Well, they probably think they're cougars, anyway. Both spoiled little princesses. (check the profile) They'll trash the place, nothing is off limits when you're defending your territory apparently. I think they intentionally knock shit over to make the noise, it's a gorilla pounding the ground with a tree branch kind of thing. So lately, every morning, we have to find what the knocked over in the night. You start to memorize sounds of stuff... that was the comb from the back of the toilet, that was my combat boot being drug across the floor by the laces... OH SHIT what just broke? Was that a lightbulb? Who left a lightbulb on the table??

The most annyong form of posturing is that claw-sharpening show off thing... we've had to put double-sided sticky tape on the couch, but we also have one of those foam tiled floors in the exercise area which they love to show each other how tough they are by shredding it.

They do this thing where they'll sit JUST out of reach of each other, then one will instigate shit... roll over and stretch a paw out... the other will stretch out... the paws are 1/4" from touching and still we have passive cats. But once the paws touch: BAM! one paw boxing, followed by two paw boxing, followed by... ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum ba-dum.

We were told to not get two strong personality females. We didn't listen, we like the rough-n-tumble types of arm chewers and mice hunters, and #2 just happened to find us nevermind that she is a girl. (in a shelter of about 80 cats, we were there for hours. It was the right cat, alright.)

But now we're paying for it. :) I just wish they could decide who's the alpha bitch and get on with being cute little demons.

All I can say is clip your cats nails. My kittie, Maybe, hates it, but too bad. She can cope with a monthly manicure/pedicure. My furniture is much happier with this arrangement. And my dog won't get hurt, either. They get along well, but i don't want Maya's nose cut open.