Hi all,

I have chosen not to declaw Cassy and Livvy because I believe it would be cruel for them. However (here comes the unpopular part) my doctor is pushing for me to get it done. I don't believe either of them have ever hurt me on purpose, but accidently about once or twice a month I do get scratched, several times a year it's a bad scratch. I'm on medicine that makes it hard for my blood to clot and have a couple conditions that make me very slow to heal. Usually bad scratches put my health in a tailspin, as though the energy for healing that is sapping from my other conditions. Like I say, my doctor is pushing me to get the kids declawed or rehomed. I've had friends with more advanced cases who have decided they would be better off to declaw their darling vice losing them or developing worse complications for their own health. I don't believe it's simply a matter of valueing 'things over flesh and blood', there can be other considerations as well.

I wonder if I could get Wolflady to teach me how to get SoftPaws on my kids? No scratches, however accidental, would be heavenly...