slothrop@lemmy.ca to Dogs@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoOntario could ban declawing cats, debarking dogs under new regulations | CBC Newswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 days agoDeclawing cats is at least an understandable urge, people just don’t realize how harmful it is if they don’t know. But debarking dogs? What the fuck?
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·4 days agoThere’s no reason to declaw cats. Clip the claws to blunt the points, switch claw-tempting furniture for less satisfying styles and provide a good scratching/climbing piece, or realize you’re not an adequate person to have a cat.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoYes I totally agree. But I get why people my think of doing it. They think they’re just nails, when it’s more like removing part of a finger. That’s all I was trying to get across.
Declawing cats is at least an understandable urge, people just don’t realize how harmful it is if they don’t know.
But debarking dogs? What the fuck?
There’s no reason to declaw cats. Clip the claws to blunt the points, switch claw-tempting furniture for less satisfying styles and provide a good scratching/climbing piece, or realize you’re not an adequate person to have a cat.
Yes I totally agree. But I get why people my think of doing it. They think they’re just nails, when it’s more like removing part of a finger.
That’s all I was trying to get across.