[lovsthosebigdogs]

Removing a dog's vocal cocrds is not common and most vets will not do it.
Once again, I don't know where you get your information.
That is tantamount to cruel and unusual treatment for the benefit
of the owners who probably shouldn't have a dog.

If someone wants a mostly "barkless" dog, they should get a basenji.[/CENTER][/FONT][/B][/QUOTE]

I have known many basenji's and they are not silent. While it is true that they don't have an actual 'bark', they do make a loud sound which is a yodel or what sounds to my ears like a screech. They are lovely dogs however. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOR5DUFmRjY]Lucy the Basenji Howls & Yodels - YouTube[/ame]
Thank you CFrance for your kind words. I could have chosen not to post my debarking here on TOTV and no one would have ever known, and I knew there would be a backlash for it. I thought that perhaps I could help some of you understand that it was an action of last resort from an experienced, responsible, loving dog owner who had a very wonderful but noisy dog and an owner who had tried everything over the years to correct this problem and failed. I guess if I had posted that I euthanized my dog because of it or gave him to a shelter because of it I would have been applauded. Instead I enabled him to lead a very enriched long life afterwards in a loving home, despite what some of you believe.