How do you keep a cat away from expensive furniture?

I don't know if this will work for leather couches or not but I was told to do this for my baby bassinet when I first had my daughter and my cat was there first you scoop them up and put them where there not supposed to be then smack their butt tell them no sternly the cat may get up there again but just look and smack and say no eventually the cat should stop It worked with my cat with the baby bassinet hope this helps.

maybe you can place a furniture cover pick something that is soft or transparent or you can make one yourself when he is not at home, that's when you put it on when he is at home I don't think the cat can stay long on the chair my cat is declawed because at the time we thought it is the only way hubby was stressed out like your bf now so he had it done if only I saw that furniture cover before, I would've done that instead you can also give your cat some thing like scratch pad but this doesn't guarantee it won't scratch your furniture

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buy the cat alternatives so that he has no reason to scratch the couch, such as scratch posts and scratch boards and cat tree. consider getting couch covers. nowadays, they have nice ones, from corduroy to denim or all kinds of interesting material and patterns for different style homes. just keep ur cat busy with other stuff that he wont need to scratch the furniture. my cat loves his scratch boards, and he hangs out in his cat tree, most of the time. he doesnt even scratch me when i tease him and bother him.

We cut the nails usually if it has become such a threat to anyone and anything. I once read an article that cats have their special places. More like a comfort zone. Putting a plastic bag on that favorite zone might help in a way that the plastic create annoying sounds which eventually will make the cat find another place. It's probably impractical in your case because he has the entire living room sofa set as his fave zone!

try to tie the cat. hehe

please don't have your cat declawed. it's inhumane. in fact, I think it's even illegal where I come from, BECAUSE it's inhumane. I've heard awful things about how much cats suffer for having their fingers removed, which is basically what it involves. it's not like a manicure, it's an amputation. one for each toe. one of our dogs needed ONE of his toes amputated for medical reasons. I'd never put an animal through that for a reason that isn't medically necessary. and I don't even like cats, but I'd never make one suffer. especially not over something so temporary and transient as furniture. what matters most? a living, feeling creature or an inanimate object? get some water pistols. that's usually a good way to deter cats from destructive behaviour. but don't mutilate an animal you are supposed to love.

I say throw blankets over your furniture and keep shooing her off when you see her there. Hopefully she will learn not to go on the furniture sooner then later. Also if your cat is a indoor cat file her nails so they are smooth and round off at the tips. If your cat is an outside cat please don't do that as they need the sharp claws to protect it self.

Please don't declaw him, that is removing part of his toe. You can try covering the furniture until the cat learns not to jump on it. Other than that, you can trim the cat's claws or take the cat to have the claws trimmed. There are also caps that you can put on the cat's claws.

Keeping cats from clawing new and expensive furtniture can be quite a nuisance. i have never tried this myself, but i have heard of a spray that can be used on furniture that will will keep the cats away. You could check it out on the internet i'm sure. Otherwise, all you can do is to keep after your cats and save your furniture.

To be honest its unlikely your going to be able to. The cat has been spoiled up to now- its not exactly hygenic allowing a cat in your bed or on your tables...and now the cat thinks it has the right to do so! The only way to really stop it is to actually give it a smack, pinch its ear between your finger nails so it gives them a sharp shock of pain which wont do the cat any harm, whenever it goes on the furniture, it may stop the cat from going on there, but its unlikely. It can run rings around you clearly. The only other thing is to either as you say have him declawed, keep him out of the room or get rid of him. A cat should never be spoiled like that- once they are, thats it, it can be very difficult to train against it

I found a link of something that may be useful to your problems How to keep Cat from scratching your home furniture http://flixnn.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-to-keep-cat-from-scratching-home.html hope this helps so solve your problems :)

First of all, the easiest thing to do would be to get rid of your cat. But since cats are the best pets ever, I remember my friend squirting some juice spray he got from the pet store because his dog kept biting the bottom of the chairs. But if you want professional advice, you should go to a pet store.