Learn More › It’s a common cat owner conundrum: How do you stop cats from scratching your furniture when they simply seem ...

Learn more My cat Osito is a couch destroyer. He loves nothing more than a good scratch on a sofa corner. Over the years, those claws have shredded two separate couches. So when I bought an ...

Learn more If you're wondering how to stop cats from scratching furniture, it's essential to understand that scratching is a natural feline behavior. Cats scratch to communicate, claim possessions ...

Scratching holes and snags in your furniture is a natural behavior for cats. Dr. Andrea Sanchez, a veterinarian at Banfield Pet Hospital, previously told Business Insider that cats scratch to ...

However, she adds, many people declaw cats to stop them from scratching the furniture, which she calls "essentially an act of mutilation done to modify the cat for our benefit". Attitudes differ ...