jaime, it is seem as you need to pull him down and take him to his stratching post immediately and constantly. not doing this by or so when you're not home makes training harder. your king punk probably wasn't interested in stratching his post because he found the best place to straaaaatch...the walls!

if you haven't tried vingear, try it! 1 out of 100 love it. one out of my thirteen, clayton loves vingear. when I spray a several entering the front home from work, clayton would go on and bath everyone who got sprayed.

or...if none works, what would I do? just an idea because I'm not gonna have baby this soon and not much allergic to cat friends come here - maybe it would mind you (because of the look of the walls and possibly of encouragment) - duct a large (thick enough) cardboard onto the wall (at least the bottom edge of cardboard touches the base to prevent from falling down) where he usually stratches..? dunno...just sounds better than peeling off the wall and maybe less noisy too?

good luck find a solution! there is no cat you can't train with constant rules & patience.