Cat damaging furniture

[BobRip]

I built a nice "A" frame scratchin' post for my two inside Kitties and once in a while I rub some Cat Nip into the carpet on it. Once in a great while I will see them scratch where they shouldn't and I tell them firmly DON'T SCRATCH!! When they are on the post I sometimes tell them very nicely, sugarly "you tear that thing down and I will build you another one". They keep scratching because they know the tone of my voice.
But don't get up to go to the bathroom or I loose my seat in the Lazy Boy!! see pic

I have that same Lazy Boy, the solid black cat, and my daughter has the black with white cat. She calls that cat Oreo.

 

[JDgreen227]

I fixed that little critter big time....got a number of those long party balloon that clowns blow up and twist together and create balloon animals with, and before inflating them I added some water then inflated them to about a foot long, tied off the ends and stuck them to the places he was scratching on with 2 way tape. Saw him try to claw one and the balloon popped and he got a shot of water in his face and the pop scared the (bleep) out of him...he will not go near those areas now.

 

[BobRip]

I fixed that little critter big time....got a number of those long party balloon that clowns blow up and twist together and create balloon animals with, and before inflating them I added some water then inflated them to about a foot long, tied off the ends and stuck them to the places he was scratching on with 2 way tape. Saw him try to claw one and the balloon popped and he got a shot of water in his face and the pop scared the (bleep) out of him...he will not go near those areas now.

Best trick I ever heard.