damn i always get a buzz kill every time i hear declawed

This is amazing, but I'm not so sure about the declawing. Where I live, in the UK, it's illegal and classed as animal abuse and I think rightfully so, it's not right to remove an animal's claws for any reason, it should be illegal worldwide.

THIS IS GENIUS!!! Kitties get outdoor time, which they naturally crave, and the safety they need to do it. Declawed or not this is great for any cat!!

Very well done! Happy, safe kitties.

This is amazing!! Great job!! Love it!!

This is amazing!!

I made my cats a catio like yours they love it alot. Yours looks a lot better than mine.

The cats may enjoy a couple of hammocks in there. I love the idea and the way you did the enclosure.

Love it! Was looking for ideas to use the already existing deck to extend to the grassy area to have our lil Bella safe when she is outside and we are not home. Pretty cool! We already have lots of the wood lying around in the house and the tools, so it should cost less for us.

Nice job!

this is awesome! you don't have to worry about your cat getting lost.

Great Job ...

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I’m glad you protect your kitties , as long as they are all spayed and neutered saves lives , what state are you in ? I love all that greenery , I’m in NM , I built a court yard for all my rescues and want to build a ramp from my upstairs room to the court yard so they can go down and by pass the rest of the house were the big dogs are .. I just rescued a momma and her kittens , just got momma fixed and soon her kittens when they are ready , they are in our Air conditioned big RV , they are so happy to be loved and fed well , I’ll be adding them to the clan in the house , I’ll have territories for them so they all Live harmoniously and have a safe enclosed courtyard to go in , tried to make it jungle like .. not easy with our climate here , you have that perfect climate for a mini cat jungle ,

Its wonderful that u are clearly trying to do the very best for your cats, & u should be congratulated for that! Pls keep that in mind as I make my next comment in hope yourself & others will reconsider the very sad acceptibility some in USA have (thru lack of knowledge) of declawing cats. I'm sure you're totally unaware that it is illegal in most modern civilized nations because its proven & considered to be a very harmful, cruel & inhumane practice by all veterinarians in these nations. Sadly it seems that USA culture accepts it just like footbinding used to be accepted in China because its become its cultural 'norm' so people assume it must be ok & 'normal' because its done commonly around about them. PLEASE do some reading up about this subject in regards how harmful & stressful this is to every cat. I suggest you read what non-USA vets say because if the vets in USA declaw cats & havent stopped it happening then they too are very ignorant on this matter & have clearly just accepted it also without questioning it. Read why it is illegal in Australia & so many other nations! To yourself & any other readers from USA I'm sure u are unaware of this if U have declawed your cats, but I'm hoping this comment will cause a few more ppl to do the research of unbiased knowledgable experts on this subject & will result in more cats being saved from this unnecessary suffering & lifetime stress. My two cats were shocking at scratching my furniture when they were kittens because I didnt have a cat scratcher at that time, because all seven of my previous cats throughout my life were outdoor cats & never once scratched the furniture because they were relaxed, happy & fulfilled instead of bored & stressed like my 2 latest cats who have to mostly remain indoors (unless outdoors on a harness & leash) because I cannot yet afford a large outdoor enclosure for them to run around in. But when I finally provided a good cat scratching post right next to the sofa where they especially like to scratch it, & I rewarded them for using it, they learned within a week to never scratch my sofa again. (And one of my cats is nicknamed "The Psycho Cat" because he's very highly strung, hyperactive, doesnt care less about being in trouble, & has some serious issues that I've never experienced in a cat b4, so he'd have to be one of the hardest cats to ever have to teach anything to!) Because my 2 indoor cats had already totally destroyed my sofa with their claws, I finally cheaply built a large scratching post 3 days b4 my new sofa arrived. I'd prepared to need to squirt them with water if they went to scratch my new sofa, but after rewarding them the 1st day each time they'd used the new post one cat only tried to scratch the sofa again approx once per day for a couple of days & the other cats only tried about 6 times over the 1st week, which they quickly stopped doing completely after that. I'd say a loud angry "NO" & then I again carried them to the new post & I scratched it with my fingers & then played with them directly in relation to the scratching post by getting hand-held toys they love to chase & I hung & wiggled those toys on & around the post. To catch the toys (pieces of shredded cloth & feathers on elastic string) they had to claw at & reach up the post to access those toys & they associated the post with everything good, so they immediately loved that scratching post & stopped scratching the sofa totally almost immediately though they'd been using the sofa as their scratching post their whole lives until then (over a year, because I'd been too unwell to build one & I couldnt afford to buy one at that time, & my original sofa was already old & stained so I wasnt too worried when I learned that indoor cats scratch excessively at furniture because of boredom on top of their natural NEED to do so, but I was shocked to see how quickly & severely they'd ripped my sofa up in numerous places. I covered my new sofas with blankets when they arrived but I was able to remove the blankets after 2 weeks because they hadnt tried at all to scratch the sofa after the 1st week, & hadnt tried many times in the 1st week. So any & every cat can very quickly learn not to scratch furniture etc without suffering the extreme stress of having been declawed for the rest of their lives. If you've kindly read all of this & been willing to consider that there's possibly truth in what I'm saying & that you are willing to check it out for yourself I'd really appreciate that! God bless you for clearly wanting to do the best for your cats!!!!

THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Great job, I would love to make something like this for my little dog, so she could go out by herself and not go into the street, can’t fence in the yard, but this would work well for her. She would be safe from Nieghbor dogs. Thanks for posting. M. 🐾🐕

Awesome love it ,

What kind of wire is the tunnel made of? What gauge wire is it? Thanks. .. love it!!!

This is way too confining 😞 you should order the Catnets from Australia. I just enclosed 27 ft by 40 ft square area huge area, and it only cost me about 500

Declawing is basically cutting the tips of you cats fingers off. This can cause many problems. A big one is the litter can really hurt there paws now and they can't cover there business also. They make claw covers for cat nails. Plz don't declaw cats I don't think you would like it if someone cut the tips off of all your fingers.

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did you end up building by the fence!?!? Is there a second part to this video? Keep up the great work!

i so want to build this!

That's awesome. Very creative. How's the hair cutting business. Are you in the same place?

It's an amazing yard, however I do not want to allow them to run the neighborhood freely because either they will get killed by a car, or a dog, or will be stolen. It is not a cage...it is called a cat tunnel system that they absolutely love. There are several observatories and gathering points where they can hang out under the trees to enjoy the wildlife. It is very safe for them and they are very well taken care of. But thanks for the yard compliment.

HOW TALL & WIDE IS this? We have some big cats. A few are14lbs and one is likely going be about 16lbs when he grows up.. Hopefully he gets adopted but in case he doesn't, we want the tunnels to accommodate him. We wondered how much space they'd need to jog comfortably and turn around. For just walking, they are fine with 8"Wx13"H. but to jog/run, be able to pass one another, and turn around I think we need at least 16" height and 10" width . They can stand upright and turn around that way with less width if there is adequate height. How do you get them out when they don't want to come in even for treats? I figured I'd train the little dogs to flush them out but what do most people do?

Nice enclosure! I just hate that you declawed that cat.

What did you say at 0:39 ? I can't believe my ears.

Outrageous that anyone in this earth would declaw a cat.

Declawing a cat is actually amputating the last joint of each digit.

I assume you know that they took their whole first joint away when they declaw them? there's never a good reason to declaw them, at best put the little nail covers on them before you declaw them. that's just cruel. if you had the doctor explain to you exactly what they were going to do, I don't know how you could have had the surgery done. it's just so so cruel!! All they needed was something to scratch their toes on a couple of tall cat houses

why were they de clawed ?

i will build a cat condo just making a place for my cat to stay as she is being kick out of the house huhu so i will build a space of 12 feet wide and and 20 feet long with extra panel for the extra door that for just encase she get out of the first door she still in the cat condo then later will build some thing that will look like a Hollow rectangle Doughnut with a rectangle center so that she can walk around her cat condo up high kinda hard to explain trying to make things to keep her occupied so she not get stress being out side she kinda wired in that way only like to be in side the house in the 1 room and dose not like any other room in the house she will have to get use to living in her cat condo

I'm hoping you got them declawed. I can't imagine someone doing this for their cats who would also declaw them.

My family has a declawed cat, but WE didnt declaw them, and the people that did were clueless rich idiots who didnt want the sweet baby clawing up their $2 mil house 😒 point is she didnt say she did it and their other 2 cats werent declawed, and hopefully never will be, so maybe whomever she bought them from did it. But i dunno 🤷‍♀

0:15, awwwe, so that's why they call those long bridges a 'cat walk'! baaudump psshh...

Me pregunto cuanto durara la madera a la interperie

DECLAWED ???!!!

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I don't know that they didn't adopt them and apologize if they did adopt them but it's a practice that leaves the cat defenseless and makes them neurotic and never should be done. I've had 23 cats and feed 12, including 3 of my own and would never consider doing such a thing.

