After reading the reviews, I had high hopes this scratcher would be a perfect alternative to our chairs. Neither of our cats had any interest at all in the scratcher. Moved it around...put it near their favorite places...put it in front of the chairs...its been a week now...NOTHING! This was an expensive piece...very disappointed. Rather than just toss it in the garbage, I'll be calling the local SPCA to see if they have any interest. If they don't want it, I'll make it work...in the fire pit.

My cat absolutely loves this. We usually leave it standing up on its end (as it appears in the picture), and she likes to stand on her two hind legs, stretch her arms out and scratch away. Sometimes we leave it lying down, and then she likes to sit on it while scratching. We have several scratchers, and she uses them rather than our furniture. This pyramid scratching post is her favorite. It's large, and it's expensive, but we get our money's worth out of it. I've bought several because they wear out after 6-12 months, but I plan to keep buying more.

My cats love the width and height of this scratcher. They started scratching it as soon as I took it out of the box. A couple of them climb to the top just like the kitty in the picture!