Well, gather up some stones and get ready to throw them at me.
I have had two dogs "de-barked.". Prior to doing this, I thought it was cruel. How mean! Just so you don't have to hear a dog do what it does, which is bark? What meanies? Horrific!
I have dachshunds. I lived in a mobile home community. Dacschunds tend to bark, a very shrill and obnoxious bark to some folks. And they often bark at air, or leave sfalling, or the sound of cars driving by slowly or stopping.
One of my neighbors threw poisoned meat over the fence into my yard. Pretzel ate it. I got hi to the vet in time, they pumped his stomach, he recovered. My vet - had her for YEARS - recommended debarking. What!?!? Yes. She ONLY performed the procedure on five breeds: dachshunds Akitas, collies, Irish Setter and I forget the last one. These are known excessive barkers. With homes so close together nowadays, dogs can be nuisances. She explained the procedure, which is really shaving the vocal "cords" to drop the register from shrill to hoarse.
Had I not had it done to Pretzel, and then to Zorro, I would have been evicted due to neighbor complaints. Or possibly had another poisoning event.
So its cruel, huh? I beg to differ. I have since moved, Pretzel has passed, and Zorro now has a another doxie partner, Dooley. I live in the country and Dooley has his original voice, but he's a larger doxie and has more of a "hound" bark, not the shrill, yappy bark Pretzel and Zorro used to have.
I strongly recommend nay-Sayers do some research before decrying the procedure(s) as cruel and inhumane. One should also walk in another's shoes a bit, too. You don't know the circumstances and you don't know the distress experienced by someone living in the situation.
As I've posted before, I think this is wonderful. I am pleased to now "know" a BYCer who has a decrowed rooster. I know another who desperately wanted to keep his rooster and had a different vet operate on him. Unfortunately, that rooster did not survive the procedure.
There qre more things in this universe than you or I understand. Don't look down your nose at someone because YOU don't understand the necessity. So don't de-crow your rooster, okay? Nobody is making you do it. That's your choice. If I or anybody else wants to do so, sit on your hands and save your indignation for another situation.
Sorry I am cranky - I am normally a much nicer person. Wagging your finger at me makes me poke one of mine right back atcha.
I have had two dogs "de-barked.". Prior to doing this, I thought it was cruel. How mean! Just so you don't have to hear a dog do what it does, which is bark? What meanies? Horrific!
I have dachshunds. I lived in a mobile home community. Dacschunds tend to bark, a very shrill and obnoxious bark to some folks. And they often bark at air, or leave sfalling, or the sound of cars driving by slowly or stopping.
One of my neighbors threw poisoned meat over the fence into my yard. Pretzel ate it. I got hi to the vet in time, they pumped his stomach, he recovered. My vet - had her for YEARS - recommended debarking. What!?!? Yes. She ONLY performed the procedure on five breeds: dachshunds Akitas, collies, Irish Setter and I forget the last one. These are known excessive barkers. With homes so close together nowadays, dogs can be nuisances. She explained the procedure, which is really shaving the vocal "cords" to drop the register from shrill to hoarse.
Had I not had it done to Pretzel, and then to Zorro, I would have been evicted due to neighbor complaints. Or possibly had another poisoning event.
So its cruel, huh? I beg to differ. I have since moved, Pretzel has passed, and Zorro now has a another doxie partner, Dooley. I live in the country and Dooley has his original voice, but he's a larger doxie and has more of a "hound" bark, not the shrill, yappy bark Pretzel and Zorro used to have.
I strongly recommend nay-Sayers do some research before decrying the procedure(s) as cruel and inhumane. One should also walk in another's shoes a bit, too. You don't know the circumstances and you don't know the distress experienced by someone living in the situation.
As I've posted before, I think this is wonderful. I am pleased to now "know" a BYCer who has a decrowed rooster. I know another who desperately wanted to keep his rooster and had a different vet operate on him. Unfortunately, that rooster did not survive the procedure.
There qre more things in this universe than you or I understand. Don't look down your nose at someone because YOU don't understand the necessity. So don't de-crow your rooster, okay? Nobody is making you do it. That's your choice. If I or anybody else wants to do so, sit on your hands and save your indignation for another situation.
Sorry I am cranky - I am normally a much nicer person. Wagging your finger at me makes me poke one of mine right back atcha.