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Protecting leather furniture
I'm about to buy a leather sofa. Any advice about training/preventing cats
from damaging it? TIA Stuart Reed |
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"Stuart Reed" wrote in message
... I'm about to buy a leather sofa. Any advice about training/preventing cats from damaging it? It is always risky to buy expensive furniture in a home where cats live. If the sofa is made of real leather, the smell will be irresistible to the cats. But, of course you can train them. If you, from day one, tell them not to scratch the sofa, they will learn after a while. A simple and strong "NO!" combined, maybe, by a squirt of water from a bottle, will do the trick. BTW, declawing is NOT a solution! Good luck, and keep in mind: Cats rule the house, furniture doesn't... -- Hans Do I like cats? Yes! Do I care for chairs and sofas? Well.... |
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"Stuart Reed" wrote in message
... I'm about to buy a leather sofa. Any advice about training/preventing cats from damaging it? It is always risky to buy expensive furniture in a home where cats live. If the sofa is made of real leather, the smell will be irresistible to the cats. But, of course you can train them. If you, from day one, tell them not to scratch the sofa, they will learn after a while. A simple and strong "NO!" combined, maybe, by a squirt of water from a bottle, will do the trick. BTW, declawing is NOT a solution! Good luck, and keep in mind: Cats rule the house, furniture doesn't... -- Hans Do I like cats? Yes! Do I care for chairs and sofas? Well.... |
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It is always risky to buy expensive furniture in a home where cats live. If the sofa is made of real leather, the smell will be irresistible to the cats. But, of course you can train them. If you, from day one, tell them not to scratch the sofa, they will learn after a while. A simple and strong "NO!" combined, maybe, by a squirt of water from a bottle, will do the trick. BTW, declawing is NOT a solution! Agreed! My cats scratch up one "authorized" chair, if they go for any of the other furniture, I startle them with a loud yell or spritz them with the water bottle if one is near me at the time. I also slipcover my furniture just in case. I figure if the slipcover gets ruined I just get a new one. But ultimately I made the decision that my cats are more important than furniture. I can always get new furniture. I also regularly trim their claws, that cuts down on the scratching of furniture quite a bit. |
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It is always risky to buy expensive furniture in a home where cats live. If the sofa is made of real leather, the smell will be irresistible to the cats. But, of course you can train them. If you, from day one, tell them not to scratch the sofa, they will learn after a while. A simple and strong "NO!" combined, maybe, by a squirt of water from a bottle, will do the trick. BTW, declawing is NOT a solution! Agreed! My cats scratch up one "authorized" chair, if they go for any of the other furniture, I startle them with a loud yell or spritz them with the water bottle if one is near me at the time. I also slipcover my furniture just in case. I figure if the slipcover gets ruined I just get a new one. But ultimately I made the decision that my cats are more important than furniture. I can always get new furniture. I also regularly trim their claws, that cuts down on the scratching of furniture quite a bit. |
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"Stuart Reed" wrote in message ... I'm about to buy a leather sofa. Any advice about training/preventing cats from damaging it? TIA Stuart Reed We just got two new cats from shelters, one is a kitten and one is three, and neither of them have scratched our leather living room furniture. They aren't interested in it at all. I have heard that cats don't like the texture of leather for scratching. IOW, you may not even have a problem. Dawn |
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"Stuart Reed" wrote in message ... I'm about to buy a leather sofa. Any advice about training/preventing cats from damaging it? TIA Stuart Reed We just got two new cats from shelters, one is a kitten and one is three, and neither of them have scratched our leather living room furniture. They aren't interested in it at all. I have heard that cats don't like the texture of leather for scratching. IOW, you may not even have a problem. Dawn |
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Stuart Reed wrote: I'm about to buy a leather sofa. Any advice about training/preventing cats from damaging it? My cat ignores the leather couch apart from sitting on it with his people. -- a href="http://www.poohsticks.org/drew/"Home Page/a Life is a terminal sexually transmitted disease. |
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In article ,
Stuart Reed wrote: I'm about to buy a leather sofa. Any advice about training/preventing cats from damaging it? My cat ignores the leather couch apart from sitting on it with his people. -- a href="http://www.poohsticks.org/drew/"Home Page/a Life is a terminal sexually transmitted disease. |
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:34:52 -0000, "Stuart Reed"
wrote: I'm about to buy a leather sofa. Any advice about training/preventing cats from damaging it? TIA Stuart Reed My experience has been the opposite of those who have already replied. My cats ruined my leather chair. The problem is that when they jump down from the chair, they put out their claws. That puts holes in the seat of the chair. I do not know how they put the long scratches onto the seat, but it was typical cat scratch looking marks. Bottom line in my experience is that cats and leather did not mix well for me. I do have a scratching post, I do trim their back claws properly and they are front declawed. ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
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