I've seen a member say that sometimes her cat kneads with claws and she says "claws" and kitty retracts them. I don't remember who it was. I was just wondering how to teach a cat to do that. Murphy is always kneading and he does it with claws. I love the kneading - I like knowing my baby is happy - but the claws hurt. I clip his nails, but of course I don't want to clip them too short and hurt him so there's still enough claw to dig into my scalp or wherever Murphy feels like kneading. I don't want to do plastic tips. I used them on a cat I had a long time ago and they're a giant pain in the tuckus.