declawing

Gary wrote in :

I have trained mine to sharpen their
claws on rubber flip-flops ("shower shoes"), and I buy a sacrificial pair
every year just for them. I actually got down and showed them how to use
them (repeatedly); it didn't take long till they had the idea.

Figure it out! (My cats did)



LOL I remember you.

To the unbelievers, cats can be trained. I have a new feral cat and she is
already learning from the others where to scratch and I haven't even had to
show her. Her first months were in the wild. This pic with her near a
very scratched up post is part of what teaches her. The others had to
learn before her so she has an advantage. My furniture is intact. My skin,
well, we like to play rough sometimes.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/75552731/85147301OptGat


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Cheryl

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."
-Mario Andretti.

barbaric is prince william hunting for deer with a bow and arrow


"Cheryl" wrote in message
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(D. Stephen Heersink) wrote in
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I've always declawed my cats because they are always indoors and if I
don't, they will claw the furniture and me. Since I have expensive
furniture and don't want scars on me, I've found the declawing a cat
is the best way to accomplish our mutual goals.

You appear to think forums such as this are only read by people in N
America. That is not the case and everywhere else declawing is considered
barbaric. Get a clue. Scars on you; what a wuss. Furniture is more
important? Get a fish. ****head.

--
Cheryl

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."
-Mario Andretti.



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barbaric is prince william hunting for deer with a bow and arrow


"Cheryl" wrote in message
...
(D. Stephen Heersink) wrote in
:

I've always declawed my cats because they are always indoors and if I
don't, they will claw the furniture and me. Since I have expensive
furniture and don't want scars on me, I've found the declawing a cat
is the best way to accomplish our mutual goals.

You appear to think forums such as this are only read by people in N
America. That is not the case and everywhere else declawing is considered
barbaric. Get a clue. Scars on you; what a wuss. Furniture is more
important? Get a fish. ****head.

--
Cheryl

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."
-Mario Andretti.



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in article , BrandyÂ*Alexandre at
? wrote on 8/10/03 9:45 PM:

Given that there are a HUGE number of people in THIS country who
opposed a nationwide ban, it wouldn't be surprising that the same is
true for any other country.

There has never been a call yet for a nation wide ban, more's the pity.
Would you care to post specifics. And numbers of the HUGE number of people.

Karen

in article , BrandyÂ*Alexandre at
? wrote on 8/10/03 9:45 PM:

Given that there are a HUGE number of people in THIS country who
opposed a nationwide ban, it wouldn't be surprising that the same is
true for any other country.

There has never been a call yet for a nation wide ban, more's the pity.
Would you care to post specifics. And numbers of the HUGE number of people.

Karen

in article , BrandyÂ*Alexandre at
? wrote on 8/10/03 9:47 PM:

Karen Chuplis wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav:

We aren't talking abut ONE country but rather every country except
the US and Canada.


Please list them. I'm absolutely certain you're wrong.
England
Scotland
Wales
Italy
France
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Denmark
Finland
Slovenia
Portugal
Belgium
Spain
Brazil
Australia
New Zealand

in article , BrandyÂ*Alexandre at
? wrote on 8/10/03 9:47 PM:

Karen Chuplis wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav:

We aren't talking abut ONE country but rather every country except
the US and Canada.


Please list them. I'm absolutely certain you're wrong.
England
Scotland
Wales
Italy
France
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Netherlands
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Denmark
Finland
Slovenia
Portugal
Belgium
Spain
Brazil
Australia
New Zealand

in article , BrandyÂ*Alexandre at
? wrote on 8/10/03 9:49 PM:

Karen Chuplis wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav:

It's really extreme to say train the cat or use Soft Paws. Gasp.
You might have to put some work into having a cat.

Karen


You don't know me or what goes on in my house. We've had this
"conversation" before, but all you did was slect word and write your
own sentences. You aren't capable of a rational discussion on
anything. That much is clear by your twisting and argument on your
personally distorted contexts.

Not rational discussion. Show me where I have been irrational.

Karen

in article , BrandyÂ*Alexandre at
? wrote on 8/10/03 9:49 PM:

Karen Chuplis wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav:

It's really extreme to say train the cat or use Soft Paws. Gasp.
You might have to put some work into having a cat.

Karen


You don't know me or what goes on in my house. We've had this
"conversation" before, but all you did was slect word and write your
own sentences. You aren't capable of a rational discussion on
anything. That much is clear by your twisting and argument on your
personally distorted contexts.

Not rational discussion. Show me where I have been irrational.

Karen

in article , Cheryl at
wrote on 8/10/03 9:56 PM:

"BrandyÂ*Alexandre" Â* wrote in
:

I suppose it also speaks volumes about you that you cut one single line
of my post out of context to common on and attack me with.

Boo hoo. I guess that is all that was worth archiving. You x-no-archive
that is the price you pay.

Seems
you're too weak-minded to hold up a real argument. Let the grownups
talk, honey. It's past your bedtime.


The only come-back of an old washed up porn star who keeps posting to cat
groups and doesn't give a **** about what happens to them. You don't
deserve an argument. You deserve flames. Nothing more.

Did you ever notice there are maybe TWO posters defending declawing and at
least ten listing rational reasons not to do it and how cats can be trained,
WITH examples? Huh. Interesting, isn't it?

Karen