Ugh! Good luck with that. When we moved into this house the previous owners had two big dogs. Our dog had never peed inside before, but he started peeing in the dining room all the time. I tried all kinds of things, but he must have smelled it from the previous dogs and thought that was where he was suppose to go. I would just put newspapers down in his "favorite" spots if he was going to be home alone. . .at least it made for easier clean up and I could tell if he went there. When we replaced the carpets the pad was NASTY. . .but once the new carpet was in. . he stopped trying to pee there. . whew!
Also, just an FYI. . .we've never had a cat who peed inside. When I was growing up we always had cats. I learned from my mom to put them in a shoe box, as a kitten, with dirt in it. They learn to go in the dirt and prefer to go outside. My cat now has a litter box just in case, but she almost never goes in it. . .I've had the same litter in it now for about 3 years. . .I think she's only used it about 6 times during that time. Of course, if you have indoor only cats that won't work. The only problem I ever remember as a kid is having un-neutered males mark the curtains as they were coming in and out of the sliding glass door to mark their territory when we had a female in heat (my mom bred Siamese cats occasionally). HTH
Oh yeah. . .for cats that are scratching up the couch or curtains. . .tape some balloons on them. Once they pop one of them. . .they'll never do it again. Seems kind of cruel, but it works.
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