Cat scratching the couch or...

Regularly people with cats tell me that their felines are destroying something in their home, from the upright end of a couch to the frames around doors. Cats only do this for one of three reasons:

1. They don't have anything else to scratch; 2. even if they have something else to scratch, they have come to enjoy the inappropriate target and don't want to give it; and 3. they just want to get the owner's attention.

None of the three reasons is acceptable, but what to do? Train, train, train. It's a lot easier than most owners think it is and it always does the trick.