Ahem. A dog is a dog. A dog barks. If a may be so blunt, if you didnt want a dog that barks, may i suggest a stuffed one?
Ive been around debarked shelties. IT IS TERRIBLE. The dog can still make little barking sounds. It is so strained because he WANTS to bark, but he cant. Its like a person that has lost there voice. They bcome frustrated. You are taking away a big way of how your dog communicates when you debark a dog.
Its like declawing a cat. Which i am 100 % against. You get a cat, a cat has claws. Cats scratch, its a well known fact. If you didnt want a cat with claws, that will scratch things, get a stuffed one. (FYI, declawing a cat is a MAJOR amputation, taking part of the cats toes, and the human equivilant would be chopping your fingers off at the knuckle, many cats will not use a litter box after wards. Or jump. Or get on any high surfaces, it effects balance. Which i know is off topic, but declawing a cat is animal cruelty, and so is de barking, an animal.)
how would you like to have your voice box removed?
