I have the claws taken out then you can't let it go outside which it will eventually likely try to do. It wouldn't be able to defend itself... Ours just goes in and out of the dog door as it pleases and goes to the bathroom outside rooms neighborhood but it knows where the food is... I don't have much of any traffic in our neighborhood here so no worries there...
Not a cat person at all myself but my wife's cat loves the hell out of me...
Good on you though everybody should have a pet they make you live longer...
