I’ve learned from past experience that de-clawing cats often render them psychologically useless.
When I purchased my cat from the Humane Society, he was nearly a year old and I decided to let him keep his claws even though he’s purely a house cat. I clip his claws frequently and he seems to like it. He purrs. I clip. Not all cats are like Sawyer. I’m certain that as a stray kitten, he was raised by a dog. The result includes several dog traits like licking anything and everything, playing fetch, and barking (OK, I made that last one up). But he is very dog-like.
And loyal.
I think he knows I could have had him de-clawed, but chose not to and for that he likes me…for that and also because I feed him.
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