Our young daughter had adopted a stray cat.To my distress,he began to use the back of our new sofa as a scratching post."Don't worry."My husband reassured me."I will have him trained in no time."

I watched for several days as my husband patiently "trained" our new pet.Whenever the cat scratched ,my husband deposited him outdoors to teach him a lesson.

The cat learned quickly.For the next 16 yrs, whenever he wanted to go outside ,he scratched the back of the sofa.