I personally wouldn't have it done. Lacy has the LOUDEST, high-pitched bark and sometimes she just barks, barks, barks. But I would never consider having that procedure done. In fact, most vets won't even do it anymore because they consider it cruel. When I am a vet, I will never do that procedure.
I've heard of some instances where it was a person's very last resort...the dog just couldn't be trained, nothing was working...and it was supposedly the only way they could keep the dog. As long as its a last resort, I guess I'd rather see the dog go through this procedure and get to stay with its owner rather than being rehomed. But it's a hard one for me...the throat is so sensitive...that surgery is so painful for them. And the scar tissue can really interfere with intubation if the dog ever needs surgery.
It's something I would never have done to my dogs, and it's a surgery I will not do. I just really don't agree with it. I think there are other things an owner could do before surgery...like move somewhere else so people can't complain.
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