squirt guns work wonders for making kitty stop clawing/climbing on furniture. I bought both soft claws and a squirt gun shortly after our younger cat "acquired" us (which happened to be shortly after my volunteer training at PAWS where I heard about soft claws and squirt guns), but the squirt gun was so effective that I didn't need to bother with the soft claws. As far as little Peaches knows, the heavens open up with watery retribution whenever she so much as THINKS of clawing the speakers or climbing up on the table. She hasn't figured out that we're the ones doing the squirting. Silky(evil genus cat), on the other hand, has figured it out, but only has to be shown the squirt gun to make her realize she'd better modify her current behavior PDQ.