dog debarking?  

yup, i also do think that dogs should not be in that kind of operation. because i can't let my dog have that much pain. like in a surgery. .i am sure that it would be very painful for my dog. and i don't want her to get hurt.

what a great logic.. and if i am a dog, i am sure that it would be a very shameful experience for me to have a tiny voice,and i don't want my dog to have that much of shame.

I completely agree with you! How horrible that their are vets out there who are willing to do this procedure to an animal! As if declawing them werent bad enough now they want to stop their barking to? Dogs bark the same as we talk. If I talk to much should it be legal for my mother to take me to a doctor and have me have surgery for being to loud. Ridiculous! I don't like dogs barking constantly either but surgery is not the answer. I think obedience classes would help more and be less expensive and less painful and just plain better!

you know, maybe your right. if they can do does cruel things to pets, maybe they can also do does things to human. but i wish that they don't.

Say... now there's an idea - some of those kids can be really loud and annoying. I'm just joking here, children have the right to be heard, just as dogs do. Sometimes though a dog can be uncontrollable with it's barking. It's a difficult ethical question. If the only alternative to de-barking in death, obviously a dog would rather be de-barked. So in those circumstances, I'd say de-barking is OK. But I've heard a lot of de-barked dogs, and it's a sad sound. Some of my dogs bark too much on occasions, but I've never had one de-barked. I live on a biggish block in a country township though. it would be different if I lived in the suburbs. But if I lived in the 'burbs I wouldn't have six dogs!

barking is the way of the dogs to get our attention.
did the dogs that was debarked, really sounded like a squeek toy?that looks so terrible.

Yes, they really sounded like squeek toys. I didn't really understand why they did this. They didn't seem to mind their cats wandering around meowing. They owned a pet shop. The birds were noisy.

They were a little unusual anyhow. I would occasionally go clean their house. They had family coming in at the last minute and I went after doing my regular work and cleaned their house. I couldn't move the next day. My hubby had a fit! He wouldn't call in for me and I couldn't get out of the bed. They also gave me heck over a cobweb behind the refrigerator once. How do you get that picky yet are surrounded by messy critters all day?

I think lots of people who own pet supply stores are strange. I've had bad experiences working with them as a merchandiser. Really touchy odd people! Not naming names, but I found out it's not the industry for me.

according to wikipedia, This is done in response to problematic amounts of barking.which can cause disputes and legal problems and has been blamed for people losing their sanity and poisoning their neighbor's barking dogs.

oh thats nice to know but still no I couldn't do it

Maybe I should amputate my neighbours' arms if they play mahjong the whole night and disturb my sleep.
And cut off my neighbours' kids' feet so that they don't run around and make too much noises.
Yea, and 'debark' them so that they won't have the chance to 'bark' @ me.

Yes, and legal issues can be avoided too!

lol thats an idea an can we cut the tires of the neighbors speeding down our road to

yes. our dogs also stands, as our guards, they are really useful if they have their loud barks but if the dogs will undergo in this debarking operation they will never be our guards anymore. its the point of having them, having a reliable guard and also having a faithful friend.

dogs should be dogs, we should let them have your barks we should not prohibit them it is their way of expressing their own feeling and emotions.

WOW!! i never heard of that "bark collar" before, how much that does collar cost? will that bark collar not hurt my dog? how many dogs have you trained with that "bark collar" of yours?

The bark collar isn't that expensive, I think we paid about 35.00 to 40.00 dollars for it. It doesn't hurt the dog, it just gives him a little kick whenever he barks, and like I said the more he barks the collar kicks him a little harder, the dog teaches himself not to bark. I think we got ours at the Bass Pro Shop, you can usually find it at any outdoor store. They also have ones that anytime he barks it sprays some kind of liquid in his face, I don't know what the liquid is, but its supposed to do the same thing, but I think those are probably a little more expensive...hope that answered your questions?