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Bitter Apple works ,too. I used it because my Cocker was a chewer, and discovered my cat HATED it. It's a natural product...no chemicals..doesn't seem to hurt furniture either..

There are sticky tape ( called Sticky Paws) you can get in most pet stores that you can put on your furniture and on the pots that your plants are in. The tape will not damage your furniture or pots that your plants are in. Bitter apple spray is also an alternative as well as the SCAT MAT or STAY AWAY by Con Tech. Also there are nail caps that come in colors to put on your pet- Soft Claws and Soft Paws- I think these are actually 2 separate companies that make the product (nail caps). As the nails naturally grow, the nail caps come off-so it works as a good reminder on when to start trimming your kittie's nails. One of these companies had a problem with the adhesive glue that is supposed to be safe-but turns out it wasn't & the caps wouldn't come off a cat- and the cat needed surgery to remove them.

1)www.stickypaws.com -for plants, furniture, carpet
2.)www.softpaws.com,www.softclaws.com nail caps
3.)www.contech-inc.com/products/ - for SCAT MAT or STAY AWAY for Cats
4.)www.cherrybrook.com Click on "Cat Supplies", then click on "Cat Grooming Supplies", Then click on "Quick Finder Nail Clipper for Cats" -- it is a sensor activated nail clipper, it will glow green when it is safe to clip.

Hope these sites helped.

I'm going to give this a try. My newest cat was not here when I had my chairs reupholstered; the last one did not destroy things. This one has already done a number on my chairs but they are still worth trying to save, I guess.

Won't lemon juice bleach the furniture? It will bleach your age spots on your skin and lighten your hair.

Sticky tape also works great.

I'm going to try this, my one cat likes to scratch my leather couch, she has all sorts of scratch pads, but insists on using the couch, thanks for the suggestion.

I am going to try this! It sounds like a great idea!

Thank-you for sharing i hope it helps both ctas and people stay together longer.

This I will try. My furniture is suffering.

I have a manx cat and he is constantly clawing my furniture, so I will try this. What is the lemon mix to water? Say 1 lemon to 3 parts water. I do not want a mix that will ruin my furniture any more than what the clawing already has.

But how can my cat be stopped from destroying all of the wood of interior door fames? She has scraching posts, clawing boxes and a host of various toys, not to mention the dog that she delights in bullying. I have even tried putting pepper on the wood and at the bottom, but she just sneezes and then starts scratching.

sounds good to me :)
too bad that my family didn't know about it then with all our cats.
Was raised in a family with mostly cats but 2 dogs in my life.

animallover2 aka Renate Colorado

I make short claws of all my cats and was buy in Petsmart special table to scratch for cats.
There are many things to scratch for cats in the Petsmart different sizes and with different prises.
I think can not to disclaw your cats.Claws for cats are protect them outside.
And nobody can not to be shure that in one day cat can to play and to run outside.
In the shelters can to adopt sometimes disclaw cats.And often they are very afraid of all.
They feel that can not to protect theirself without claws.
Becouse better and can now to find way which will be keep your cats, claws of cats and to keep your furniture and another things in the house.

How much lemon juice to water? How do you know if it is safe for the fabric of the furniture? Thanks.