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She just will not stop peeing where I sit on my sofa. She has been doing this for awhile now and I recently got her spayed to see if that would help, so i know there's no health reason for it because she was throroughly checked by vet prior to spaying. I have 2 other cats(her daughters) and two dachshunds which she gets along wonderfully with. All animals are fixed. I have 3 cats, so I have 3 cat litter boxes so they each can have their own. So there is no reason i can think of why she does this. She peed on my other sofa so much I had to throw it away and buy another one this past weekend and I've covered it with plastic and a slip cover so she wouldnt ruin it too and for a few days she didnt do it. But tonight, lo and behold...I come home and she's done it. Thank god for the plastic. I am at the end of my rope with her and its getting to the point where I am going to put her outside if I can't find some way to keep her from doing this. And I know its her, because I have caught her at it and she's even gotten up here and peed right on ME..while i was sittiing in my spot on the sofa...thats the only place on it she does it. I am so frustrated and mad and tired of washing sofa blankets and I am NOT going to let her ruin this new sofa either...period. Please help if you can!
 
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It could be possible that the reason that your kitty is eliminating inappropriately because of stress, or maybe she doesn't like her litter. Has she ever used her litter box? Have you recently changed the type of litter? Have you ever caught her sitting or laying in her litter box?

Here is an article from the ASPCA on re-training your cat to use the litter box. It explains things a lot better than I could.

https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/virtual-pet-behaviorist/cat-behavior/remedial-litter-box-training

As for the enzymatic cleaner, I use and recommend Nature's Miracle. Pet stores usually carry this, but sometimes you can find it at the grocery store or at Wal-Mart/Target/K-Mart etc. There is also kitten training litter with attractants that is supposed to encourage them to use the litter box. I think the attractants also come separately, too.
 
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Easy, just keep her off the couch altogether. Whenever she jumps up just spray her with water. After enough times she will stop going there.
 
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I really don't agree with the water spraying idea... negative reinforcement is not a great way to go with cats: http://www.thecatsite.com/a/cats-and-discipline-dont-mix

CStS has asked some very pertinent questions.. also how often do you clean the litter boxes? Cats can very easily show their displeasure this way if they're not impressed with the state of their boxes. (Two is best.. some cats won't wee where they poo and may make that decision at any time.. not just when they're young). 
 
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No, I have used Fresh Step from Day 1 with her and my other two. No, she doesn't sit or lay in her litter box. As for changing them..I scoop them out several times a day and I change them completely including scrubbing them out, every other day. I can't think of any reason why she would be stressed, because nothing has really changed in our home. No new people,. animals, etc. She was doing this before she was spayed and that is the only recent change.
 
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I'm really at a loss to know what to suggest here.  It seems so strange that she wees on the new couch.. Does she always wee were you sit?

And is this the same girl that used to poo on the couch where you sit, that you wrote about a couple of years ago?
 
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It's really just the opposite, she is peeing where you sit because she loves you so much she is marking your scent with her own to claim you. To find out if it is stress you might want to try some calming treats, I get mine at Amazon and they work well for vet visits. She may be seeing another cat outside, that what is what caused mine to pee. Otherwise there is not a whole lot you can do, just keep doing what you are doing and keep plastic there. When you leave you might want to place something there to discourage her from jumping up there, double sided tape or tin foil works well, cats don't like either. Even though you have not changed the litter or box, maybe you should one more time, cats definitely don't go when they don't like the box. I really feel for you, I know the hopeless feeling and the anger you can get when something like this happens. Just try not to let it get to you, there IS a solution somewhere, you just haven't found it somewhere. Good luck and keep us posted!
 
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She might have some traumatizing experience a while back and peeing on the couch is her way of dealing with the stress when she's reminded about it. Note that you may have absolutely no idea what it was or even if you know then you may not realize it could have been the trigger. Try to think back to the point when she wasn't doing it. Has anything happened back then?  Did something spook her off? When was the first time she peed on your couch? 

And I also agree spraying her with water will do more harm that good. It's a cat not a dog.
 
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Have you ever caught her in the act?   I would be curious if she seeks out the couch, does her business then gets off - or does it occur when she is simply resting on the couch and has an accident?    One way is deliberate the other not so.
 
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She just will not stop peeing where I sit on my sofa. She has been doing this for awhile now and I recently got her spayed to see if that would help, so i know there's no health reason for it because she was throroughly checked by vet prior to spaying. I have 2 other cats(her daughters) and two dachshunds which she gets along wonderfully with. All animals are fixed. I have 3 cats, so I have 3 cat litter boxes so they each can have their own. So there is no reason i can think of why she does this. She peed on my other sofa so much I had to throw it away and buy another one this past weekend and I've covered it with plastic and a slip cover so she wouldnt ruin it too and for a few days she didnt do it. But tonight, lo and behold...I come home and she's done it. Thank god for the plastic. I am at the end of my rope with her and its getting to the point where I am going to put her outside if I can't find some way to keep her from doing this. And I know its her, because I have caught her at it and she's even gotten up here and peed right on ME..while i was sittiing in my spot on the sofa...thats the only place on it she does it. I am so frustrated and mad and tired of washing sofa blankets and I am NOT going to let her ruin this new sofa either...period. Please help if you can!
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You need an enzyme cleaner to get the scent of her pee out of the couch. Regular cleansers DO NOT work; her urine still smells to her in that area.

Once she's peed there one time, it smells like the litter box, so she doesn't know she's doing something wrong.  Nature's Miracle is one good brand - make sure to follow the directions on the back or it won't work correctly.

Please don't put her outside for an easily corrected behavioral problem.  It's cruel!
 
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