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I am not at all keen on electric shocks for dogs that bark. Corgis should display their voices and they have a wide range of communication sounds - in excess of a dozen - that mean different things relating to the circumstances. I like the sound of my boy and I encourage him to talk when it is appropriate ("good barking, Taylor" I sometimes say). I like him being the door greeter, before anyone arrives at the door, he lets us know. His growls are a source of amusement to us and his playtime yelps are hilarious. His excitable yelling is wonderfull when pieced together with his other actions at the time. When I mess up in agility or he thinks I have, he lets me know it. That just makes me grin and force an apology when he's right. As Corgis do, he will sometimes respond to other dogs calling out. But I do feel for people with Corgis who excessively bark but there are other ways to handle this rather that go to the excess of charged up colars and worse still, debarking. A good animal behaviourist will be able to advise on the ways to get excessively noisy dogs to minimise their speaking habits.
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