Amanda, please don't worry about diverting Stew's thread. He doesn't mind. I am sorry you're having this situation and I'd be interested to know what can be done about it. We love Nature's Miracle, too, and my husband bought me one of those compact Bissell carpet cleaners the other day (what a guy!!). It does a fabulous job for spot cleaning and is only slightly annoying to use. I wish we'd gotten it the day we brought Stewart home.

It's amazing that we do as well as we do when we bring another species into our lives. Learning to speak each other's languages is certainly a challenge at times. I would think that there would be cat behaviorists out there.

MarnaLou