Scratch Protector Claw Barrier for Dogs

This was an easy installation. No brainer to it. However the adhesive is EXTREMELY sticky. To the point if I had an air bubble and wanted to fix it, there was no going back. Especially if you have paint on your doors it completely ripped the paint off mine. I initially bought this to protect the door from scratch marks and protecting the trim cushion (the one that keeps the cool air in and the heat out). If the paint coming off doesn't bother you I HIGHLY suggest this for protecting your door from claws. My dogs are big time scratchers and it's been protecting my door since I got it!

I needed this tape not for intentional damage by my dogs, but for accidental scratches. The footboard of my old bed frame was scratched up because the dogs liked to stand on it and prop themselves up on it. When I got a nice new bed frame, I didn’t want them destroying it like the old one. After some research I tried this tape. It’s nice and thick and seems to stick well. I was able to measure and cut it to fit the flat part of the footboard where the dogs are likely to stand. I still intend to try to correct the behavior if it happens, but now my bed frame won’t get destroyed in the meantime. I did have to lay the claw shield tape out before cutting and weigh it down with books to flatten it out. It comes tightly curled up in the box, but it will flatten out nicely. As shown in the picture there are a few bubbles in my application, but that’s probably my fault (I’m not good at putting screen protectors on phones, either.) However, it’s not very noticeable even with the bubbles. I had to pull some of it up a couple times and make adjustments as I applied it, and it did not take the finish with it. I’m very happy with the product and it should work well for my purposes. I can see how it could get scratched off of a door by a determined dog, though.

Our cats had been poking holes in our two sliding screen doors, which I had been repairing with screen tape, but we finally decided to get new screens installed. The cats promptly began poking holes in the new screens, so I ordered a Claw Shield for the most abused screen in the kitchen. It was just a bit too narrow to fit the entire screen, but I installed it anyway. The installation was easy: We took the screen door off of its rollers and laid it across a couple of saw-horses and smoothed the Claw Shield over the bottom quarter of the screen, after cutting it in half. I thought we'd also have to buy another Claw Shield and install it on the outer part of the screen, but the once the inner shield was in place, the cats stopped clawing altogether. It's been installed for almost a month, and shows no sign of peeling. It's been pretty rainy and I was worried about mold, but the plastic has stayed clean. Except for the size, I'm pretty happy with this product.

UPDATE 2020: Be careful putting this on fabric furniture items if there are loose or weak threads. Since my cat had already begun clawing my fabric ottoman, once we pulled this stuff off of it, the threads came with it. I had to very carefully cut the threads so it didn't completely unravel the seams. Original Review 2019: Not sure how this holds up on hard surfaces, but I put this on a fabric ottoman to stop my cat from clawing the sides and it's worked really well. It was easy to cut and apply, and is sticky enough to stay put even when the cat tries to claw at it. Her paws just slide right down and she can't a good grip. I was worried it would stick to the ottoman too well and maybe never come off, but it simply peels off when needed - basically like a giant durable sticker. The price was a big hefty for something like this, but I still have a bunch left over after cutting it to my desired size, so it will probably pay off. Would recommend for fabric surfaces like couches or chairs!

It does the job of preventing pets from scratching through the material, but trying to put it on your screen door, it doesn't stay on there very well after some time. May be due to the weather, but the material starts to fall off from the screen. You can easily just re-apply it back on as is, but every now and then, it starts to peel off slowly.

I put this on an interior door and decided to try to peel it off slowly and try it on a different door. I was very slow and careful in removing it, but it peeled off the paint as well. This was a brand new door in a new home. I’m very upset as I purchased this product to protect my door from my 14 week old lab and this product did more damage to my door than the puppy would’ve done. I’ll be going with Command strips and plexiglass once I sand and repaint the door. Very dissatisfied.

Cut this to fit the outside surface of a new door that our dog kept scratching to be let in. Shield came rolled up; we laid it flat and placed several heavy books on it for a few days, and it flattened out well. Was easy to cut to the dimensions we needed. Application to the clean dry surface was easy; tends to bubble a bit, but not hard to smooth out. Durability so far is good--we've had it up for over a month. It has stayed in place through downpours. The Best thing is that it is not satisfying for the dog to scratch, so he has actually markedly cut back on the behavior! Door saved!

My cat is a destructive force. I tried the sprays, it worked for a day or so and then she would just back to destroying things. My couch was new and she kept destroying the corner. I bought this to prevent her from further damaging it. It may not be the most sightly thing in the world, but I really don't notice it and I'd rather have it on there versus a shredded corner. It also protects my screen door where she was jumping and hanging from the screen to be let into the house. She was able to claw through it in one area, but she seems to be slowly learning that howling is the preferred method to be let inside. I would have much more damage done to my home if I wasn't using this product. I would have much less if I just got rid of the cat, but I guess that's for another review.