about 28 years ago I had this done to my first yorkie. That was long before the internet and Yorkie Talk. I had a barker that drove the neighbors crazy. I also had a very expensive greedy vet who made light of the operation. He told me "we just take a few
biopsy type punches in is vocal cords that lowers the bark to a whisper". He was right that is what happened but it also sounded like he was choking so anyone that heard his bark would get very worried. But the worst part was how hard the surgery was on my little guy, even though I had plenty of pain meds for him he spent a good week under the bed gulping in pain
. I feel of all the surgeries I have had on any of my dogs this was by far the most traumatic. While I guess in one respect we were happy to not bother the neighbors with his barking the recovery was so heartbreaking we would
never ever consider doing this again. His bark did get stronger as the years passed but was never 100% what happens is the holes they punch in the vocal cords grow closed. What made me think it would be ok, is the vet say, "biopsy type punches" in my mind a small biopsy type snip would be Ok, after all lots of people and animals have biopsies. I never went back to that vet again
