“...prefers the door jambs.”
LOL. I had a cat that clawed the door jamb.
Hubby repaired it for me.
He cut out the clawed portion of the old one and affixed it to an upright 2X4 and nailed it to a stand—voila! Kitty had her very own scratching post, which she’d already broken in. And I had a brand new door jamb.
Where do you think kitty scratched after that?
The newly repaired door jamb, of course. She wanted nothing to do with the old one.
That’s just meaness. :0)