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Originally Posted by Etoille  sharmai theres no reason to do the back claws. even my cats that have been declawed in the past theyve always been front only. (my kitten will be keeping all of his this time around but hes aces at letting me trim his with a nail clipper) |
Oh I didn't have nor ever intended to have the back claws done. Only the front claws because they wouldn't stop shredding everything I had. I bought the posts, shredding cardboard, about a dozen toys and they always went back to carpet edges, toilet paper (on the rare chance I forgot to close the bathroom door), sides of couches, the underside and sides of kitchen table chairs when now have gaping holes in them. Yes I tried the spray bottle and repellent method neither worked. I even put blankets of stuff and they tore holes in the blankets.
They still have their back claws though. Since the de-clawing I can actually look at getting nice furniture! It was necessary for me. I even bought those plastic tipped capped things and tried those and they would fall off or still scratch through stuff. Some people have the best pets that instantly train well and others need more work and still rare some have those pets which are just smart and evil little devils. Hell my female cat can open closed doors and closets. I haven't figured out how yet but she can and she won't do it when I'm around.
Now I am looking for the most humane way to teach my gf's dog how to pee and poop and the right place and it looks like 500$ lessons are the next thing I'll have to try...