Re: [PyrNet-L] RE: Chat, Behavior: Barking problems

["Janice Swenson" <janices@jump.net>]

A few pyrs in Sonny's line are debarked from what I've seen and 
heard from breeder and it just makes the bark softer and more 
tolerable.  The heavier barking can have a tendency to run in 
certain lines.  Sonny is a big mouth and alerts on just about any 
noise I will say but I keep him in during the day so neighbors don't 
complain about a noisy pyr.  So, when he's inside and I'm home 
the only person he really bothers is me and having lived around the 
pyrs these many years and dogs it's not a bother at all.  As a 
matter of fact, he's fussing about something now as I write this 
note.  Though friends have gotten a little bugged with him at times 
and it's like if you don't like it leave.  I would find a vet who has 
done debarking a lot without complications because scar tissue 
can form.  

I would debark before ever going to using a shock collar.  Shock 
collars can cause psychological problems big time.  I disagree with 
whoever said they don't because I've seen and heard of them 
backfiring on people.  

Janice, janices@jump.net
Admiral & Linsey (newfs), Bianca & Sonny (pyrs)  
http://www.jump.net/~janices/
Leander, TX
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