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Originally Posted by QuickSilver  I have to admit I was pretty horrified when I opened this thread, but then I got to thinking: we breed our dogs artificially, we take away their sex organs, we cut off their tails, we choose when they die... I know this is a very bald way of putting it, but a surgical de-bark doesn't seem out of the question to me.
HOWEVER, like others have said, I would consider it an absolute last resort. Your dog may need his bark someday to let you know he's in trouble, or to tell others that YOU are in trouble. He needs his bark to communicate with other dogs. And from what I have heard, the resulting sounds are really pitiful.
Thor barked inside a lot until I tried pennies in a can. I literally shook it maybe a dozen times, and that was the end of that. Much cheaper, much faster, and much less invasive. |
I was thinking about that too when I first read the thread, but didn't say
anything! lol. However, I don't agree with docking tails either. So, I feel
the same way about both things, lol.