[Yorkiemom1]

I have had cats and dogs under the same roof since zi married in'70. My x-husband adored cats, I adored Chihuahuas....I have had my dogs injured by his cats on numerous occasions....first major accident was when his cat came bounding up the starts behind my little dog, and trying to play with the dog, she pushed the Chi thru the rails on the staircase and the pup fellfrom the second floor to the ground below....thank God she didnt hit any furniture on the way down, but she ended up with a nasty compound fracture of her front leg. The other major accident involving cats and my little dogs....cat swung at my babys face and caught her right across the eyes, scratching the cornea severly....never healed and for the next 10 years, twice a day, I instilled eye drops into my baby's eyes. Took the cat IMMEDIATELY and had it declawed...will never have another cat around any of my dogs, unless it has been declawed. Any cats we have ever owned are never allowed outside, strictly indoor cats...so I do not need cats clawing up all my furniture, drapes, carpet, and blinding my dogs, even if they are "only playing"....any cats that live here are declawed! And I have had 3 cats that were declawed, and they never had any traumatic personality flights of fancy disorders.....they adjusted beautifully.....alot better than my unfortunate little dog who was essentially blinded in her left eye from claws.