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What is best for my daughters-kitty--
She is about 10 months old-very nice and smart-but she scratches-she always jumps up on Dini... should I get her from paws declawed? she is an indoor cat and never goes outside.. thanks Michael |
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"Michael Balarama" wrote in message ... What is best for my daughters-kitty-- She is about 10 months old-very nice and smart-but she scratches-she always jumps up on Dini... should I get her from paws declawed? she is an indoor cat and never goes outside.. Michael, please don't get your cat declawed! If you get her something fun to scratch on, like any number of vertical or horizontal scratchpads or posts, she will prefer them over the furniture. (Really--mine do!) Trim her claws by clipping the point off, or apply Softpaws, the glue-on tips. As far as your little girl goes, you--and she--can train your cat not to put her claws out when she plays, and not to use her claws to jump up on her. A loud "OW!" and placing the cat far away from the person she scratched, done over and over again, will work wonders. She loves you and wants your approval. Nobody can mutilate her beautiful little feet unless you let them. Please don't let them. Instead, train your cat. It takes a little time and a little patience, and will send the right message to your daughter. |
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"Michael Balarama" wrote in message ... What is best for my daughters-kitty-- She is about 10 months old-very nice and smart-but she scratches-she always jumps up on Dini... should I get her from paws declawed? she is an indoor cat and never goes outside.. Michael, please don't get your cat declawed! If you get her something fun to scratch on, like any number of vertical or horizontal scratchpads or posts, she will prefer them over the furniture. (Really--mine do!) Trim her claws by clipping the point off, or apply Softpaws, the glue-on tips. As far as your little girl goes, you--and she--can train your cat not to put her claws out when she plays, and not to use her claws to jump up on her. A loud "OW!" and placing the cat far away from the person she scratched, done over and over again, will work wonders. She loves you and wants your approval. Nobody can mutilate her beautiful little feet unless you let them. Please don't let them. Instead, train your cat. It takes a little time and a little patience, and will send the right message to your daughter. |
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"Michael Balarama" wrote in message ... What is best for my daughters-kitty-- She is about 10 months old-very nice and smart-but she scratches-she always jumps up on Dini... should I get her from paws declawed? she is an indoor cat and never goes outside.. Michael, please don't get your cat declawed! If you get her something fun to scratch on, like any number of vertical or horizontal scratchpads or posts, she will prefer them over the furniture. (Really--mine do!) Trim her claws by clipping the point off, or apply Softpaws, the glue-on tips. As far as your little girl goes, you--and she--can train your cat not to put her claws out when she plays, and not to use her claws to jump up on her. A loud "OW!" and placing the cat far away from the person she scratched, done over and over again, will work wonders. She loves you and wants your approval. Nobody can mutilate her beautiful little feet unless you let them. Please don't let them. Instead, train your cat. It takes a little time and a little patience, and will send the right message to your daughter. |
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"Brandy Alexandre" wrote in message ... Michael Balarama wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: What is best for my daughters-kitty-- She is about 10 months old-very nice and smart-but she scratches-she always jumps up on Dini... should I get her from paws declawed? she is an indoor cat and never goes outside.. thanks Michael It's a cat and a carnivore. What did you think it would do? I had my cat declawed because the only alternative was getting rid of her. How was it the "only" alternative? |
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"Brandy Alexandre" wrote in message ... Michael Balarama wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: What is best for my daughters-kitty-- She is about 10 months old-very nice and smart-but she scratches-she always jumps up on Dini... should I get her from paws declawed? she is an indoor cat and never goes outside.. thanks Michael It's a cat and a carnivore. What did you think it would do? I had my cat declawed because the only alternative was getting rid of her. How was it the "only" alternative? |
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"Brandy Alexandre" wrote in message ... Michael Balarama wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: What is best for my daughters-kitty-- She is about 10 months old-very nice and smart-but she scratches-she always jumps up on Dini... should I get her from paws declawed? she is an indoor cat and never goes outside.. thanks Michael It's a cat and a carnivore. What did you think it would do? I had my cat declawed because the only alternative was getting rid of her. How was it the "only" alternative? |
