Cat Destroys Chair

Cats love looking out windows. It's just a fact. They will sit and stare out the window for hours, and every cat has their preferred window, as well as their preferred window perch. In this case, nine-month-old Sweetie, who resides in the Midwest, in North Eastern Kansas, prefers sitting on this grey upholstered chair that is keep pushed up to the dining area window, which offers a view of the 1/2 acre back yard with grass, multiple trees, and the inevitable birds and squirrels who inhabit those trees.Show more

Cats also love to mark their territory, and while in this case (thank goodness), it's not urine that Sweetie is using to mark her chair, she has decided that using the grey chair as a scratching post while she's already there is a terribly convenient thing to do. It also marks the chair as hers. There are six other cats in the house, but only Sweetie gets to sit in this chair and use it as a back yard lookout.

There are no apologies for the destruction of this chair, either. Sweetie has been caught in the act of sharpening her claws on this chair, and she's been told (in a very loud voice), "NO!!" several times. It doesn't seem to faze her in the slightest. Shooing her away only stops the destruction temporarily. At some point, possibly in the middle of the night, this chair went from perfectly fine to looking shredded. The damage was discovered after-the-fact, and far too late to be saved.

Once furniture is destroyed, it doesn't come back. Therefore, Sweetie has been successful in her scheme of marking and making this grey chair permanently hers. So, go ahead, Sweetie, enjoy your chair, because you're definitely not getting another one after this!! Live it up, go crazy, and claw your chair up all you want, but just know that YOU will have to live with it, because this chair, and ONLY this chair, is yours now forever. Enjoy your neighborhood watch from your view into the back yard, cat. Just make sure you leave the rest of the household furniture alone...