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I am also against declawing any creature. It's pretty rude to think we can have such control over an animal like that...but then again we do remove dew claws, crop ears and tails. I'm really not a fan of all that either.

I remember sitting in my living room years ago and then hearing a gawd awful scream from the neighbors dog. Well, I look out the second floor window and the guy was cutting the ears of his pit bull with a pair of scissors. I called the police and the dog was removed from the house...thankfully. Poor thing...just another way that some people think they "own" an animal to the point they can cause it great pain.

When I had cats I put those soft claws on them and that was so simple, painless and humane.

I couldn't imagine the pain a dog would have with it's nails removed, they need them for so many reasons. I would actually cry if I saw a dog that had that done to it. I can't even see how they would walk correctly either....

Anyway, that's my 2 cents.