[DBlain]

I take issue with the article saying that it helps lazy pet owners, I have been faced twice with dogs that barked excessively and often. I tried every method but a bark collar to cure them but nothing worked. 22 years ago I had it done to my first yorkie Reggie. I am not sure I would do it again because the recovery was harder on him than I thought it would be, but in hindsight I don't think the vet gave us enough sedation or pain killers. In well under two weeks he was back to his old self, barking at everything just with not as much volume. After about a week he had no pain and no problem with food for the rest of his life. Yes the bark sounded raspy and yes some people thought it sounded a little like choking, but the sound was not an indication of pain, if your dog is in pain you tend to notice, so that is why I can say once recovered he was not in any. I am not sure if all debarking is done the same, but from what I was told, they took a biopsy size hole in their vocal cords, that is why in time it can come back because it starts to close up.