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kaeli wrote:
In article , enlightened us with... Wrong again. People ask to have their dogs declawed all the time. Their claws can cause a lot more damage than a cats. They do, do they? *ROFLMFAO* Okay then. If you say so. *snicker* (For the people out there who might not know, some dogs have ONE digit removed from each FRONT paw - the dewclaw. It never touches the ground and in hunting and sporting breeds, has a tendency to get ripped off during trials. Some dogs also may damage their eyes when rubbing their faces too vigorously. Breeders remove the dewclaws of day-old puppies to prevent major damage from such situations. Since that toe never touches the ground and has no use, it is certainly not equivalent to a full declaw. Also by the by, this procedure is banned in some countries as well. If tail docking is illegal, chances are dewclawing is.) Interesting. I never knew that about dogs. i think the poster was referring to full declawing as a comparison to cats, though. You know, maiming for convenience. i simply don't understand the strength-in-numbers argument here. As I've said before, in the case of declawing, wrong is wrong. Doesn't matter if one person or a billion do it, it's still wrong. theresore, the whole who-does-what-where debate is silly. |
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kaeli wrote:
In article , enlightened us with... Wrong again. People ask to have their dogs declawed all the time. Their claws can cause a lot more damage than a cats. They do, do they? *ROFLMFAO* Okay then. If you say so. *snicker* (For the people out there who might not know, some dogs have ONE digit removed from each FRONT paw - the dewclaw. It never touches the ground and in hunting and sporting breeds, has a tendency to get ripped off during trials. Some dogs also may damage their eyes when rubbing their faces too vigorously. Breeders remove the dewclaws of day-old puppies to prevent major damage from such situations. Since that toe never touches the ground and has no use, it is certainly not equivalent to a full declaw. Also by the by, this procedure is banned in some countries as well. If tail docking is illegal, chances are dewclawing is.) Interesting. I never knew that about dogs. i think the poster was referring to full declawing as a comparison to cats, though. You know, maiming for convenience. i simply don't understand the strength-in-numbers argument here. As I've said before, in the case of declawing, wrong is wrong. Doesn't matter if one person or a billion do it, it's still wrong. theresore, the whole who-does-what-where debate is silly. |
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enlightened us with... [dewclaw removal] Interesting. I never knew that about dogs. i think the poster was referring to full declawing as a comparison to cats, though. You know, maiming for convenience. I think so, too, but I figured I'd mention it in case anyone else reading the thread got confuzzled. LOL Dewclawing and declawing are so similar that when reading literature, one might confuse the two terms. i simply don't understand the strength-in-numbers argument here. As I've said before, in the case of declawing, wrong is wrong. Doesn't matter if one person or a billion do it, it's still wrong. theresore, the whole who-does-what-where debate is silly. Yeah, but "wrong is wrong" is a morality issue. That is a subjective issue with no proofs, thus you really can't convince someone of it. Kind of like all sensitive topics, including eating meat, abortion, religion, etc, everyone has their own views. When trying to argue for a particular view, it is generally easier to convince someone of something when you give them facts and when you use an argument involving cultural similarity. However, the cultural similarity issue was completely lost on many of the participants. ------------------------------------------------- ~kaeli~ Why do people who know the least know it the loudest? If that cell phone was up your a$$, maybe you could drive a little better! http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace ------------------------------------------------- |
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In article ,
enlightened us with... [dewclaw removal] Interesting. I never knew that about dogs. i think the poster was referring to full declawing as a comparison to cats, though. You know, maiming for convenience. I think so, too, but I figured I'd mention it in case anyone else reading the thread got confuzzled. LOL Dewclawing and declawing are so similar that when reading literature, one might confuse the two terms. i simply don't understand the strength-in-numbers argument here. As I've said before, in the case of declawing, wrong is wrong. Doesn't matter if one person or a billion do it, it's still wrong. theresore, the whole who-does-what-where debate is silly. Yeah, but "wrong is wrong" is a morality issue. That is a subjective issue with no proofs, thus you really can't convince someone of it. Kind of like all sensitive topics, including eating meat, abortion, religion, etc, everyone has their own views. When trying to argue for a particular view, it is generally easier to convince someone of something when you give them facts and when you use an argument involving cultural similarity. However, the cultural similarity issue was completely lost on many of the participants. ------------------------------------------------- ~kaeli~ Why do people who know the least know it the loudest? If that cell phone was up your a$$, maybe you could drive a little better! http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace ------------------------------------------------- |
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kaeli wrote:
In article , enlightened us with... [dewclaw removal] Interesting. I never knew that about dogs. i think the poster was referring to full declawing as a comparison to cats, though. You know, maiming for convenience. I think so, too, but I figured I'd mention it in case anyone else reading the thread got confuzzled. LOL Dewclawing and declawing are so similar that when reading literature, one might confuse the two terms. i simply don't understand the strength-in-numbers argument here. As I've said before, in the case of declawing, wrong is wrong. Doesn't matter if one person or a billion do it, it's still wrong. theresore, the whole who-does-what-where debate is silly. Yeah, but "wrong is wrong" is a morality issue. That is a subjective issue with no proofs, thus you really can't convince someone of it. Kind of like all sensitive topics, including eating meat, abortion, religion, etc, everyone has their own views. When trying to argue for a particular view, it is generally easier to convince someone of something when you give them facts and when you use an argument involving cultural similarity. However, the cultural similarity issue was completely lost on many of the participants. Yeah, but there are some universal truths. Like murder and maiming are just wrong. I don't buy the "everything is perception" cop out. |
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kaeli wrote:
In article , enlightened us with... [dewclaw removal] Interesting. I never knew that about dogs. i think the poster was referring to full declawing as a comparison to cats, though. You know, maiming for convenience. I think so, too, but I figured I'd mention it in case anyone else reading the thread got confuzzled. LOL Dewclawing and declawing are so similar that when reading literature, one might confuse the two terms. i simply don't understand the strength-in-numbers argument here. As I've said before, in the case of declawing, wrong is wrong. Doesn't matter if one person or a billion do it, it's still wrong. theresore, the whole who-does-what-where debate is silly. Yeah, but "wrong is wrong" is a morality issue. That is a subjective issue with no proofs, thus you really can't convince someone of it. Kind of like all sensitive topics, including eating meat, abortion, religion, etc, everyone has their own views. When trying to argue for a particular view, it is generally easier to convince someone of something when you give them facts and when you use an argument involving cultural similarity. However, the cultural similarity issue was completely lost on many of the participants. Yeah, but there are some universal truths. Like murder and maiming are just wrong. I don't buy the "everything is perception" cop out. |
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Cathouse wrote: "*~*SooZy*~*" wrote in "bewtifulfreak" wrote in message ... *~*SooZy*~* wrote: You flung that poor little innocent WILD mouse accross the room??? You heartless bitch! You are lucky it survived... They are pretty delicate. I think you are mincing her words! she did say "no control over my reflex action" Thank you, Soozy....I felt terrible when I did it, but it *was* just a totally reflex reaction. And I didn't expect the mouse to bite, because I've taken them off my cat before and they never did. It was ironic that this one bit me just seconds after my husband said, "You know, they do bite, don't you?" Ann yes I can imagine how it was...... it all happens so quickly! It does happen quickly. Just like dog bites and cat scratches. Score... ;-) K. -- ^,,^ Cats-haven Hobby Farm ^,,^ ^,,^ Breast Implants are the Stupidest idea ever. If I wanted to fondle $10,000.oo worth of Silicon, I'd buy a new computer! --Anon. Custom handcrafts, Sterling silver beaded jewelry http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...s&userid=katra |
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