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He has come so far since the hoarder and shelter. His coat is like silk, and all of the yellowing is gone. He has lovely ice white to contrast his blue points. He's gained a good pound and we are going to maintain that. He does seem sensitive to certain foods. There have been a couple of flavors...

I am sorry I missed out on the most current research, my bad. Taking them into our homes and caring for them is still a human choice. Maybe they should all be "living off of scraps outside human settlements?" IOW, eating my trash and hunting mice. That's what they chose to do. And really, if...

I do rescue, I do foster. I had 5 foster dogs last year and transported 3 to other rescue organizations. The fact remains that in the beginning animals were domesticated to *serve a human purpose.* It might have been hunting, or vermin control, or just companionship. They didn't come to us and...

Also, I didn't make any sweeping generalizations about people who are against declawing. I did not say "Hey, you, YOU are clearly in bed with PETA". I SAID that it is one more step in advancing the animal rights agenda. In the big picture it IS. I previously stated that the AR people pick...

How funny is it that you totally missed my point? I realize this is PETA's stance and I am against it. I used this to make a point. Nobody needs to own a cat, nobody needs to declaw a cat. All of these things are done because we have CHOICES. We keep animals for our benefit, not theirs.I don't...

My grandmother is DEAD! She adopted the cat when he was a kitten not knowing what his temperament would be like. She unlike many didn't "return" the cat like an unwanted sweater, she instead kept him for the duration of his life. Don't even tell me she was unfit. What an insulting implication...

Where did I say they should be allowed to freely procreate? My point was they would do fine on their own without human intervention. Nobody NEEDS to own a cat for any reason. People do exhaust alternatives. Also, how can you judge a home based solely on whether or not they declaw their cat...

I don't understand why things must be taken to an extreme. Abuse is already outlawed, the line IS drawn. Unfortunately the money usually isn't there to enforce it. I don't consider an elective surgery done under anesthesia with pain management to be abuse. I have elected to have several fatty...

If it helps a cat get adopted I am for it. Everything we do regardless of how long animals have been domesticated is not natural. Feral cat populations would not survive if we had turned them into a creature that needed us. I do have an agenda. It's to retain the right to own animals. I don't...

Taking animals into our homes at it's base is selfish and against their "nature". We lock them indoors, remove their reproductive organs, and feed them from a bag or a can. When they exhibit "normal" behavior for an animal (like biting or scratching) we deem it a problem. We keep animals...

We have 2 declawed cats at the shelter vs about 40 that are not. I have been there a year now and generally people who shell out cash for a declaw place more value on the cat and don't abandon it. The 2 declawed cats we have are missing part of their pads. I watched several old style declaws...

Don't be sorry. When you work at a shelter and see the body piles in the bin from all the euthanasia finding a good home takes priority over retaining claws.

Cats CAN be declawed without cutting the pad in half. That's what I saw recently with a laser. Yeah, it's about a $300 procedure but it doesn't damage toes. "With cosmetic declawing, you use a tiny curved blade to go in and dissect out the claw and the tiny piece of bone. The pad is intact; all...

Treated? Like pressure treated? Should I avoid that sort of wood? Was thinking of going to Lowe's tomorrow and buying the base and posts to make a frame. What is the best kind of wood to get?

After doing a lot of thinking about Boomer's mouthy behavior and hand shyness I decided to give clicker training a shot. We are on day 3. First I just "loaded" the clicker like you would with a dog (click, treat) over and over. Now I have started clicking and treating for any positive...