Cats may be wonderful companions, but their scratching habits can leave sofas, carpets and wooden furniture looking rather worse for wear. Scratching is not simply destructive behaviour, though. Cats ...

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The best ways to protect furniture from your cat's scratching include couch protectors, plastic guards, and scratching posts.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every cat parent has been there: You're about to get cozy on your couch only to realize there are scratches on it that weren't ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists find that children can stress cats out so much that they're more likely to scratch up furniture, as a result. Cavan ...

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Furniture scratching. Many cat owners have experienced it. Coming home from work or waking up in the morning only to find the living room sofa, carpet, or armchair now sporting holes, tears, or rips.

Many cat owners are familiar with torn cushions, carpets, and couches. The feline instinct to scratch is innate, but is often perceived as a behavioral problem by cat owners, and sometimes leads to ...