Most of our pet-owning customers arrive with the same question, phrased one of two ways: Will my dog destroy a leather sofa? or Won’t my cat’s claws shred it in a week? They wonder whether leather furniture is great for pets or if it should be avoided entirely.
The honest answer in both cases is: probably not, if it’s real leather and you take a few simple measures. But “probably not” deserves the longer explanation, because there’s a meaningful difference between how leather and fabric behave around animals — and a couple of places where leather doesn’t automatically win.
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