Originally Posted by hha (Post 1455988)

As far as owning a cat, yes, I have owned a cat, 1!!! I don't hate cats, I don't like seeing people being mean to cats..I've had a lot of bad experiences with them..It doesn't matter to me at all, if you have your cats declawed or not..but, as far as saying a dog can live with one eye, yes this is very true, and a cat can live without its claws..

Originally Posted by hha (Post 1456041)

Like I said, I have nothing against cats, have had dogs all my life..I had a cat, and I had a kitten for one day, unfortuantely, I got up on my anniversary, and the kitten was mangled all over in my front yard..The kitten was never declawed, if she would have been inside the house she would have been..All I did was give an opinion, isn't everyone entitled to their own opinion?

Originally Posted by hha (Post 1455969)

Originally Posted by ItsyBitsy (Post 1457122)

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but when that opinion is advocating unnecessary cruelty, you bet many people will be upset.

To me, you saying "let's declaw all cats because they MIGHT scratch out a dog's eye" is the same as saying "let's de-tooth all dogs because they MIGHT bite other dogs". After all, there are more lethal dog bites reported a year compared to lethal cat scratches...

See how silly that logic is?

Originally Posted by MyFairLacy (Post 1450826)

I don't think telling someone to declaw their adult cats is very good advice. I mean technically the cats could be scratching each others eyes out right? Just because you get a puppy doesn't mean you need to go out and declaw your cat. Anyway, the cat may need them to defend itself from the puppy... I have one declawed and one undeclawed cat so I'm not one of the people that think declawing is cruel, but I think you should avoid declawing if possible. I had my first one declawed because I just thought it was the thing to do and my parents wanted it done (I was 14 when I got her). With my newest one, I just keep her claws trimmed every week - almost to the quick so they are very short. I do suggest keeping the claws clipped so they aren't so sharp - that way the hopefully won't hurt your dog, but I think it's just wrong to declaw a cat just because you brought a dog into your house. That's crazy... And declawing a cat will NOT make them get along better. In fact, my declawed cat HATES Lacy and pretty much everyone else. Lacy chases her and the cat runs and hisses. My younger, undeclawed cat and Lacy get along GREAT! Lacy tries to chase her occasionally but if the cat doesn't feel like putting up with it she just stops and so does Lacy...no fun in chasing if the cat doesn't run. But they'll lay by each other and play some..it's cute.

My advice is to try to train your dog to leave the cats alone and not chase them. But it is very hard to stop them from chasing them...I can't stop Lacy when she gets it in her head to chase the cats. Plus, if the cats were there first they probably won't like the dog and may not ever like the dog. Cats don't really like changes and don't normally like any new animal being added to the household. Some do adjust and are find with new animals eventually and some are never okay with it.