Scratch your own hands. Saving upholstery, carpets and walls

How much experience, suffering and nerves are the spoiled irrevocably upholstered furniture, soft covers, carpets and vinyl wallpapers, adapted by the pet for daily exercises in the clawing. We chase him, scold him, but for what? For the fact that he is subject to his instinct, needs? After all, sharpening claws cat and cat is necessary, thus they support them in good condition, this is, if you want, a daily cosmetic procedure. Therefore, we will not worry and swear, but we will better make our puppet a scratch. Especially since the scratching claw with its own hands made, - the product is simple, uncomplicated.

The shape of this device can be different. The simplest - in the form of a flat rectangle, covered with a rigid pile fabric (the best is an artificial carpet with medium nap) or wrapped in a natural hemp, jute, cotton thick rope.

How to make a cat scratching cat?

1. Determine the height. It should be a growth with an animal with elongated forepaws, as during the claw turning the cat is also engaged in gymnastics, rising to the hind legs, bending the back.

2. The basis for the "sports machine" can be a natural wooden board, it can not even be beaten, although aesthetically it will not look very nice. It is better to adjust for a scratching machine, with your own hands made, a particle board or a board and wrap it first with a thin layer of foam rubber, and then with a carpet, fixing the fabric on the backside with the help of upholstery nails, screws with a wide head or a construction stapler.

3. A claw with its own hands made of a piece of a thick plastic sewer pipe, wrapped in a spiral wide twisted rope, which gradually, a turn behind the turn, is glued to the base with PVA glue. Such a structure can be combined with a viewing platform - a shelf mounted on the top of the pipe with the help of steel furniture corners. Sew for the site removable cover on an elastic band, which can be periodically removed and washed. The pipe with a shelf at the top must be fixed to a heavy, stable pedestal, on the back of which pieces of rubber for anti-skid are glued.

4. If the cat likes to "ruffle" the corners of the wall, adjust the "simulator" to an angle. To do this, the nail claws are made from two identical rectangular parts, covered with carpet and joined together by hinges. Attach it to the wall should be very tight so that it does not swing and do not lag behind during the clawing.

5. Look close at your clawed pet. In what position, where and about what he prefers to sharpen claws? Try to take into account his preferences when making a "simulator". A nail clip made with your own hands should, first of all, like a cat or a cat, otherwise your work will be in vain.

6. It is easy to train a kitten to scratch. It is enough to show the puppy several times how to use it. To attract the baby and interest, hang a string on the thread of your favorite toy. Adult cat to sharpen claws in the designated place will be much more difficult. Arrange the scratching pad where the wallpaper is already damaged or attach to the torn back of the couch. If this is not possible, then have patience and gradually wean your pet to practice in the favorite places, showing him the proper place. Pressing on the phalanx of the legs, demonstrate that it is here that he must deal with this.

7. Sawcloth, made with your own hands, can become an ornament of the interior, if you perform it from decorative fabric, decorate it in a carved frame. You can make it in the form of a fish or a stone, or you can simply wrap it in strips of bright colored rope and decorate the edges with brushes or pompoms.