I’ve always clipped my cat’s claws. I start when they’re kittens, they learn to accept it.
Our cat, always inside, contracted FIP, and we finally had to have him put down. I think my husband would like another cat, but he’s not keen on declawing, so if it did get out, it could defend itself. Though our old cat could make mincemeat out of our minidachsund, and us, without claws. He was kind of a cranky cat. But I don’t want my furniture ruined. If you clip their nails, can they stil claw the furniture?