yesterday because I was glued to my tv watching the survivor marathon. I have noticed several threads like the one that offended you. there is one in the behavior section called 'my cat hates me' where someone posted about a problem, mentioned declawing their cat and got an immediate and negative reaction (for the most part). I'm sad to say that the girl who posted (i think her name was mandyred) has never posted again. there are alot of caring individuals here at this site, and she will never know that.
whenever I see a thread that talks about declawing I stay away from it and don't post. I disagree with declawing & didn't have my little girls declawed, but I don't feel that attacking someone has much effect, especially when the damage has been done. 9 times out of 10 when you come out swinging, the person whom you are trying to make a point with, shuts down and does not recieve the information you are trying to give. you wouldn't yell at a child when they do something wrong (or at least I hope you wouldn't) and you are trying to teach them the right thing.
one of the first posts I read when I got here was another thread on declawing where someone posted about a problem, mentioned that their cat was declawed, and they got pummelled. they responded back in the defense and again promptly left. I have never seen them post again.
Again let me state that I am opposed to declawing. I DO NOT condone it. I will NOT declaw my cats, but I believe that we can educate with out attacking.
whenever I see a thread that talks about declawing I stay away from it and don't post. I disagree with declawing & didn't have my little girls declawed, but I don't feel that attacking someone has much effect, especially when the damage has been done. 9 times out of 10 when you come out swinging, the person whom you are trying to make a point with, shuts down and does not recieve the information you are trying to give. you wouldn't yell at a child when they do something wrong (or at least I hope you wouldn't) and you are trying to teach them the right thing.
one of the first posts I read when I got here was another thread on declawing where someone posted about a problem, mentioned that their cat was declawed, and they got pummelled. they responded back in the defense and again promptly left. I have never seen them post again.
Again let me state that I am opposed to declawing. I DO NOT condone it. I will NOT declaw my cats, but I believe that we can educate with out attacking.