Originally posted by lildemon72
"I disagree, a home which demands declawing before homing a cat is not a good home but a narrow minded OR uneducated one."

I kind of resent that coment, I have 5 cat children, and when I got them declawed, it was not because I was narrow minded or uneducated. I knew what they were going to do. I really didn't have a whole lot of choices. [/B]
The defination of narrow-minded is
not willing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own:
You declawed your cats as you could not accept that there was alternatives ideas or training methods, as you said 'I really didn't have a whole lot of choices.' That is a classic defination of narrowed minded, being closed minded to new ideas like owning a clawed cat.

This is not an insult just a description of your situation/attitude

BTW neither is uneducated an insult either, the actual defination is...

having received little or no education
Certainly this does not apply to you as you say you 'knew what they were going to do'

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BTW if you want to show how open minded you are, post for help when you adopt your next cat (as there is always another cat )

We can help you train him/her though the nawtee kitten stage between 4 months and a year.

Once a cat gets to be a year old, they all calm down and start behaving very well regarding scratching etc.

Sadly those cat owners who declaw at the six month stage would never see the natural way a clawed cat calms down as they mature.