Well, yes, I realize that there are variations in how a debarking surgery will turn out, but I was speaking to the options of two types of surgery. One cuts the cords and the other is done from the outside of the throat and removes the cords completely. I would opt for the one that cuts the cords and leaves a whisper bark. I know of one breeder (a hunter who breed field dogs who has 7 dogs in a subdivision where the houses are very close together) who has the other type done where they go in from the outside of the throat and clean out the cords so no bark is left. Plus, there are many variations in between as each vet has their own way of doing things. If this surgery was necessary, I would check out the different vets and go with one who is familar with the surgery and all the options that are available.
Please remember that I am not advocating debarking as a general rule. It should only be done in extreme circumstances. As far as the hunter mentioned above, he is a minister in his 50's who moves every 5 or 6 years and has had dogs since he was in college. This is how he manages to have a large house in the nice neighborhood for all the entertaining that he has to do because of his job and is still able to keep his hunting dogs. I would try for a house with more land, but he has to think of easy resale and other options. Besides that, this is the US and there is freedom to make our own decisions or should be. Too often these days people want to tell everyone else how to live their lives. All the best, Susan Cochran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claudia Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Debarking > In a message dated 3/1/02 9:45:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > There are > > several options when debarking. You can have the bark lessened to a > > "whisper" bark or you can have the bark totally removed. > > hi susan, > when i worked at the animal hosp, because we dealt with so many breeders, we > did alot of debarks. this is not necessarily true. every dogs vocal chords > are a different width and sometimes their chords are too thin to be able to > remove very much, making them able to bark a little louder. the dogs with > the thicker chords seemed to come out quieter. there are also the dogs that > learn to bark around the debark and even when done a second time, can still > bark quite loudly. we found that giving a tranquilizer after surgery for 2 > or 3 days helped heal the chords a little better and the volumn down. i > actually had one that the first time he was done came home and every time he > barked it came out a whistle. then the voice came back and having him done a > second time did nothing. > > ========================================================= > "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. ========================================================= "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.