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us with... What is best for my daughters-kitty-- She is about 10 months old-very nice and smart-but she scratches-she always jumps up on Dini... should I get her from paws declawed? she is an indoor cat and never goes outside.. Please do your research and attempt training before taking this drastic step. Clip her nails. Train her to scratch appropriate things. Train her to behave. Try SoftPaws. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart/nodeclaw.html Cats need training. Just because she isn't a dog doesn't mean she doesn't have to be taught the right way to behave, manners, and the like. And just because she isn't a dog doesn't mean she can't be trained. Just like a puppy, kittens will play rough unless you teach them otherwise. Just like a puppy will chew anything and everything, cats will scratch whatever they like unless trained otherwise. You have a living, breathing, thinking, feeling creature sharing your home. Don't think you can just hand her to a 10 year old and all her needs will be met. You have to teach the kitten how to interact appropriately, and you have to teach your daughter how to best interact with your kitten - that includes no rough playing that would encourage the biting and scratching, respect for the kitten, and so on. Please don't have your 10 year old being responsible for the kitten's health and training, and don't have her attempt to clip her nails. If you put work into it, it will be the best thing ever for all of you. Cats can be *awesome* pets and companions. If you don't, it'll end up a bad thing for at least one of you. All of you, if you end up declawing the kitten, having her end up with a biting problem or worse because the core behavior issues that caused the scratching weren't settled, and end up giving her to a shelter, your daughter heartbroken, and so on. At best, the cat loses the top joint of every front toe. At worst, she gets put to death. Not good. Keeping a cat healthy, happy, and well-adjusted IS work - just not as MUCH work as a dog. -- -- ~kaeli~ Murphy's Law #2030: If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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In article , enlightened
us with... What is best for my daughters-kitty-- She is about 10 months old-very nice and smart-but she scratches-she always jumps up on Dini... should I get her from paws declawed? she is an indoor cat and never goes outside.. Please do your research and attempt training before taking this drastic step. Clip her nails. Train her to scratch appropriate things. Train her to behave. Try SoftPaws. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart/nodeclaw.html Cats need training. Just because she isn't a dog doesn't mean she doesn't have to be taught the right way to behave, manners, and the like. And just because she isn't a dog doesn't mean she can't be trained. Just like a puppy, kittens will play rough unless you teach them otherwise. Just like a puppy will chew anything and everything, cats will scratch whatever they like unless trained otherwise. You have a living, breathing, thinking, feeling creature sharing your home. Don't think you can just hand her to a 10 year old and all her needs will be met. You have to teach the kitten how to interact appropriately, and you have to teach your daughter how to best interact with your kitten - that includes no rough playing that would encourage the biting and scratching, respect for the kitten, and so on. Please don't have your 10 year old being responsible for the kitten's health and training, and don't have her attempt to clip her nails. If you put work into it, it will be the best thing ever for all of you. Cats can be *awesome* pets and companions. If you don't, it'll end up a bad thing for at least one of you. All of you, if you end up declawing the kitten, having her end up with a biting problem or worse because the core behavior issues that caused the scratching weren't settled, and end up giving her to a shelter, your daughter heartbroken, and so on. At best, the cat loses the top joint of every front toe. At worst, she gets put to death. Not good. Keeping a cat healthy, happy, and well-adjusted IS work - just not as MUCH work as a dog. -- -- ~kaeli~ Murphy's Law #2030: If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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us with... What is best for my daughters-kitty-- She is about 10 months old-very nice and smart-but she scratches-she always jumps up on Dini... should I get her from paws declawed? she is an indoor cat and never goes outside.. Please do your research and attempt training before taking this drastic step. Clip her nails. Train her to scratch appropriate things. Train her to behave. Try SoftPaws. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart/nodeclaw.html Cats need training. Just because she isn't a dog doesn't mean she doesn't have to be taught the right way to behave, manners, and the like. And just because she isn't a dog doesn't mean she can't be trained. Just like a puppy, kittens will play rough unless you teach them otherwise. Just like a puppy will chew anything and everything, cats will scratch whatever they like unless trained otherwise. You have a living, breathing, thinking, feeling creature sharing your home. Don't think you can just hand her to a 10 year old and all her needs will be met. You have to teach the kitten how to interact appropriately, and you have to teach your daughter how to best interact with your kitten - that includes no rough playing that would encourage the biting and scratching, respect for the kitten, and so on. Please don't have your 10 year old being responsible for the kitten's health and training, and don't have her attempt to clip her nails. If you put work into it, it will be the best thing ever for all of you. Cats can be *awesome* pets and companions. If you don't, it'll end up a bad thing for at least one of you. All of you, if you end up declawing the kitten, having her end up with a biting problem or worse because the core behavior issues that caused the scratching weren't settled, and end up giving her to a shelter, your daughter heartbroken, and so on. At best, the cat loses the top joint of every front toe. At worst, she gets put to death. Not good. Keeping a cat healthy, happy, and well-adjusted IS work - just not as MUCH work as a dog. -- -- ~kaeli~ Murphy's Law #2030: If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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