Household Pets category can have different rules in different places. And it’s often the judge questioning the owner about their care of the pet. So if the owner can explain that she was declawed when they adopted her, it might not be a disqualification.
I had thought about real-life-Sophie’s people a few days ago and then forgot to comment about it. Purrs and head bumps to Sophie’s family if they read these comments, and hopefully Georgia will pass that on if they don’t read them.
I can’t tell if you’re being snarky or not. But what you say is only true if you have been as clueless as these people. I think if you read here a lot, you can’t have been.
This must be some definition of ‘unprovoked’ with which I was not previously familiar.