Rescued a debarked lakeland

[cdnhastings 23]

I've rescued a lakeland bitch now five years old and she was debarked by the previous owner, I can't understand why its totally not in her nature to bark in the first place.... But what I'm wondering is this ...Did this surgery make my lakie more prone to panting cuz she does alot of it almost so much that I don't want to take her out in the car she gets so annoying.Not the way you want to feel about your dog.

[Nell 1]

Sorry mate but what does debarked mean?

[Guest mucker]

nell sounds like some prick had surgery performed on the dog to stop it barking.

theres some odd balls out there...

[Dawn B 212]

Well its illegal here, are you in the States? I suppose it will be no good as a bayer now! and you wont be able to hear it underground at all.

Dawn.

[Nell 1]

I can't imagine why someone would want to do that to a dog - worker OR pet There are certainly some wankers out there :realmad: :realmad:

 

Hastings this will surely effect you if you decide to work the dog???

Edited July 27, 2006 by Nell

[CumbrianJack 2]

I sent one of my JRT males to the USA where the prat de barked him! Why when he didn't bark much anyway but he had it done, now all the dog does is cough like an old man whos smoked all his life! thats all he can manage for a bark.

Some de barking is done by vets & some large scale breeders de bark the dogs by shoving a pipe down the dogs throat (not sure what kind) & hit it with a hammer to rupture the dogs voice box (only heard of this happening in puppy farms mind).

Freaks the whole lot of them. Why buy a terrier whos main purpose & instinct is to use its voice.

Nothing you can do about it once done either, but i think it may be useful to do a search on the net for symptoms of de barking.

[Guest the poacher]

lads you got t admit theres some headers out there

[Guest RobW71]

I reckon FREAKS sums it up nicely.

 

Regards Rob

[MATTI 34]

People who get this horrific operation done on a dog should be banned from keeping any animal, also any vet performing the operation should be struck off. :realmad:

[TimJ 0]

Well, the Lakeland could have been kenneled and given no attention and now Hastings has her and has made her a house dog. No need to bark anymore is there. Her panting may be do to too many snacks ? Is the dog overweight ?

[CornishmanUK 0]

Its in a dogs nature to bark for crying out loud, if you dont like a dog barking simply dont have a dog.

[Guest ADAM AND HIS DOGS]

HASTINGS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO 'RESCUE' THIS DOG.

[Guest clash]

i was told off a friend the op is done under local anaesthetic while you keep hold of the dog. no hurt and my friends dog was happy as Larry. im sure there was a lot of thought and circumstances before he decided. by the way he is a man who has earned the respect of many. Good luck to you all with the dogs

[jimmyg 6]

i was told off a friend the op is done under local anaesthetic while you keep hold of the dog. no hurt and my friends dog was happy as Larry. im sure there was a lot of thought and circumstances before he decided. by the way he is a man who has earned the respect of many. Good luck to you all with the dogs

Well he wouldnt have my fuc*ing respect :realmad:

[MATTI 34]

i was told off a friend the op is done under local anaesthetic while you keep hold of the dog. no hurt and my friends dog was happy as Larry. im sure there was a lot of thought and circumstances before he decided. by the way he is a man who has earned the respect of many. Good luck to you all with the dogs

 

Well i think his respect has gone straight out of the window How would he or anyone who approve's of this sick ritual like their voice taken away, how do we know it does'nt affect the dog phsycologicaly even if it's thought to be painless. I can't see the need for it under any circumstance :realmad:

No real dog person would even think of doing it.

All the best

Edited July 27, 2006 by MATTI