both of my cats are NOT declawed. I tried very hard to discourage Abby from scratching up things too. But she is very intelligent. I had bought the 2 sided sticky tape to apply to my computer chair corners (where she scratches it). She watched me put it on,then of course she tried to scratch on my chair and the tape was there. The look on her face was priceless She was like....HUH???? She then proceded to pull all the tape off with her teeth....that was the end of that Now unfortunatly she still is at it and my corners are all pulled out....Thank goodness it is just a cheap wal-mart chair and can easily be replaced..lol And since she is such a mama's girl I really dont mind much Buddy is completly scratch post trained...no problems with him as he loves his posts