Cat’s nails are their sharp weapons for hunting. Because cats’ nails grow very fast, worn nails should be replaced regularly to keep their claws sharp and ensure their climbing and hunting abilities. So whenever the old nails are about to fall off, the cat will rub the rough surface to rub off the old nails that are about to fall off. However, if the cat uses the sofa to sharpen its claws, it will not be worth the loss. So, how to prevent the cat from scratching the leather sofa?

First of all, we must prepare suitable claw sharpening tools for cats. If there are no suitable claw sharpening tools, cats will use our sofas and other furniture. Therefore, you need to buy cat claw grinding supplies, such as cat scratching boards, claw grinding furniture, or just buy a hemp rope and wrap it around the legs of chairs and tables to give cats a place to rub.

If the cat is not used to using the newly purchased claw grinding tool, you can use a towel to wipe the cat's cheeks, palms, and buttocks. These parts release more odorous substances. After the towel is soaked with these odorous substances, Then wipe it on the new claw grinding tool, so that the claw grinding tool will have a strong cat smell. Human noses are so slow that of course they can't feel it, but cats' sense of smell is 6 times stronger than humans, so they will find that this tool is full of their own smell, and they will naturally become interested in it.

You can also use food to provide positive guidance to your cat. Guide the cat to use the new claw sharpening tool. If it does use it, reward it with food immediately. Slowly it learns that grinding its claws here can get food rewards.

If it still uses furniture to grind its claws, you can buy pet restricted area spray. This is a smell that cats don’t like. Spray it on the sofa, and the cat will naturally not touch such an unpleasant smelling sofa again~