Allow me to Intoroduce Mahself!

HELLO!
I'm Gail.
THIS is Isabella (Izzy)

This little tyrant came to be with me here about a month ago.
She was born in a parking lot and was rescued by a truck driver with her brothers and sisters and brought to Indiana where she spent her first 3 months on a farm with LOTS of other kittys and puppys and childrens.
My mother knew I was looking for a kitten and when she heard this story from a small shop owner she had to see the furry little floof balls.
Izzy was the first one she saw and the one she ended up going home with.
Izzy enjoyed playing with the family dog Rusty (I called him Crusty) and chasing my grandmother's elder cat around the house.
I moved to Virginia to live with my Hubby-to-be and my parents brought her to me when they came to visit.
Izzy is fully declawed front and back and is Neutered.
She is very tiny and LOVES to play fetch.
She was very shy when we first got her but now she has no qualms about bounding across our bed at 2 am!
Alas, I already love her.
She has truly stolen our hearts!

Where I am from, all indoor cats are declawed either all 4 paws or just the front ones.
Here in Virginia where i live its required by all apartment leases.
In fact as far as i can remember every cat i have ever had has been declawed.
The vet we take them to is very very good and they always heal ahead of schedule.
Izzy's feet are just fine.
She has no sore toes or anything like that, I play with them allt the time.
She will never go outside without a harness and lead or in a crate.
Her domain is our apartment and she does just fine.
She thunders through it at 2 am just like any normal hyper-active cat.
She gets her toys out of tight spaces with no problems.
She is a normal cat.
Caleb and I plan on having children within the next 2 years and I know I will not have to worry about her accidentaly scratching the baby.
And despite popular belief most cats dont get 'BITEY' when they are declawed.
Its all in how you RAISE and TRAIN your cat.
YES YOUR CATS CAN BE TRAINED!!!!
My Izzy is just 6 months old and she plays fetch, comes when she is called, knows what 'NO' means, holds still while i put her harness on her, and when we 'shush' her she quiets down.
6 MONTHS PEOPLE!!!
ALL pets can be trained, even old dogs can be taught new tricks.
It takes time and patience and a bit of presuasion in the form of rewards.
Its not just an animal, its not just a pet, they are CHILDREN.
If your cat pees in your house, rub their nose in it every time they do it.
it will stop.
Action - Reaction.
LIFE
You learned that way.
Why cant they?
We all adapt.
Ever thought about cats who have 3 leggs?
How about neutering and spaying our cats?
Your taking a mother's chance to be a mother away right?
WRONG.
you are preventing thousands of kittens and cats from being destroyed every day.
THINK!!!!
Its why you have a brain!

I am very dissapointed in this site.
It seems you either have a cold heartless welcome or you think that i'm some political agent and you need to protest.
I am a person entitled to my own opinions and I have not forced any of them upon you.
This is my pet and my responsibility.
I never realised that INTRODUCING myself would make so many of you so hatefull and so spitefull.
I think i'm going to remove my account from this site...
I just wanted some advice, not to be bitched at.
You all make me sick really....