Re: Some people seem not to care about their pet’s welfare .

That is so wonderfully sweet and formative!

Re: Some people seem not to care about their pet’s welfare .

I wonder if people who suggest de-barking or killing dogs that bark feel the same way about children that play noisily in a garden or street. (not even sure what de-barking is but it sounds horrendously cruel - first time I have heard of it!)

Similarly I cannot understand why humans would declaw a cat. Some sort of complete lack of empathy and respect for the animal kingdom.

Re: Some people seem not to care about their pet’s welfare .

De barking is a surgical procedure in which the dogs vocal chords are "subdued"

Re: Some people seem not to care about their pet’s welfare .

Hi

You can teach a dog not to bark, we do it all the time with enforcement dogs.

They sit down and stay when they sense drugs.

Their tails are wagging awaiting their treat.

The same dogs go ape when they smell explosives.

They will attack in a flash if told to do so.

They are not kennelled and are kept at home by their handlers.

They are perfectly safe with the kids.

The littlies and the dogs form a bond, it is never an issue.

Re: Some people seem not to care about their pet’s welfare .

WHAT enforcement?

Re: Some people seem not to care about their pet’s welfare .

I started the thread and didn’t put it in Animals because it’s really about people isn’t it ?

Re: Some people seem not to care about their pet’s welfare .

Absolutely YES.

Re: Some people seem not to care about their pet’s welfare .

I think you will find de-barking and de-clawing is not even legal in the UK.
Same as tail docking and ear cropping isn't, either.

These barbaric practices should be made illegal everywhere.

Re: Some people seem not to care about their pet’s welfare .

Also Todger, I always understood 'Sniffer Dogs' are not remotely the same as 'Attack Dogs.'
Different breeds and very different training too.

Mostly, sniffer dogs for drugs etc are Labs or Springer Spaniels and I have never seen a Spaniel used as an attack dog.

Most police use GSD's or Malinois for tracking criminals, and protection. They are trained to bite hard, and to hold on.

I don't understand Swimmy's post about using highly trained sniffer dogs as attack dogs, as it's completely different training - or have I misunderstood?

Swimmy - can you clarify what breed of dogs you were talking about please?

Re: Some people seem not to care about their pet’s welfare .

De clawing must be because I witnessed someone with her cat at the vets waiting for a declaw. It was about ten years ago and it was a lady in a wheelchair who did not like her cat to be sticking her claws into her. She was explaining about the declawing but I remember being shocked and upset but of course polite. I had never heard of such a thing. So Mups I am sure it happens. When would it have been made illegal?