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| We have provided my cat with a scratching post and it won't touch it but it chooses to scratch on my leather couch. Also it chews on my furniture. What can I do to get it to stop?
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Do you have plently of scratching posts for him? What kind of posts did you get? Most cats like really tall vertical sisal posts best, and horizontal cardboard scratching pads with catnip. There are also repellent sprays you can put on the couch, one for scratching and one for chewing. To minimize the damage until you can get him trained, you can use Soft Claws nail caps.
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First get some Sticky Tape to put on the furniture and some Bitter Apple spray for the chewing. No home should be without BA spray 
Second, how big is the scratching post? and what kind? If you have a short little one (less then 3 feet high) cats really don't use it for very long. A better one would be to invest $100-200 for a tall treehouse post with lots of shelves, etc. and made with carpet and sisal rope. The treehouse should be very sturdy on the bottom so it will not tip over when the cat is running full speed and jumps half way up the post
And it needs to be a minimum of 4 feet high - taller the better. You can go on ebay and get some nice ones for reasonable prices - Armakat has some cool treehouses
And last, learn to trim the nails on a regular basis - check and clip once a week. If you keep them clipped, cats have less tendency to do scratching. You can also get Soft Paws nail caps to put over the nails so you really minimize any damage.
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| My cats prefer carpeted posts. Ocimom is right on- the taller the better and the BA spray! I have 4 undeclawed cats and a leather couch and loveseat -- no problems at all! I have a tall post by the patio door (which they use the most) - the base is big and it is about 3 1/2' tall. Their weight on the base keeps it from tipping when they scratch. I also have floor to ceiling posts with sitting shelves in each room. They love them! it was funny, because the last one I got, Rusty was too big for the shelves! 
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| You must place the post near the place where they scratch. And if the like some kind of cloth you can put it on the post. You can try playing near the post. And scratch it yourself. Some people tries putting catnip on the post.
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