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Cats have a weird way of saying that they love you, they leave marks in a lot of places of your house. You will usually know if the house you’re in has a cat for a pet even without seeing the cat. You will be able to see scratch marks in almost every corner of the house, your furniture especailly. Scratching is very normal behavior for cats and there are many reasons as to why they do this. Some cats scratch furniture and floors in order to release pent up energy inside of them, they scratch so they become tired instead of restless. Another reason the scratch is because they want to remove some parts of their claws or they want t sharpen their claws. Cats also mark their territory by scratching surfaces and leaving their scent on it. Cats also scratch surfaces because they want to flex their bodies and move their muscles.

Most owners take time to train their cat to change this type of destructive behavior. Cats can be trained to follow commands so they can also be trained to change their behavior towards objects and people. When cat training scratching should be one of the areas you should focus on. Since this is a normal trait for them, you cannot really stop them from scratching but you can change where they do it. You can provide your cat with objects that it can scratch freely. You have to observe what types of objects the cat likes scratching, look at where it is located and try to figure out what its texture is. You will have to make the cats favorite scratching object seem unappealing by covering it or by spraying it with an odor that cats do not like. Look for a scratching post that will match the texture of the object your cat likes scratching and place it near the area where this favorite object is located. Make sure that the new scratching post has the exact same texture as the favorite object and remember to make it stable. When the cat uses the scratching post give it treats and pet it fondly. If that cat really comes to like the scratching post, you can slowly move it to a better location. These movements should not be big jumps, remember that you need to take it slow with cats. The favorite scratching object of the cat has to remain unappealing until you are sure that the cat will not go back to using it and has really taken to the scratching post.

You will usually progress with changing this behavior slowly but surely. Just stick to it and you will see results in no time. The tips above were given by the owner of some pet shops who also provided people with supplements.

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Is your favourite cat driving you to distraction by tearing up the legs of your favourite table or destroying the fabric of your favourite couch? Are you now starting to consider de-clawing your cat as a solution?

Almost all cats love to scratch. It’s natural for them to do so and helps remove some of the dead nail material on their claws. It also helps them leave some scent around the house to mark their territory, after all they don’t know that you’re not letting rival cats into the house.

Being instinctive it’s highly unlikely that you’ll be able to stop him from clawing, and if you expect to stop him by smacking his paws or by throwing him outside or by punishing him then you’re on a loser. Do all that and when you let him back in he’ll still head back towards the legs of your favourite table.

Eventually cat owners who are subject to these problems reach, in some cases, the stage where they are considering de-clawing their cat. Ce-clawing is the removal of the claws and a part of the bone in the toe and is a serious surgical procedure. It’s expensive to undertake and the pain to the owner is matched by the pain to the cat who has to walk around on injured paws for some time before they heal.

Some of the most important things that cats do require claws. Your cat can’t play in trees if he can’t climb them. They use their claws when stretching, running and jumping and even digging in their litterbox.

And finally de-clawing your cat removes his most important weapon against dogs. Watch a cat defend himself against a dog and you will see he can very successfully do so using his claws. But not if he doesn’t have any.

The sad fact is that there are much cheaper, less painful and less stressful solutions to de-clawing a cat. The best of these is to spend some $20 or less buying a cat scratching post and spend some training him to use it.

If you don’t know about them then a cat scratching post is a simple piece of cat furniture which gives him a place to scratch away without damaging anything important. Whilst it can be difficult to train him to use it is certainly way less stressful and less expensive than subjecting him to unnecessary surgery.

In some countries cat de-clawing is outlawed because it is unnecessary and painful for the cat. It is also painful for the owners wallet and the need for it is removed simply by training your cat to use a simple and cheap cat scratching post.

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