Sometime I wish for a 100 acres in the middle of NOWHERE with a 6ft brick wall around the whole thing! Amen Ginger! sheila Ginger Cleary <cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hey Syd... I empathize! I am fast getting sick of development! So far, knock wood, I am safe from it where I am. As for Venture's after care... I have LOTS of experience with debarking, having had Shelties, LOL! We usually just fed softened food for 3 or 4 days and kept the dog quiet for the same length of time. By quiet I mean no barking. Yea right, LOL! Activity isn't the issue... keeping the dog from barking for the first few days to a week helps to keep scar tissue from forming. Sometime I wish for a 100 acres in the middle of NOWHERE with a 6ft brick wall around the whole thing! Ginger Cleary, Rome, GA Proud member GSDCA and Sawnee Mtn Kennel Club www.rihadin.com -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Elsyd1@xxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:50 PM To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Venture is debarked I had a dog debarked today. My vet charged me a very reasonable $120. The surgery took about 15 minutes from beginning to end, and within another 15 minutes, he was walking steadily back to the van, his tail wagging, and his demeanor normal. He uses the anesthesia that is quickly reversed. The vet said he needed no special treatment, but I am crating him for a few days, because I want him to be rested and quiet (for my guilt). When I put him outside, he will run and "bark" like a maniac. This entire area has been sold to developers, and I am surrounded by homes, the newest ones currently being built around 10 feet from my kennel. (They will have a 10 ft back yard, like all the rest on my street. Of course they made new streets for these homes). It is two story, ( they will be looking down on my dogs) and there will be 3 or four more lined up next to it. This entire area was previously agricultural, every house on acreage. In 35 years of raising dogs here, there has not been one complaint. Last month I got a notice from animal control that there had been a barking complaint, and they had sent the complainer a petition to get others to sign. They said if the petition comes back to them, they will have to pay me a visit. I have been on these poor dogs day and night, and things are pretty quiet, but not enough. We had to fold, ( me and the neighbor in back of me, who has three horses, a goat, etc,) and sell to developers ourselves. It will take a year for it to close, (and 10 years to pack up or throw away all my junk), so in that time, I have the unending stress of keeping these dogs quiet, when kids and dogs will be running and playing within feet of them. I am writing this mostly to vent, LOL, and to emphasize how easy this surgery is on the dogs. Dyna came to me debarked, my God, she is a terrible barker, and I am so grateful Corrinne Burton had it done. The dogs that only bark for a reason (that I can understand, no doubt they have their own reasons), will not be debarked. Venture is resting next to me, we went potty, and he seems totally normal, with no exhibit of pain. Vet said he can eat normally, but I think I will soak his food a good long time. Syd SYD MAILBERG _WWW.KINGSWOODGERMANSHEPHERDS.HOMESTEAD.COM_ (http://www.kingswoodgermanshepherds.homestead.com/) COMMISSION PORTRAITURE ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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