Posted on 06/06/2006 1:55:57 PM PDT by rawhide
A woman has filed a complaint against her neighbor, a veterinarian who, without permission, neutered her 10-week-old puppy and surgically quieted his bark.
James Risch, the veterinarian, said he performed the procedures after he found the puppy barking on his porch and thought it was a stray.
"He maimed my puppy," Nancy Miller wrote in the complaint to the Oklahoma State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. "This man is a menace to animals and should not be allowed to continue to practice."
She claims he took the dog from her fenced yard. He denies this.
He said he gave the puppy vaccinations, bathed it, treated it for ear mites, neutered it and performed a "simple procedure that reduces the volume of the bark but does not inhibit the dog's ability to bark." He said the procedure, which is performed on a dog's vocal cords, can make a stray more adoptable.
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"I admit my wrongdoing. I would like you to know that I have sought counseling to understand and correct my impulsive behavior."
Risch also wrote that he did not dislike the Millers' other dog, Phil, "but rather it is the barking at nothing that can be like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. I have made progress recently and have been more able to tune out the barking."
I wish someone would do this for free to my dog.
How does a guy who compulsively hates the sound of barking to this extent become a veterinarian?
Maybe he only developed this problem after years of listening to barking all day at work.
Because he really likes neutering animals?
There are legal ways of dealing with suspected stray animals, and performing surgery on them is not one of them.
I personally find it hard to believe that a vet wouldn't know that his neighbor had a new puppy and recognize it. I'm just betting he is a spiteful a*****le who needs his vet license at least suspended.
Gelding sounds like an appropriate punishment to me.
Sounds like this vet is a tad too proactive.
I'm sending Tex over. I'm willing to skip the de-barking in exchange for a de-ticking. :)
Since when does the word neuter refer to surgery on the vocal chords?
This is terrible. How could someone debark their dog? I have never even heard of this. That is cruel, IMO. This vet should have his license revoked so he can NEVER practice medicine again. What a jerk!
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Article with good pics here.
Can't excerpt.
http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060606/NEWS01/60606005/1002
Neutering a 10 week old pup doesn't sound right. Don't they usually wait until about 6 months of age?
A tad overreactive on your part, now. It's not cruel, in fact most people who raise and show more than one or two of certain yappy breeds like shelties, often have this done.
I stand by my opinion. And you know what, just skip over my comments in the future, it will do us both a favor. As you will notice, I never initiate contact with you but for some reason, you can't just ignore me like I do you. Try not to post to me in the future, it will take some will power, but give it all you got. (It is kinda like quitting smoking, it takes discipline!)
I dunno... while I'd likely try to find the owner of an apparently well cared-for and lost dog, sometimes strays appear at my door very much in need of emergency care. Just last week, a too-young and very skinny cat appeared at my door, very much in need of help. I took her to a vet and had her looked at, without spending a lot of energy trying to find an owner. Good thing I did, she was very bad off, having a ruptured uterus, dead kittens inside, and unfortunately had to be put down.
My now-departed Zulu, also, appeared as a stray, so skinny and skittish I didn't try to find her owner either. When she was strong enough, I had her spayed.
Our Homer was healthy and happy, and we did try to find an owner... still no owner was found. Had he needed vet care he'd have got it.
Because it's a debate forum. Stop whining whenever someone disagrees with you.
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