"Stuart Reed" wrote in message
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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...

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Hans
Do I like cats? Yes! Do I care for chairs and sofas? Well....