Venus Cat のインスタグラム(venustwofacecat) - 7月24日 06時20分

This is my youngest son. He was bitten by a neighbor’s dog back in 2013 when we lived in Florida. My neighbor was advising us that the dog was snippy if you got too close to his face but before he could finish his sentence, my dog loving son who was 4 at the time leaned over for a pup smooch as he often did with our dog Halo & this was the result. My son’s feelings were hurting more than the bite. He was not traumatized, went right on interacting with dogs with as much love as before & everything healed nicely with minimal scaring. The dog was up to date on shots & it was an accident. I don’t want to potentially give any breeds a bad rap by naming the breed but, I’ll tell you it was a full grown adult weighing about 15-20lbs.
Last night I shared a post about the declaw ban in New York & saw some comments from people defending the practice of declawing for fear of furniture getting ruined or a fellow pet or family member getting scratched.
I believe we need to open up this topic so both sides can represent their argument (respectfully please), possibly understand things from a different perspective, & maybe learn something they didn’t know before. I don’t think we have to be rude to get our point across. I feel one of our biggest challenges is changing the mentality & perspective that here in the US has been accepted as a solution to items, people, & other pets getting scratched.
The best comparison I thought of immediately is why people see declawing a cat an acceptable option to alleviate those fears but wouldn’t feel it’s acceptable to file down or pull the teeth of dogs to alleviate items getting chewed or the people or other pets they could bite. My dog has caused more damage (floors in Florida house, table legs, and even many walls and door casings) with her teeth then all my cats’ claws combined &, they’ve never sent anyone to urgent care as my neighbor’s dog did... BUT, I would never think “just remove those teeth.” Instead we accept it or find a workaround like training, nail trimming, chew toys, and things ok to scratch on. That’s what we’re trying to convey. Feel free to discuss but please be respectful so we can work together on solutions. Thanks! 😺🐾

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mas_asana_porfavor Wow, your son is a brave little boy!! 👏🏼 I am so glad he’s not traumatized and is still able to love dogs 💜. And I cannot THANK YOU enough for defending the declaw ban!!! I am a mom to five cats with whom I’m obsessed and whose claws I’d never dream of removing (and it’s not just claws that get removed, it’s the first part of the toe that is amputated, which I’m sure you know!). A week and a half ago I happened to take in a stay cat who was declawed. I’d never seen declawed paws up close in real life before. It was absolutely devastating to me! The poor kitty is just mutilated and still has the urge to scratch 😭. I don’t like it when my cats scratch furniture but to me their lives and their >>whole<< bodies are worth more than any piece of furniture. Please, people, have compassion for animals and do not have a cat if you cannot handle the fact that they come with claws (which are retractable anyway and are most often used for climbing and healthy scratching to remove loose claw sheaths). 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

toriae94 Here’s some additional comments why declawing is not good for you or your cat... 1. Cats are very territorial animals. They leave scents with their glands and in their paws and face. When u take away their ability to scratch and claw, then they will not be able to mark their scent. Therefore they will find other means for marking..... that’s right ur cat will be more susceptible to SPRAYING! ??☠️ Spraying is another form of marking their territory.. doesn’t do any good too “save your furniture” if you have to rip it all up once the feline has sprayed all over. 2. I understand some cats are really hard to work with to try to not scratch your things.. however.... it’s all about PROPER TRAINING! Just like puppies who need some training not to chew on things or not to jump on people.. cats need training 2! If you are concerned about not being able to get through to your cat, talk about options with your vet, cat community, and cat specialists! #dontdeclawyourcat #knowthefacts #catcommunity

lynneguarini I’m totally against declawing in every way. It’s a cats natural defense mechanism. There are ways to effectively cut down on furniture/scratches that don’t involve breaking the cats knuckle and permanently taking away the cats natural ability to defend itself. This not only can cause physiological problems for the cat such as permanent arthritis in the bones (I.e., ALWAYS in pain, painful to walk) and creates and even more irritable, less personable cat. We are meant to live WITH animals, not change them aesthetically to please frankly silly desires. I clip my cats nails about every week and a half. I associate her bail clippings with rewards (treats) so she is fairly easy about it. With a gentle approach, healthy cats do not become aggressive and scratch unprovoked. Some people that support declawing maybe should be thinking whether or not a cat is truly the right pet for them.

anakin_bananakinz (I totally agree. Pets will bite/scratch if they feel threatened, even the most laid back of pets. At the end of the day they’re animals and they don’t understand why scratching/biting a child is wrong because they’re just trying to communicate to the human that’s bothering them that they need to back off. They can’t use words like people can so physical defense is all they know, and biting/scratching in defense does not make them a “bad” pet. People should understand those risks before adopting a pet or letting themselves or their children near another persons pet rather than blame the poor animal for doing what it’s instinctively prone to do when defending itself. Training your pets to behave and teaching your kids to respect animals can solve these problems in a much more humane way than immediately declawing or worse, surrendering a perfectly innocent pet.)

_lucky.lucy_ Declawing cats is absolutely detrimental to their health. Claws are a cat’s main defence and as they are not fully domesticated, without them they feel unsafe and are much more likely to bite instead of scratch. Declawing cats include the AMPUTATION of the last bone on each toe and we can liken it to having each finger cut down to the last knuckle. A responsible pet owner would train the cat to use a scratching post instead of your favourite chair instead of putting your pet through something that will cause them great amounts of pain and make them less likely to use items such as litter boxes as after the surgery it can hurt their feet and put them off the boxes even after the wounds have healed. Instead of declawing cats, it is much safer to simply have their claws trimmed every few months instead of having them suffer.

melissaelewis Yrs ago b4 I learned what the procedure actually was, I got a young cat of mine front paw declawed cause I was an apt renter and my other cats had damaged items like wooden stair rails that I was gonna have to pay to repair. HOWEVER...once i learned that it is the removal of the end joint or knuckle of the finger and that it can cause permanent pain and nerve damage and also cause the cat to start to act out aggressively by biting, I was horrified and now preach to anyone who will listen why it's awful to declaw a cat. Breaks my heart cause I had started teaching her how to use a scratcher and she always did so good. She died at 4.5 yrs old from kidney disease that she was born with. But gosh, I wept after I learned and vowed to tell others about how cruel it is. #noonesperfect #learnfromyourmistakes ?????

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