Hello My kitty is 12 years old. we tell her all the time, she thinks the couch is a scratching post, she has a couple she uses also..here is the thing we have a new furniture coming this week.. and I will be mad if she starts scraching this one.. any suggestions?oh she is home alone all day, and has the run of the house, and I am keeping her claws cut more often now.. I think we are going to have to cover it up when we are not home during the day.. it is huge too. big sectional.. thanks for any input..