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Originally Posted by GeorgiesMomma I wouldn't take away Georgie's bark that's his form of communication. I tell him to bark sometimes when I say talk to Momma tell me how your day was and he barks and whines to me  My Aunt had a dog when I was a kid and he barked a lot, well the neighbors complained so much she got him debarked and then 2 months later the a**holes moved! |
That is horrible!!
I would be so extremely POed, if that was me! Another reason not to debark because of complaints from someone about her dog!
We visited a sheep farm with a school group trip a few weeks ago. This lady raised ducks, sheep, garden, flowers, etc. She has a "guard" donkey that actually helps with the sheep and two German Shepards. She lives in the middle of no where (really - farther out in the sticks than I live). Anyway, she had a "neighbor" that complained about her dogs roaming around all the time. This neighbor knew the dogs and where they belonged, knew they were friendly and even fed the dogs when they came around (no wonder why they wondered to her house). Anyway, this neighbor decided that this was a nuisance and filed complaints, police were involved on numerous ocassions, etc. Did this lady give up her pets? NO! Even after all the complaints, the harrassing calls, the frequent police visits, etc. she kept her beloved pets. She spent tons of money on installing a massive iron fence around their land (all of it), installed an electronic gate with camera and intercom, etc. - Just to please her neighbor and to safeguard her pets from harm. After all of this (the time, the money spent, the stress) the neighbors moved. Imagine if she had given up her pets and then the neighbors moved? You know she woudl have been devastated!
Getting to the point, I think some people complain just to have something to complain about and do. Maybe its a mental thing? I don't know? So, I would NEVER give up or DEBARK my beloved pet because of someone complaining!
I have lived in the country all my life. I have heard every kind of dog barking about something and barking at all hours of the day - ever sit through days and nights of a coonhound that is on the trail of something, that is tough, but that is part of living in the country! You learn to deal with it! Why complain? This dog is doing what it is bred and trained to do. Just as any household dog is trained and bred to bark to alert and communicate with its owner. Just as Yorkies are considered "yappers" - if you don't want to deal with barking or someone complaining about your dog barking, maybe the answer is don't get a dog?! I don't know? All dogs are different though, so you never know how they will turn out? I wonder if it is their history, their owners, their training? I don't know?
To be honest, I would rather listen to a barking/howling dog any day over the constant mowing of the cattle in the field or the buzzing of the flies or bumble bees or the rooster across the way that crows at all hours of the day and night or the guy on the other road that is always mowing, working on his tractor or car at all hours of the day and night. Or dealing with the "run away" donkey from a near by farm, that eats my plants and flowers, craps in the yard, brings more flies around and drives the dogs nuts!
Okay, sorry for another long post. I guess we all have different views of what we can handle before it becomes annoying. I think I will ask my vet about debarking and the pros/cons and what she thinks about it.