Re: Is De-clawing a US thing?

>That wasn't my point at all Phil, and I'm certainly not pro-declaw! I
>was just commenting on the fact that sometimes my cats do what they want
>to do - just like I do what I want to do - and that's okay with me,
>because I don't feel the need to control every part of their lives. My
>furniture just isn't as important to me as their well-being.
>
>There is NO excuse for declawing.
>

> Iain & Deb sugarpopspete@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> >That wasn't my point at all Phil, and I'm certainly not pro-declaw! I
> >was just commenting on the fact that sometimes my cats do what they want
> >to do - just like I do what I want to do - and that's okay with me,
> >because I don't feel the need to control every part of their lives. My
> >furniture just isn't as important to me as their well-being.
> >
> >There is NO excuse for declawing.
> >
> I think, however, that sometimes when we make a statement that of course our
> cats are more important than the furniture, declaw supporters assume that means
> our furniture is in tatters. It's not. It's quite possible to have nice
> furniture--even very expensive furniture--that your fully clawed cats leave
> alone because they have been provided with more appealing scratching objects of
> their own.
>

> I understand your point that sometimes your cats do what they want. If someone
> has furniture that a single accidental scratch would completely ruin, well, I
> can pretty much guarantee it won't be the cats that ruin it. It will be a
> guest, or your kids, or your husband, because anything that fragile isn't going
> to remain perfect very long.
>