Furniture Defender Cat Scratch Deterrent - 2 no-Adhesive Guards per Package - How to Love Your cat by Protecting Your upholstered Furniture - Cat Scratch Furniture Protector - Made in The USA

Stopped my cat from shredding the arms on the couch. May have to order another set as she has decided to sharpen her claws below Furniture Defender

TLDR: Good at helping to teach. Don’t forget your couch has four sides. You only get two protectors.Obviously, it is almost impossible to stop a cat from doing what they naturally want/need to do. Our cat really enjoyed clawing only the corner of our couch for some reason even with all his other scratching posts we give him. Got this product, and while we hate having the look of plastic on our furniture, works perfectly. Our cat tried once or twice before realizing that he couldn’t scratch there anymore. We still need to buy more for the back of the couch..

It’s only been a few days, but so far these have been 100% effective in stopping the furniture scratching that seemed incessant at times. I don’t find the look of them to be at all objectionable. I was afraid they might look tacky or messy but they don’t. I hope they hold up because they are a real problem solver.

This product saved my new sofa and loveseat.My cats had already started to scratch at their favorite spots and I needed to put a stop to it before they ruined my furniture.Furniture Defenders are easy to attach and are thicker than I expected.You can barely notice they are there.My cats have not even attempted to scratch it.So happy with my purchase.

These do work pretty well to prevent scratching. They are unsightly, but that's not a big deal because the plastic needs to be thick to be strong. I rated these a 3 because of the pins, which suck. They are quite flimsy and not anchored in very well, so my cats have figured out how to pull out the ones we put near the bottom of our couch using their mouths. This is annoying, because then the loosened sheets have a side or two unanchored just kind of flapping out there, and both my boyfriend and I have tripped over them and scratched our legs. We could live with this annoyance, but I am very afraid one or both of my cats are going to end up hurting themselves because of the loose pins. They are flimsy, but sharp and corkscrew-shaped, which would easily poke an eye or cut a paw or part of their mouth. I don't even want to think about what could happen if one of them got swallowed. We are trying to figure out a way to anchor them better. If we can't find a way, I'm not sure if we will be able to continue using these, which is a shame because they do work very well to prevent scratching.

Had these for 5+ years and they are still working great!! Definitely have saved my couch

I just got a new leather reclining sofa to replace an upholstered sofa that had ends damaged by scratching. This leather sofa seats extend past the arms in front all the way to the edge of the corner, so when they are fully reclined, they split the corner as they go up. (Photos attached.) That means that a pre-formed corner protector like JUMBL doesn't work. We needed a flat protector option. These Furniture Defender Guards work great. There is top stitching on the edge of the leather, and I was able to position the corkscrew tacks to push in between stitches on one edge, so there are no new holes. (It was a very difficult project to make that work -- the tacks did not go easily into the holes between stitches, but I used a pair of needle nosed pliers to carefully force the corkscrew backs in.) To affix the other side of the protector, I used "XFasten Double Sided Tape Acrylic Mounting Tape Removable, 1-Inch x 60-Inch" available on Amazon. That tape is clear, very sticky, and removes nicely from the leather without leaving residue. It does show through the protector, but holds firmly. This is not invisible, and not a perfect solution, but a million times better than leaving the beautiful sofa exposed to cat damage. Its a visual compromise I can accept, especially after looking at our previous sofa end - shredded to the foam!I read the review about DIY-ing this by buying yards of vinyl and cutting it yourself. For me, having the clean, perfect edges and well rounded corners with the pre-cut holes was worth the cost. The project was still time intensive for me because of the challenge of inserting the tacks between the leather top-stitches. The time I saved by having these parts neatly prepared and delivered to my door (in thoughtful, responsible packaging) was worth the money to me.

This works!!! I have three cats with several scratching posts which they use regularly but one cat was determine to use my two new chairs. I tried a spray to deter the scratching, I tried those crunchy silver type covers/blankets to deter the scratching. I tried making a loud noise when he is scratching too. I can't be around 100% of the time to be the cat scratch police and nothing was working....until now. OK, some of the reviews said they were pricey but given I had already spent much more money on things that didn't work, I think the results are worth the investment. Yes, you could do this yourself but I bet you didn't think of it and if you are like me, you might get to it eventually. Also, I don't know where anyone would find the spiral pins used for securing the plastic to the furniture. My cat has not gone near my chairs and I don't have to worry when I'm gone or police things when I'm home. Such a huge sense of relief that something works. The only small downside, which is not enough to change my 5 star review, is my chair's arms are scratched in the front of the arm, not the corner. The chairs have a slight curve to the design of the arm and the plastic doesn't mold perfectly to the shape of my chair but I can trim it, which I haven't done, or live with it --- which I am. I've had people over and had to point out what I did and many people have the same problem. My friend took pictures of my furniture and the listing of it on Amazon to give to his daughter who has a scratcher too. Oh, and the multiple sizes are great too.