I just have a couple questions to all you puppy people out there. I'm a cat owner and I addressed in the cat category about de-clawing. Now I'd like to know if people really do de-bark their dogs. Is there really an operation for this and would that be considered very cruel to do? Also my mother lives next door to a couple who have a couple of poodles that bark at anything that moves. Well this is a senior citizen dwelling area and I guess there were a lot of complaints about these little guys. So she bought them these type of collars that actually shock the poor little things when they bark. What do people do about excessive barking dogs - can it be controlled by obedience schools. Surely there must be more humane ways of dealing with this kinda of problem.