Originally Posted by Vapor245

Ok.Thank you for responding first. I need to be more clear. Obviously cats scratch things. Obviously that is their nature as clawed animals. Obviously I'm not 3 years old and I know these things. I've bought her a scratching post to use. I NEED ADVICE ON HOW TO GET HER TO SCRATCH HER POST AND NOT MY FURNITURE. That is not a novel idea. It is not some crazy fantasy that no one achieves. It is not something strange to ask for. People do this every day and there is a solution. It involves a little thing called training. Just like I trained her to not pee on my carpet and to go in a litter box, it is entirely plausible that I can train her to use a scratching post. There are methods to do this and I know people employ them every day. I'm positive that unless you like destroying $2000 pieces of home furniture, you have done this yourself. I have had two other cats that did it perfectly fine. Obviously, there is a way to get Lily to use her post because it is entirely normal and would probably work better than wood and upholstery. I need advice on accomplishing that end.