NEVER ...unless I was totally at risk of losing a dog to excessive barking where I live...had no other means of keeping him/her and ONLY under a doctors supervision - but.. I'd flat out move before ever resorting to that.
I do know for some people it's a means to an end but to me it seems cruel and takes away their special language....I won't even get into how the Puppy Mills debark their dogs - it's HORRIBLE |