My Chester is declawed, the rest are not. I did not know about soft paws when I got him and he was the worst I had ever seen for scratching on everything. I had just moved into a brand new house with brand new furniture and he was shredding it to pieces. Because he was so bad, my daughter said she couldn't keep him when I go to work unless he was declawed because she had a house full of new furniture too. Now I know about soft paws and use those so my girls have not been declawed.

I do not use the soft paws on Amy though because there are days when she has to depend on them to get around. They ALL have improved a lot since we built that perch with the sisal rope on it and now do most of their clawing and sctrachin on that.... even Chester.