I don't know if this is an IMO thing, or if it's ok here...
A girl here at work brought her dog in today, who's a real sweetheart. We were talking about barking, and she said his bark is almost non-existent, it's a weird raspy sound because he was debarked - they snipped his vocal cords so he couldn't bark.
This sounds horrible to me, and similar to declawing - taking a vital part of the animal's dignity away from them. Can anyone else give me more info on debarking a dog?
A girl here at work brought her dog in today, who's a real sweetheart. We were talking about barking, and she said his bark is almost non-existent, it's a weird raspy sound because he was debarked - they snipped his vocal cords so he couldn't bark.
This sounds horrible to me, and similar to declawing - taking a vital part of the animal's dignity away from them. Can anyone else give me more info on debarking a dog?