Static Guard

So....we're cat-sitting for our friends and they have this de-clawed cat. She can claw away at our couch, carpet, stair, and bannister with no ill effects......ok almost no ill effects.....static electricity is such a bitch!

Soooo........can we static guard a cat? I mean I'm ok with the occasional buzz of electricity. But I remember Mark mentioning that when he was a child sightreading in his parent's children's choir at church that anytime he made a mistake they'd hook his balls up to a car battery....

They should've just gotten a cat.