I've had leather furniture for many many years and I think it does great with pets! You do need to know some things about it though. Mine is not a slick finish - I'm not sure how to explain what I mean. OK, I'll try. The leather on my couch is very very soft and supple and has a slight nap to it. When you rub your hand in one direction, it leave a light or dark path where your hand was. If I spill something on it and don't wipe it up right away, it will soak in. But, I've never had anything leave a stain - that doesn't mean that it couldn't stain though.
One the other hand, my daughter has leather furniture with a slick finish and nothing soaks into her furniture. She can wipe it dry with a dry or wet cloth. I absolutely love my furniture, the leather is butter soft - BUT, I have no children, only adults in the house so the spill/stain factor is minimal. I have a schnauzer who can't get on the couch anymore, but did when we first got it. Now, I have a year old Yorkie and he jumps on EVERYTHING! I've had no problems at all with it and it looks as good as it did when we got it 7 years ago.
We did have a leather recliner (cheap leather) that our Jack Russell terrier (which we no longer have) got on and did a digging motion and left lots of scratches on it that did not go away. He also scratched like that on the leather couch, but the scratches faded with my rubbing over the scratch marks with my hand a few times. I think the scratches would show and not go away on my daughter's leather couch with the slick finish.
The reason we got the leather furniture was that my hubby is allergic to dust mites which live in upholstered furniture, but cannot live in leather furniture. For that reason alone, it is worth it, in my opinion.
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