I have to say I agree with all the others. I would rather re-home a dog rather that do that surgery. I saw a special about the lady who writes children's books about her dog and she found the little dog in a box. He had a broken back and had been made barkless with surgery. The little thing went through the motions of barking-just didn't make a sound. I also met a dog that had been used in very painful research - the people who were doing the research had used surgery to make him barkless so he couldn't scream. Finally after they were finished with him my friend persuaded them to let her have him rather than kill him. Seeing him barking and not making a sound broke my heart. I feel if you did this once you saw what it did to him you would be sorry. |