Sentences with phrase «discourage declawing»

We discourage declawing kittens as we feel the scratching / clawing problem will diminish with maturity and training.

Increasingly, organized veterinary medicine discourages declaw (Onychectomy), and increasingly some individual veterinarian refuse under any circumstances to declaw.

Keeping such a rare treasure indoors, neutering or spaying, and providing acceptable surfaces (e.g. scratching posts) for the natural behavior of scratching (CFA discourages declawing or tendonectomy surgery) are essential elements for maintaining a healthy, long, and joyful life.

I applaud my colleagues in Canada for this statement, and hope we'll soon see a similar toughening of the American Veterinary Medical Association's stance, which weakly discourages declawing but stops well short of opposing the practice.

Not exact matches

The reasons for people declawing a cat vary from discouraging unwanted scratching to preventing infections in those with immune deficiencies.

Landlords would also not have been able to give preferential treatment to tenants with declawed or debarked animals or advertise in a manner designed to discourage applicants with animals that have not been declawed or devocalized.

UVMA discourages «cosmetic» elective surgeries such as ear cropping, tail docking, declawing, and dewclaw removal, but does provide these services on a limited basis for regular clients after consultation with a doctor.