It’s a common cat owner conundrum: How do you stop cats from scratching your furniture when they simply seem unable to keep their paws off of it? Housecats are lovable pets, but we don’t ...

Scratching furniture (or anything else) is a perfectly normal cat behavior. No, cats don’t do it to frustrate you, nor do they do it out of spite. Scratching is a species-specific behavior.

If you're trying to figure out how to stop your cat from scratching the furniture, the first step is understanding why they do it. Scratching is a natural behavior for cats. They scratch to ...

10 fun scratching pads for your cat by: Charlie Fripp, BestReviews Staff Posted: Mar 24, 2023 / 08:12 AM MDT Updated: Mar 24, 2023 / 08:12 AM MDT ...

A New Perspective: Scratching and Positive Affect Braggs and Mills challenge this interpretation with data collected from an international survey of nearly 1,800 cat owners.

A new study by Jacqueline Braggs and Daniel Mills, published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science (2025), invites us to re-examine some long-held assumptions about cat scratching in the home. Their ...

10 fun scratching pads for your cat Charlie Fripp, BestReviews Staff Posted: Mar 24, 2023 / 10:12 AM EDT Updated: Mar 24, 2023 / 10:12 AM EDT ...