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Her vocal cords were not "severed" they were clipped. They are not cut all the way through.
By the way many responsible breeders who show thier dogs also "debark" their dogs. It keeps the peace and the neighbors don't complain about barking. The dogs don't really care, they still bark but don't get yelled at for barking. It's really not uncommon in the show world and in particular with some breeds.
That just amazes me - A dog cannot be spayed or neutered to compete in shows but yet they can have their vocal cords clipped.
The more I hear and learn about the world of show, the more I am mystified about some of the rules, etc.
In my personal opinion, I don't think you can categorize puppy mills, byb's and show people into their own categorys. I think each should be judged on an individual basis by merit. I do believe that if it were possible to look at some puppy mills set ups, show people and byb's would fall into this category as well as some byb's would fall into the category of show people as far as taking care of their dogs. Maybe people can justify having their dogs debarked as the dogs don't mind, reminds of not long ago when people in mental institutions were sterilized because of their condition. Maybe not a really good comparison but it is more of a convenience thing for the owners then anything else. If you are going to have a dog then you should take into consideration your surroundings and how the dog will effect the neighbors before you purchase one and yes if you have multiple dogs then they would be noisier then if you only had one and you should live out in the country where they can bark without affecting the neighbors. To me that is a selfish thing to do to a dog just for convenience sake for the owner. No matter what we do in this life, there is always some way to justify our actions via right or wrong it doesn't make the action any different.
I will also add that I am totally against puppy mills and I signed the petition.