 barking
This is very unfair...Please stop blaming the show breeder for something very few do..and it is the commerical breeders, millers with a ton of dogs who debark. I had a few pets I groomed who were debarked..owners lives in condo's and apts.
Dogs bark at dogs shows...you should go to a Specialty and listen to a bunch of rascals penned next to each other..BUT When you are grooming or ready to enter the ring, most do not bark, they are well adjusted to people and noise...there are NO points off for a barking..My Chopper cocked his leg on the table, barked at the judge and he still got the major in Ohio some years ago.
I do not think most realize how socialized most show dogs are..they are so used to traveling, new people, hotels..they do not bark at everything that moves like some pets who are home most of the time..Kate has barked about 5 times in 10 months of her life. She gets excited, licks and kisses you, but finds no reason to bark for attention. |