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I understand how you take the claw out of a cat but how do you take the bark out of a dog?
You remove the thing that does the thing.
Barking is like talking, it uses some parts in the throat to make the noise the way you want.
I’m literally scratching my dog’s ears as I read this and I’m boiling with rage. I’ve never heard of such a thing. 😡
Doggo :(
So they make them mute?
I had declawed rescue kitty and she had difficulty walking because of it. It also didn’t stop her from scratching stuff, so she damaged her paws frequently.
She was also VERY bitey until we had the time to properly train her (which, you know, they could have done instead of declawing, she was a pretty smart cat)
I’m not doubting your experience, but I’m curious about the paw damage from scratching? What does that look like?
My currently senior cat I adopted several years ago had been previously declawed. While I’d never have it done, we haven’t had any behavioral issues and I haven’t noticed any mobility issues or harm to his paws as he does continue to try to scratch surfaces. On the other hand, the cat we adopted last year had been picked up on the streets of another city as a roughly 2yo intact male. We got him a couple weeks after he was fixed. While he’s been a great addition, he’s far more mouthy in a playful manner, but definitely reacts with his teeth before claws. Just wondering how much is clawed/declaw vs individual personality.
Yeah you’ll hear horror stories, but I also adopted a cat that had been declawed, and he never seemed to have any issues with it at all, even when we adopted a kitten (who had her claws).
I’d never do it, in fact we have 3 now that have all of their claws, but not every cat will have problems from it.
I’m not doubting your experience, but I’m curious about the paw damage from scratching? What does that look like?
She would use the scratching posts (that we had to have for the other cat) with her paws, would just break her skin. For the limp, the vet set it was likely nerve pain.
Basic logic animal abuse is bad.
What in the hell is “debarking”?! 😱
Seen it directly, on a small shih tzu type dog.
They still bark, just no noise, not even like a cough. You can just hear the sound of air forcing out. Kinda like their vocal chords are removed. I don’t know the actual procedure.
Very strange when you hear it. Seems very cruel too.
I’m not going to look it up because I can already imagine and I don’t want actual knowledge of whatever the truth really is
Hidden out of respect for those that don't want to know
It removes some of the tissue from the vocal cords.
They can still bark, or at least the one dog I’ve met that had it done to it could, it just sounded more like a cough than a bark.
It’s often looked down on as unnecessary surgery, as it does nothing to address why the dog was barking to begin with. There are some groups that support it, as it can be looked at as something that can allow the dog to be out in public without being considered a nuisance or as a procedure that can prevent the dog from being put down.
One day a dog will start making inappropriate dog sign language statements… Stumpy dogs! You remove the paws humanely and replace them with all sorts of cute accessories! Like those that look like he’s wearing shoes? The jumping hook made of stainless and Kevlar interwoven in gold leaf.
Plus don’t forget the unsmelling.
It’s already forbidden to declaw cats in Québec since 2024. Even way before that, many professionals just stopped offering the service.
Let’s add tail dock and human circumcision to the list
plus ear clipping. Not like marking trap and releases, but “I want my doggo to have pointy ears!”
Ok, but let’s explicitly allow human ear clipping … so we can have pointy elf ears.
Sure the difference here is the ability to consent
Then why is circumcision not allowed? Is it ecause they’re mostly done to kids?
Pretty sure most people are only against circumcision for infants who do not consent. No one is talking about those with a medical need.
I get surgically removed foreskins every day at my work, but they are elective procedures by those who can consent for a relatively “common” condition called phimosis.
Imo circumcision should not be allowed for anything but medical necessity, unless you are age of majority and decide to have the procedure
Oh, I would never get in the way of that! I think the cutoff should be when the entity getting their ears clipped can/can’t give explicit consent.
