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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 573863" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I completely agree that for the most part having an outside animal is in no way cruel. As long as the change isn't very sudden and abrupt, making Bruce an outside only cat would be doable and not cruel. The dog I grew up with was almost 100% an outside dog. When we got her, the vet told us to make a choice and stick with it. He said half in and half out would not be healthy, but either having her outside except for some family time each day inside or having her inside except to go out to potty would be fine. Dad built her dog house and it actually would get too hot in the winter and she would end up going outside her house because that. It had more insulation on each side incl top and bottom than my first house had. When we moved and had the file from the old vet, the new vet kept insisting we had the wrong year because she simply could NOT be as old as her paperwork. When that vet retired and we changed vets? Same thing. At age 14 the vet kept insisting that she couldn't be older than 10 at the oldest. We feel it was largely due to being consistent with her as an outside dog rather than going back and forth. she actually didn't like being inside for long periods. Even in the bitter cold she wanted to go outside after an hour or so. She was about the happiest dog you could run across right up to the end. Not real smart, but very happy. She had too much of her momma in her to be very smart. </p><p></p><p>I hope that Bruce gets his head turned around, and starts to use the box with the new litter. When you pick up the Kroger, start off mixing about half the old, or whatever he is starting to use now, and half the new, rather than going cold turkey from one to the other. It can minimize the problems.</p><p></p><p>I hate declawing. in my opinion it is cruel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 573863, member: 1233"] I completely agree that for the most part having an outside animal is in no way cruel. As long as the change isn't very sudden and abrupt, making Bruce an outside only cat would be doable and not cruel. The dog I grew up with was almost 100% an outside dog. When we got her, the vet told us to make a choice and stick with it. He said half in and half out would not be healthy, but either having her outside except for some family time each day inside or having her inside except to go out to potty would be fine. Dad built her dog house and it actually would get too hot in the winter and she would end up going outside her house because that. It had more insulation on each side incl top and bottom than my first house had. When we moved and had the file from the old vet, the new vet kept insisting we had the wrong year because she simply could NOT be as old as her paperwork. When that vet retired and we changed vets? Same thing. At age 14 the vet kept insisting that she couldn't be older than 10 at the oldest. We feel it was largely due to being consistent with her as an outside dog rather than going back and forth. she actually didn't like being inside for long periods. Even in the bitter cold she wanted to go outside after an hour or so. She was about the happiest dog you could run across right up to the end. Not real smart, but very happy. She had too much of her momma in her to be very smart. I hope that Bruce gets his head turned around, and starts to use the box with the new litter. When you pick up the Kroger, start off mixing about half the old, or whatever he is starting to use now, and half the new, rather than going cold turkey from one to the other. It can minimize the problems. I hate declawing. in my opinion it is cruel. [/QUOTE]
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