I really resent the attitude of the poster who concluded I was too lazy to train my cats. I was working 6 days a week at that time, my furniture cost thousands, both cats were from a local shelter that euthed a ton of animals, pretty frequently. What was my option? turn them back into the shelter and have them euthed? No..I had them declawed, front only, and kept them indoors for their lifetime. I would really have rather let them have their claws, but nothing, and I mean nothing, stopped them from shredding up my furniture. They ruined one sofa and a matching loveseat, that was it.