I'm not sure if this belongs in this section or not, but its about how to prevent a behavior so hopefully it does!
Does anyone know if there is a specific type of material that cats are less prone to scratch? We have an old, nasty couch right now. Its seriously at least 25 years old, or more. It used to be white but now its just a gross beige color and its not because its dirty - its just old. There are stains on it. In short, its just a gross, nasty looking couch. We use a couch cover on it, and even though I know its clean, I'm getting to the point where I'm embarrassed to have people see it because it doesn't look clean.
I've been arguing with my husband for months now about getting a new couch. In his mind, we have 11 cats, so a new couch is pointless because they'll scratch it. In my mind, I refuse to NEVER again have a new/nicer couch just because we have cats. It makes no logical sense to me to just keep this couch that we have now, forever.
I think I've finally gotten him to the point where he's starting to see that we can't just keep this nasty couch forever, just because we have cats. However, he's determined to make sure the cats don't scratch a new couch. We both know thats unlikely. They'll scratch it anyway, even if we do our best to stop it, so I guess our goal is to have them scratch it as little as possible. His only stipulation now is that we get a couch with material that cats aren't likely to scratch. I have no idea if there is such a thing, but I thought if anyone knew, someone on here would
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We have 11 cats. We have all kinds of scratchers around the house. Some like the cardboard ones, some like the carpet ones, and some like the sisal ones. My husband also made a wooden cat house that has tree bark on the top that they like to scratch. There's no specific scratcher that every single cat likes. I know that there are definitely certain types of fabric that will just automatically be more attractive to them as far as scratching goes, so would anyone know which ones to stay away from and which ones to consider?
I realize this is kind of a weird question. I'm just really losing patience with this couch that we have, so if hubby will get a new one based on a certain type of fabric then I'm willing to do my research on it!
Does anyone know if there is a specific type of material that cats are less prone to scratch? We have an old, nasty couch right now. Its seriously at least 25 years old, or more. It used to be white but now its just a gross beige color and its not because its dirty - its just old. There are stains on it. In short, its just a gross, nasty looking couch. We use a couch cover on it, and even though I know its clean, I'm getting to the point where I'm embarrassed to have people see it because it doesn't look clean.
I've been arguing with my husband for months now about getting a new couch. In his mind, we have 11 cats, so a new couch is pointless because they'll scratch it. In my mind, I refuse to NEVER again have a new/nicer couch just because we have cats. It makes no logical sense to me to just keep this couch that we have now, forever.
I think I've finally gotten him to the point where he's starting to see that we can't just keep this nasty couch forever, just because we have cats. However, he's determined to make sure the cats don't scratch a new couch. We both know thats unlikely. They'll scratch it anyway, even if we do our best to stop it, so I guess our goal is to have them scratch it as little as possible. His only stipulation now is that we get a couch with material that cats aren't likely to scratch. I have no idea if there is such a thing, but I thought if anyone knew, someone on here would
.We have 11 cats. We have all kinds of scratchers around the house. Some like the cardboard ones, some like the carpet ones, and some like the sisal ones. My husband also made a wooden cat house that has tree bark on the top that they like to scratch. There's no specific scratcher that every single cat likes. I know that there are definitely certain types of fabric that will just automatically be more attractive to them as far as scratching goes, so would anyone know which ones to stay away from and which ones to consider?
I realize this is kind of a weird question. I'm just really losing patience with this couch that we have, so if hubby will get a new one based on a certain type of fabric then I'm willing to do my research on it!
