My Sofa Has Become a Scratching Post: Redirecting claws without punishing the cat who owns them

The sofa arm is shredded, the scratching post sits untouched, and every night brings the same small conflict between a cat's claws and the household's soft surfaces. My Sofa Has Become a Scratching Post is a practical, force-free guide for the owner caught between protecting the furniture and not wanting to punish the cat. It explains what scratching actually does for a cat, why the post in the corner never stood a chance, and how to place and shape options that genuinely compete with the s...