Elements of these slides

1. Elements of these slides • Slides 2, and 9 have imbedded wave files. • The pictures on slides 6,7,8,9, 10 and 11 are hyperlinks to the product pages. • I timed the animations and transitions of most of the slides for someone who is a slow reader. • The last slide is an imbedded Excel spreadsheet of hyperlinks to the web sites for the products. • I also chose a theme and edited some of the slides to add different or no pictures.

2. Alternatives to Declawing Save our toes!

3. There are many simple methods to stop us cats from scratching things without declawing us • Teach us to use a scratching post • Keep our claws trimmed. • Apply Soft Paws/Claws • Use double sided sticky plastic • Use Motion activated devices • Use Squirt bottles or repellent sprays

4. get me one of these Get me one of these Teach us to use a scratching post It needs to be as tall as my stretched out body If I scratch vertically If I scratch horizontally Too short, I won’t use it! Don’t get me a hanging scratcher It moves away from me, so, I won’t use it!

5. I am not going to use that scratching post! You still have options

6. Keep our claws trimmed. Be careful, don’t cut the pink sensitive part Gently push my nail out Scissors type, The most common cat nail trimmer Human toe nail trimmers Guillotine type nail trimmer for more details on trimming and trimmers, click on pictures

7. Soft Paws/Clawsvinyl nail caps Easy to apply and maintain Fun and pretty click on the pictures to go to Softpaws.com

8. Double sided sticky plastic Sticky Paws and Paws Away Two sided sticky plastic Apply where you do not want us to scratch. We hate the sticky feel on our paws. for more information, click on sticky pictures

9. Motion activated devices We can be sneaky. These catch us when you can’t SSScat squirts a harmless liquid Cat Scram Emits an ultrasonic sound Tattle Tale emits a 3 second alarm for more information, click on device pictures

10. Spray bottle’s and repellent sprays The Squirt Bottle Unless you have furniture that can use one of these, we will just wait until you are gone then scratch away Chemical scent sprays These work, BUT, you won’t like the smell either so they are also People Repellents for more information, click on the bottles

11. Important words • Please do not mutilate me • To declaw means to amputate the first joint of my toe. • I need my claws and my toes The toe is amputated here Click on foot for more information on Declawing

12. Here they are,all the Links, in one place Press Escape to end show