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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

948.0. "leather furniture and cats?" by SCOTCH::MCCANN () Mon Dec 07 1987 18:20

    Hi Folks,
    
    We're redoing the living room and are considering a leather couch.
    We have three cats who are pretty good about not clawing the furniture,
    but who do like to sit on the backs of chairs and look out the windows.
    
    Was wondering if anyone could tell me stories good or bad about
    owning leather furniture and cats? 
    
    Robin McCann
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948.1It worked for me !SHIRE::CEHRSMon Dec 07 1987 19:2721
948.2astronaut cats and leather furnitureGEMVAX::GRANTMon Dec 07 1987 19:4611
    None of my cats bother the leather chairs we have. However, none
    of them are real furniture scratchers, either, since they much prefer
    their scratching post.
    
    The only problem we have with the leather is when Sly (a real
    chunk of a cat) decides to play astronaut kitty, and blasts off
    from the top of one of the leather chairs. That usually leaves little
    pinprick marks, but they are barely noticeable.
    
    Marleen
                  
948.3Teenage kitties in bondage...JAWS::COTESequencists are musicians too!Mon Dec 07 1987 20:0610
    Aja regularly does the claw act on anything handy. While I don't
    have any leather furniture, I do have a couple leather jackets.
    Occasionally she'll jump up on my shoulder and, thought not clawing
    at it, will leave a little mark just from holding on. I'd suspect
    it would be the same for leather furniture.
    
    I don't think she'd ever harm leather. She just loves it. Methinks
    she has a fetish....
    
    Edd
948.4a not so good incidentFIDDLE::HTAYLORFight malnutrition, GIMME CHOCOLATE!Tue Dec 08 1987 11:268
    I hate to say this, after hearing all of the good stories about
    cats and leather, but my Fiance's cat loves leather.  She completely
    ruined his leather jacket.  There are claw marks all down the back
    where she tried to "do her nails".  Well, as the say, No two cats
    are alike.  Good luck with your furniture.
    
    Holly
948.5No ProblemSALES::RFI86Pime doesn't crayTue Dec 08 1987 14:094
    as with the first three our cats do not touch the leather furniture
    even though they go nuts on anything with a cloth covering.
    
    							Geoff
948.6Landing gear locked...slide!!!!CLUSTA::TAMIRTo a cat, all things belong to catsSun Dec 13 1987 16:5614
    Robin,
    
    Wanna come by and see my leather chair and otterman??  The boys
    all love it.  While they don't openly claw it (the scratching posts
    are much better for that!), they do use it as a launching pad and
    as a result, it's pretty scratched up.  At least it's easy to get
    the cat fur off!!
    
    Maybe it depends on the leather....mine is covered with alleged
    "glove leather"...easily marked, perhaps.  I think that when they
    jump on it, the smooth surface tends to make the "landing gear"
    slide.  I dunno...I wouldn't buy another one myself.
    
    Mary