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Does pet-friendly upholstery mean a scratch-proof sofa?
A pet-friendly label needs a defined scope. Ask which behaviour was checked and what the supplier excludes before repeating the claim to customers.
What the source actually says
Dimatex distinguishes pet-friendly fabric from scratch-proof fabric in its Troya description. This is a supplier disclosure, not independent proof of universal pet resistance. Its catalogue has no stated launch date. The useful procurement lesson is to request the actual claim boundary, rather than infer a guarantee from a category name.
Put the intended household in the brief
Our recommendation for distributors is to separate hair removal, incidental snagging, liquid handling and deliberate scratching. Ask the supplier which of these the offered reference addresses, under what procedure, and after which care steps. Keep unsupported attributes out of the retailer description. A short cleaning demonstration does not establish scratch resistance.
Approve a physical reference
Use a labelled swatch and an agreed evaluation protocol, then compare it on the intended furniture construction. The Mingpin photo illustrates MPW0245 woven chenille texture only; no pet-resistance result is claimed here. Request its current technical information and a sample before selecting a product or promising performance to an end customer.