Our big kitty can lift his mammoth paws up to the couch for a stretch and scratch without thinking while the cat-scratching ‘station’ stands just feet away.
I’ll call him on it and get an alert look as he keeps going, hoping to get a good stretch before I chase him away from the couch because he knows. He’s a stubborn but he’s lovable and that’s just the way it is.
Our solution for the moment since getting new couches… we have three cat-scratching posts our cats use, but for our especially stubborn kitty, I put pieces of aluminium foil molded over the corners of the couch that he is tempted by. Works like a charm.
When I get around to it, I’m going to try stray pieces of double-sided tape instead, which are less obvious. Cats hate sticky things (our little kitty loves to hate Post-Its) and I think that will have a more lasting effect to discourage his compulsion to grab the couch. Plus it will be amusing if he forgets about the tape ;)
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