Yeah, I've been trying to resist contributing turning this into anti-declawing thread, but it really bugs me... a lot... sorry :(
Seriously, I'd rather buy a new couch then have my babies fingernails cut off or pulled :(   my kitties are more important then a piece of furniture.

Just think of it this way... how much anguish do we experience over a loss of a beloved pet?
How much anguish do we experience over a loss of a couch?  (I never heard anyone say.. I lost my beloved couch... usually it's more like, it's time to toss this smelly worn out thing out)

New couches and little scratches just go with the cat ownership, just like chewed up shoes go with dog ownership. Makes it for a good excuse to 'refresh' house furniture.
Pleeez, don't declaw your kitties!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just because kitties or puppies, or any animals really, can't verbalize to us that something hurts or bothers them, it doesn't mean it doesn't bother them. It just means that us people are clueless about reading what bothers them!!!! Remember, they are little hunters, they evolved to be good at 'not showing' pain. It doesn't mean they don't experience it.
They just end up suffering in silence.  :(((((

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