Hate it when people declaw their cats. Not saying Belle did it or hate anyone does it just saying hate to see what the cats goes through just so they don't scratch furniture. If cats knew their owners were to amputate parts of their bodies they would left them and found new owners.

de-Clawed! inhuman!

No directions???

And look up the word sanctuary, it is not a wooden frame with chicken wire and a couple of bits of wood.

Just cruel that you declawed your cats...

WOW, that is awesome! If i had my own property i would build the same thing for my cats! But not cool having your cats declawed. That is very cruel.

What a wonderful job! Keeping my cat in the backyard when I am there is possible too, like you said, but yes, the SECOND we turn our backs.... GONE! It is illegal here and you will be fined if your cat is found in another persons yard. So this is a great option! So WHAT if the cat is declawed.... I grew up in Ohio and that was common practice.... all the cats my gramma and mom had were declawed and were loving and never had behavioral issues but they were always with mom until 10 to 12 weeks.. Out west, kittens are taken from mommy and sibs before 10 to 12 weeks ALL the time and THAT is what causes issues. Lack of training by mom. I never had an issue with biting or peeing until I got kittens out west! Has nothing to do with declawing, sorry people. And no, it is NOT like amputating a finger tip. Look at the anatomy of a cats paw. It would be as if we had a tendon UNDER our nail so we could extend the nail, and that was removed. Not the same. For people to say "you shouldn't own a cat," didn't know WHY a cat had the claws removed. Many cats do just fine without them of course! Just depends on the personality and other factors. The fact that someone took in a cat and it didn't get euthanized.... THAT is to be praised!

dont declaw its terrible, cool pathway though!

A big BOO for declawing the cats. I agree it should be illegal worldwide. It cripples the cat, causes lifelong pain, and leads to serious disability in later years. It's a selfish act as any cat can be trained not to claw furniture. Perhaps they were bored prior to having an outdoor area.

Declawing is cruel. Shame on you.

Kinda small for 4 cats???? You're yard is huge. That's mean.

Poor cat, why do this just walk around around . Why not just put an electric fence? It gave Them the hold yard.

Let them run free! They want to hunt , play in the grass and Climb on trees

I had to laugh about the traffic jam, but then i read in the comments about the declawing... Laughing dissapeared.

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I love your sanctuary. I am hoping those cats being declawed was before you got them as, unless for real medical reasons to benefit the health of the cat it is a cruel practice. Thank goodness in the UK illegal except for those medical reasons. I will never condone anyone declawing for human convenience such as protecting their furniture and I know many do this. Hopefully soon. as in many other countries, the US will make this cruel practice illegal.

declawing is banned here Australia.

I hope you weren’t the one to declaw your cats. Hopefully you rescued them that way. If you did this horrible and cruel surgery then shame on you!

I run a rescue/sanctuary. 4 cats came in declawed and they have all kinds of issues with litter, extra defensive with the other cat's. And think of it. These poor cat's have already gone through a hellish, painful procedure just to then be dumped at the shelter on death row. We shall never adopt them out. This enclosure is horrible. Cat's want to run and jump. This is just a tunnel leading to a cage. Put some effort into it.

Declawing!?! Please tell me the poster of this video didn't indulge or condone this very brutal practice. It's akin to amputation of 1/2 a finger and as a previous commentator (Connor) has noted, it's illegal in the UK and should be the same everywhere.

WTF! Declawing is still allowed?!, cruel and medieval!!!!!

De-clawing your cat, cuts of their knuckles, its fairly uncomfortable and painful. Many cat owners who get their cat(s) declawed haven't done their research and know nothing about what the procedure is.

Declawed!

Declawing cats should be highly illegal.

wtf? with that amazing yard you have them in a cage? seriously?

DECLAWED! Shame on you!

No DECLAWING

De-clawed......WTF this is incredibly cruel and illegal in most European countries. You totally ruined this video with this information. 💩💩💩

Declawed? Unheard of in most other countries and impossible to understand why the USA would even contemplate such a painful and totally unnecessary procedure.

declawing is the way to go.

I was going to watch this video till I heard about the cruelty of declawing those cats it should be outlawed.Atleast you are letting them be outside in a protected area and all.But please never declaw another cat its morally wrong no matter what anyone tells you ever.

It is so evil to declaw an animal

Don't declaw and just let your cats outside. Ffs. What is wrong with you people? If you have the need to cut off part of your animals paws then don't get that animal for a pet just to suit YOUR needs. Selfish doesn't come close to describing you!

declawing cats is cruel wonder how well you would walk or feed yourself or wipe yourself if your fingers and toes were all cut off at the first knuckle!!! it's abusive and cruel