Are you nuts? There are no spikes in that photo. Also, you can see a whole, unmutilated ear on the darker dog. Try to think outside the box and admit that sometimes camera angles make things look completely different than what they are. Relax, and broaden your mind, sister.

Then you need to take a closer look, Im on pc with a good screen and i can clearly see pins on the right side of the collar {Not on top of the collar but in the inside pressing against its neck}, And no ears on both of the dogs, And i know these kind of collars, This is how these collars look like, So you are the one that needs to think out of the box, Not everyone is kind loving and caring with animals, Some people abuse them, And this owner is one of them!

I think they're just wearing chain collars..not prong collars but you can see one dog chained up outside which is awful...the ear cropping is awful and looks like it was done at home..so yeah

Maybe calm yourself down, Angrywolf, it was a misunderstanding

Sorry, I sometimes get to worked up when i see this kind of things.

I see how you got ur name, angrywolf

They had every reason to be angry!

You don't need to apologize! Headless Chicken was wrong! It WASN'T just a "misunderstanding" on QuirkyKittyGirls part. She called you 'nuts', told you to broaden your mind and think outside the box, and called you "sister"!

@Jude Kay, Thank you so much for your kind words Jude Kay, I sometimes don't know how to react because im mildly autistic {and if im wrong or right}, pair that whit being Dutch so English is not my first language, Which makes it hard sometimes to argue/make myself clear without going overboard.

QKG said some pretty rude things for being WRONG!

yeah my dog looks earless sometimes but they are just behind her head

You were rude AND wrong!

Same as those plastic covers for cat claws, I hate them. Buy velvet furniture, none of my cats can get their claws into that, but they love scratching up my fabric covered footstool!

it is?

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I've never seen a declawed cat act like their paws were itching or bothering them.

They heal of course, but it's a sad sight to see how they move following such a procedure. Not sure you can interpret it as anything other than being in significant pain.

NO ONE ever gave humans permission to torture and mutilate other species. Have some empathy.

How would you feel if someone cut the tips of your fingers off.

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I wouldn't feel anything while it was being done. And then after a few days or a couple weeks, I'd be used to it. And that would feel a WHOLE lot better than still being in the shelter, waiting to be euthanized with my claws intact.

A cat's world includes having claws as part of what makes the cat feel like it can defend itself. Cats being both predator and prey, feeling like they can defend themselves is a big thing to take away from them. Sounds like yours adjusted without behavioral problems, for which you and the cat are fortunate. But as well as putting them through significant pain until fully healed (and possibly beyond depending on how the cat compensates due to changes in the cat's gait causing pain elsewhere), you're risking causing mental health issues. It is a big deal. Simply saying "well it's better than death" doesn't make it any less so.

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"... for which you and the cat are fortunate." Were we? I'm sure it happens, but I've never seen a cat suffer long term effects from declawing. Ive looked for some stats but all Im finding is a lot of "may result in" and "sometimes causes". And yes, declawing is definitely, definitely better than death.

It’s cruel. They have claws for a reason. Even if they are indoor, they amount of pain is horrendous. It’s like cutting off the top joint of our fingers because of how deep the claw goes

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The amount of pain? My vet put my cat under anesthesia... is that not the norm?

You can feel pain after the anesthesia wears off you ninny

You ninny 🤣🤣

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Yeah, and then you take pain meds. Now guess what you give to the cat. You get two guesses and the first one doesn't count.

Joh Harrison, shut up. Are you saying if someone asked you if you wanted your fingers cut off, you would say yes? No b***h , you wouldn't. But nobody asks cats. If you get your cat declawed, you don't deserve a cat at all

Yes

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"Are you saying if someone asked you if you wanted your fingers cut off, you would say yes?" If it was that or a 1-in-4 chance at euthanization, I would say yes. Now you answer the same question, and be honest.

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Also: lol @ sHuT uP and yOu nInNy. You guys are something else. 🙃

You're a cruel a$$hole John. Cats never recover from having their first knuckle removed. (It's not just the claws FYI) Many of them are in pain for the rest of their lives or develop behavioral issues. It's absolute brutality to do this to a cat and these days you will have trouble even finding a vet who will do the procedure. I hope to god you never have pets.

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Bad news, Upstaged. Over the course of my life I've had about 7 cats, all of them declawed, all with no problem. Even MORE bad news ... I'm open to the arguments that people are making here, and there's an outside chance that if I keep reading articles on declawing, then I might not do it with my next cat. And THEN you'll have to take that sanctimonious stick out of your a**. How will you satisfy your lust for telling off people who disagree with you THEN?? Horrors!

Here's some more info on the risks I do think you've been fortunate to avoid. "Significant increases in the odds of back pain (odds ratio [OR] 2.9), periuria/perichezia (OR 7.2), biting (OR 4.5) and barbering (OR 3.06) occurred in declawed compared with control cats. Of the 137 declawed cats, 86 (63%) showed radiographic evidence of residual P3 fragments. The odds of back pain (OR 2.66), periuria/perichezia (OR 2.52) and aggression (OR 8.9) were significantly increased in declawed cats with retained P3 fragments compared with those declawed cats without." Pain and adverse behavior in declawed cats - PubMed https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28534655/

Crufts..dog show thing

I'm so glad you fixed that haha. i was over here like WHO IS USING DOG TAILS FOR CRAFTS?!

This was in California, if that helps. I don't know why one would do that to an animal.

I know i need to think sometimes before i start typing, And you are right they are usually blunt, But when worn/pulled long enough they wil dig in to the skin and they can cause serious damage. But yeah i do need to calm down before typing a rant, Im sorry for that.

They are blunt and never round! They look more like a rectangle with two rows of blunt spikes! But maybe I'm too blind ... 🤨! And just maybe there are ears ... or that are Rescues? The tail of the big one is visible!