[blparent] blparent Digest, Vol 89, Issue 8

[Robert Shelton]

This may be because we live where there are coyotes and raccoons, but I'd
never declaw a cat.  If the child and cat can't learn to get along, then you
don't want the cat.  Also, a cat scratch can be a learning experience for a
child who might be a little too aggressive (as they all are at first).
We've had dogs and cats for many years, and they always seem to work out
some kind of truce without any help from us.  The only tricky part is
socializing the kitty to humans, and in some cases, socializing the humans
to a kitty.

I'm really not a cat person either, but a good cat is a wonderful pet.  The
one we have now is Linda's exclusively -- the cat will have nothing to do
with me or any human other than Linda, but Macy has saved Linda's life.
Linda is a brittle diabetic, and the cat can sense when she's about to have
an insulin reaction.  It is the only circumstance when Macy will have
anything to do with me.  It's almost like the classic "Timmy's in the well"
scene from the old Lassie series.

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