then from there onto the counter.  I had to literally move the chairs as far away from the counter as possible.  My kitchen looked a little ridiculous for about a week with these chairs in the middle of nowhere.  I gradually put them back and he hasn't done it since.