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yeah its called a dog :D

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I'm not sure if the cat repellent that they sell in the pet shops is suitable for application to leather furniture.

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The double sided sticky tape thing didn't work with my ginger tom Toby. He's the only one of my five who does it, he seems to alternate it with the scratching post!!!

We've tried allsorts to make him stop, but the only thing that really seems to deter him is a water spray bottle coz god forbid he should ever get wet!!!! Only problem is that he rubs his brain cells together and waits till we go out!!!

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AH but you might refer to him if you had.:D to stop em scratching= Shave em Bald.:D

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each time your cat scratches teh furniture stick your index finger up its rectum , this will either teach the cat it is doing wrong and dare not scratch anything or it will develope a love for your finger keeping it away from the furniture


its a win win situation and will help you also if you suffer from teh habit of picking your nose or biting your nails :D

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We have a scatching post. But they still scratch the sofa!!! I dont think anything you can do will help. Its just what Cats do!!!!!!!! :p

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i usually find a sack , a piece of rope, a large housebrick and a canal help situation's like this!

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Noooooooo! Don't even think it :(

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or you could try the tickle me elmo trick! i'm sure that would work.

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:rofl38: ..........................
that's ok i'm going there anyway! lol.

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Well, I had two persians who were inveterate furniture shredders, a Main Coon cat who wasn't averse to clawing the furniture...and a selection of moggies of indeterminate parentage(though I have to say that the moggies were not particularly furniture destructive)...lemon oil, rubbed into the leather, cured them.
PS...you may need to repeat applications when the smell wears off.

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A friend suggested using double-sided tape to fix balloons to the sofa. When the cat goes to scratch, bang! And a quick retreat to the other end of the house.

Also I keep a can with a few coins in it handy. When Barnaby starts to scratch the furniture, I shake it vigorously, which he hates. Took a while, but he seems to have given up on the sofa.

Also, rubbed catnip on his scratching post. He now (finally!) seems to prefer scratching the post. Of course, he's a bit loopy after, but it beats paying for a new sofa.