What other ways are there to deal with this?

Not quite the same thing but I understand your point. Hi btw :))

@JustMeAndYou77:
And a great morning to you also!!! Yeah, it is. I was working to become a vet, that's what I used my G.I. Bill for, schooling. I was in for 4 years. And seen it done a lot. That is exactly what they do. They take off the two knuckles. It's a personal choice, but you might want to look it up, as it also will affect the abilitys of the foot placement, such as their jumping, and their fun time.

mk.... I will discuss all of this with the vet. Thank you....:)

There are things u can put on the furniture to discourage the cat google safe alternatives to declawing and my vet who i had for eeyore and horus was againstthis procedure and basicaly described what the the pperson did above and he refused to doit not my idea my dad asked about and found out that it was horrid and changed his mind. There also caps for the claws wejust used paitence and redirection bringing him to post etc this might sound mean but before i would do that to a cat i d rather give it to another home jmo

Please consider an alternative to declawing. The way the procedure is done is they remove the claw by taking the first knuckle off of the toe. Declawing is actually an amputation of the last joint of your cat's "toes". Does not sound like something I would want to go through. It is even illegal in many European countries. Have you looked into claw caps? They are cheap and a lot less invasive to the cat. You can do a quick search on Google, like I did, and find many sources like this one softpaws.com

ok, thanks

Yes, witchgoddess just mentioned the caps. I will check that out too :)