Roxy has destroyed our carpet! She keeps clawing it and in some areas it is just a mass of bobbles!
We have a scratching mat and post, and villy uses both, in front of Roxy.
Roxy will wander around, then stoop down, sniff the carpet and scratch! Her favourite toys are ping pong balls, and when she starts to scratch I throw them for her to distract her, but I don't want her to think that scratching gets her rewarded with toys?
I've tried, when she scratches, picking her up and putting her on the scratching matt, but she just sits down and looks at me like "what did you do that for?"
I've also tried putting catnip on the scratching matt for her, she loves it and she goes on the matt and rolls around in the catnip, but doesn't scratch!!!
What can I do next?! She's so naughty! She looks at us just before she does it sometimes! I think maybe she's a bit bored sometimes, she's only 18 months old.... she has lots of toys though, maybe I need to spend more playtime with her?
We have a scratching mat and post, and villy uses both, in front of Roxy.
Roxy will wander around, then stoop down, sniff the carpet and scratch! Her favourite toys are ping pong balls, and when she starts to scratch I throw them for her to distract her, but I don't want her to think that scratching gets her rewarded with toys?
I've tried, when she scratches, picking her up and putting her on the scratching matt, but she just sits down and looks at me like "what did you do that for?"
I've also tried putting catnip on the scratching matt for her, she loves it and she goes on the matt and rolls around in the catnip, but doesn't scratch!!!
What can I do next?! She's so naughty! She looks at us just before she does it sometimes! I think maybe she's a bit bored sometimes, she's only 18 months old.... she has lots of toys though, maybe I need to spend more playtime with her?