How to Stop your Cat from Scratching Furniture (8 Tips) | The Cat Butler 

The most important tip is securing your scratching post from moving. They need to feel that the post is as secure as your furniture.

Great tips! Thanks! My cat scratches everything except her scratching post. Lol.

i think ive said this every video, but ill say it again your cats are just straight up adorable, I dont think ive ever called anything "cute" in my life but this qualifies. I can watch them all day

My cat was a 2-year-old rescue who had been declawed. Fortunately he didn't suffer any pain. He still tried to scratch but not my furniture. I had a wicker sewing box that I put on the floor and he loved to use for his scratch Behavior. He did that too on other wicker objects but he loved the sewing basket the best. I would never ever declaw a cat. You were absolutely correct about what it would mean on a human's finger.

Thanks for these tips! I’m getting a kitty soon & I’m sure this video will help a lot 😄 I love your channel 😻

This channels quality of content is amazing and underrated.

You help me SO much!

I have 5 cats and 3 kittens. I have several different scratching post for mine but for some reason they still go after one certain end of the sofa, along with climbing up curtains (only one cat does this) I decided I would just let them have the end of the sofa since they don't bother anything else. It's well made and I plan on getting a new one within the next 2 years anyway. They have slowed down on the scratching but they don't cause any other problems or issues. I love my cats and they mind well.

Video was very helpful.

Your cats are so cute! I love your videos!

thank you very much, you and your cats are beautiful

Thank you for the tips!! I think choosing a scratching post the cat likes is definitely key. My cat LOVES his scratching post (it has a mix of rough carpet and rope) but I got him a cheaper scratching post with soft carpet before and he wouldn't even touch it. It was just a waste of money. I think he would love the actual tree scratching post too. I loved the video you included with your cat as a kitten :D

I just picked up my new furry family addition and he likes to scratch our couch and our cloth pleated chairs. My mom said to get a spray bottle lmao. But I know spraying them like this can ruin a relationship. I have multiple other scratchers in the same room as well! I play with him and do what I’m supposed to, like telling him to scratch the post I bought instead lol. I have a two year old cat and she’s been great at leaning not to scratch my furniture. Although, she does it still on my roommates side of the house. I taught her when she was little by scratching the scratching post and then rewarding her if she scratched it in front of me. It worked! So I’m gonna try this with my new Scottish fold/British Shorthair kitten

Your cats are so gorgeous 🥰😺

Thank you for the tips . I have a scratching post but most of the time she uses the carpet .

Our new kitten looks just like your adult peach and cream adult

Thank you for this video. I would love to have your cat tree! It would go well with my plants by the window. But it can't be shipped to Denmark 😔 Anyway, Cleo is a vertical "scratcher". She doesn't really scratch on my furniture, as I don't have much at home. I use a tatami mat instead of a sofa. The only time she would scratch a teeny weeny bit on my bed frame is when we're playing. I guess it's from excitement? She likes scratching on her cat tree, and I cut her nails when she's half-awake 😁 Otherwise, she isn't too keen. (My biggest challenge at the moment is trying to brush her tummy and butt areas ughh...)

The one that saved me was taking a piece of plywood and covering it in twisted loop carpet and mounting it to the wall.

I have two cats. One picked up on the treats for using the scratching post thing and seems to go out of his way to use it just to get the treats. The other cat is totally clueless and still prefers my leather sofa or my mother's favorite chair. She also has incredible claws she won't let me trim yet. She's a rescue cat so perhaps she still has a lot of anxiety and needs to claw more than other cats. Any suggestion on dealing with uncooperative cats would be appreciated. She's not violent, just doesn't want to be messed with.

hello!! i loved your tree scratching post so much and ive been looking everywhere online for it but i can’t find it? would you please please tell me where you bought it? or did you make it yourself?

Where did you get your cat tree house?

I'm so jealous of your cat tree, wish they could ship to Sweden 😩

Where do I buy the natural tree tower that you have?

kinda funny before i seen this video i have been putting a scratching post near the sofa now they scratch that instead , and put more scratching material in the house, but sometimes i raise my voice a little bit calling the cats name and say its bad , ive done that few times now if i warn them they wil stop and notice its bad if they go to scratching post alot i give them a treat also and say this is a good cat, i wil check out the nail clipping video , kinda scared clipping off to much

my kitty goes for the furniture even though i have a cat tree and a horizontal and vertical scratching post. am i doing something wrong?

Where can i get a tree lile the one you have ?

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I have a question. Idk I'd you would know the answer or not... so I've watched your videos for a while... and I have a cat. I got her as a kitten but she is the pickiest eater I have ever had. Any advice?

Hmmm thats the first time I have heard someone say don’t use a water bottle for scratching. My breeder taught me how to use it correctly. There are steps your supposed to use. And she called it “The punishment from god”. Because what she recommended (for stubborn cats) was that you throw a towel over the water bottle so they can’t see it. Then if you catch them scratching, say NO, but don’t look at the cat. Point the water bottle in the direction of the cat and give them a squirt while still not looking at them. If they see you looking at them when this happens they could equate it to getting a punishment from you. The object is the punish the cat without them knowing its you. Thats why its called the Punishment from God. I did this to my cats and they would stop immediately. Then I would pick them up and dab away any water before I then take them over to their scratching posts, extend their claws and have them scratch their new post. It only took me 3 or 4 tries before they both stopped going after my furniture and started using their own posts. Every time I bought a new scratch post I would do the same thing. Where I would take them over to their new post, extend their claws and do the scratching motion with their paws while giving positive reinforcement. It worked perfectly.. Now if they do something they aren’t supposed to, you say NO and they will relate that to the water bottle and stop what they are doing for fear of a squirt. My cats would look around the room and not at me wondering where the squirt was gunna come from. This was for my two Lilac point Balinese. When I got my new Ragdoll kitten she was already so well socialized at 15 weeks that she never ONCE went after any of my couches or furniture. She knew which items for were her even though she was new to my house. Maybe because she already smelled my other cats on them. But I hope this helps some folks.

Lmao my cat definetly does it to annoy me

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Where did you get the cat tree?

I use to be able to cut his nail when his sleeping all these time. But now his 11 months old even in his sleep if I take his paw he shakes his paw off shake any paw I try to cut and often burry his paws like preventing me to give him a manicure 😅…

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how long does the scratching post last?

Did you make that cat tree yourself?

Ok, this is all well and good for furniture but what about a whole carpet covered area? 😭 I live in an apartment and ive tried so many things. He just keeps going to different areas and scratching. I cant put a freaking scratching post everywhere! Its honestly making me upset and i get angry with my cat and ive confined him to 1 room. I know its not fair and he will barrly get to see me but I will have to pay for his destruction when i leave this apartment :/ its either that or surrender him bk to the rescue.

Thank God in Europe it is totally illegal to declaw any claws!

What is the breed of your cats?? They are so cute!!!🐱🐱🐱

Aunt had two declawed cats. Were totally fine

I am going to clip my kitten’s claw.

Why they are always fighting??

Claims not to be a cat dad, proceeds to compare cats to children. 🤨

I didn't 😂😂 she still scratches the furniture

Cats are social animals and copy behavior. So if you place your scratching posts around the house and scratch on them with the cats watching, they'll copy the behavior.

Idk how declawing a cat is even legal?!

Just dont buy furniture problem solved. 🙃