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Originally Posted by quasi
I took my dads Keeshound in when he was still alive to a vet for vaccinations, they we're going away and he had to be kenneled. This dog did bark a lot but the vet actually recommend removing his vocal chords. I was like uh yeah......needless to say the dog never went back there.
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Originally Posted by westopher
It was the most fucked up shit at the RS spring meet. I brought monty as I always do and some pomeranian was barking like crazy at him, but no sound was coming out. I'd never heard of that before until my wife explained it. Taking away a dogs ability (or one of the ways) to communicate with other dogs is awful.
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It's a perfectly legal procedure in most of Canada and the United States, but in Europe and Australia performing the procedure would lead to animal cruelty charges and a vm license revocation. The same applies to cropping, docking, and de-clawing. It's all fucking sick.