Cats scratching sofas

Do you have a scratching post you can redirect the cat to?

Cats also hate the smell of citrus, spray the sofa with it?

A scratching post, or a door-mat hung up on a wall, and the word "NO" spoken firmly every single time that cat approaches the sofa.

Cats are perfectly capable of learning what not to do - they just don't want to!

If the cat is actually scratching the sofa, go and unfasten its claws from sofa while saying no.

"Bad cat" or "naughty" are words all my cats have learned.

Scratching posts sprayed with catnip on a regular basis, anti scratch spray and a feliway plug in have all helped with our baby!

You can buy strips of tape that you stick to the sofa that discourage cats from scratching as it feels weird to their paws. I haven’t tried it myself but I have used double sided tape and that worked.