Yup - I have cats in real life and I do keep them off the counters but everything else is theirs!
I sometimes don't bother with the lecture about going on counters for my sim cats but I just started a new game with a cat and a fire started on the stove and the cat caught on fire because she was on the counter! So was the sim so she was not much help! I was pretty freaked out until I remembered that pets can only die of old age - was not a happy kitty but shook it off pretty fast! So - note to self - lecture sim cats about jumping on counters from now on!