In a message dated 2/28/2002 2:19:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> <<The practice has > absolutely no value to the dog, and is making surgical > alterations purely for the convenience of their owners>> > > I think for the most part debarking is a convenience to the owner who is > too lazy to put in the time required to find another solution. In America > we always find a way to solve a problem in a convenient manner (It doesn't > hurt them) and then many ways of justifying it for piece of mind. > > I had a dog (Not Cavalier) I had to rehome because it did not fit in where > I lived. I didn't mutilate it I rehomed it and it is VERY happy on a big > farm chasing geese. This was my last resort option... not mutilation and a > much better solution for the dog. > > I have a dog now (Cavalier) who barks CONSTANTLY!!! We spend a lot of > time with her outside to keep her quite when she needs to go out (cold, > rain, whatever) It is our responsibility to keep her quiet as we decided to > obtain her and knew in advance that our neighbors would not and should not > be subjected to an inordinate amount of barking. Is it inconvenient YES. > Does it down right suck at times YES! Would I mutiliate this little girl > for my convenience because it would be EASIER NO! > > Everyone knows their living situations prior to obtaining dogs. If they > peform proper due diligence in researching the dogs they are going to own > they should realize the situations they could come into. They have a > responsibility to find a way to handle it without surgically altering the > animal for their convenience. > > Debarking is sometimes the EASIEST solution but never the right one in my > opinion. More times then not if you show me a person with debarked dogs > I'll show you a person who couldn't be bothered to find an alternative. I > find it a sad testimony to the American nature to see that tail docking, > ear breaking, and vocal cord cutting is not only an acceptable practice but > an encouraged one. I would like to take a few of these owners in and have > their vocal cords nipped. After all, its non-invasive and its not like > they couldn't still talk... just quieter. No big deal. > > Dave > CastleMyst Cavaliers > http://members.aol.com/CMystCavs ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
