Dogs really do respond to music!

[furrybestjob]

Awhile back someone mentioned petmusic CD's. I thought I would buy them and figured they'd relax me, if not the dogs (I guess I'm not convinced that music calms the beast). I've been playing them the last couple of days. Well, today, I got two really obvious responses to them, and I was shocked.

The first is a havanese, named Frisky. He's a very nice dog to groom. I've never had problems with him other than his response to having any mats brushed out. Well, today I was giving him his hair cut and he had his nose up in the air, pointing toward the radio, with his head tilted. When I turned him around hhe wanted to turn back to the radio. His eyes eventually closed...he almost fell asleep. It was an awwwww moment.

The second dog that really reacted, in a different way, was an English Bulldog named Rocky. He loves going into the van and getting a bath, not nervous at all. I put in a new CD and one of the songs has a banging, or knocking sound in it. (Not very relaxing if you ask me). Well, the first time the "knocking" happened he immediately looked toward the radio, startled. Then after about the third time, he gave out a little "woof". Everytime the "knocking" happened he'd let out a little "woof" and start prancing. It was so funny, but I eventually fast forwarded it because it was making things difficult for me.

[TAILSRWAGON]

I can not function unless I have music playing in the background. Most of the dogs love to hear the music and some even like it when I sing to them.
That's what's great about being mobile. I can sing my heart out and not worry about who's listening.

[k9stylist1968]

On "wild dog" days, I pop in my Native American flute music CD... Or "Wolves in the Wild".... Calms both the dogs and me right down....

One of Chris LeDouxs songs has the sound of approaching horse hoofbeats in the introduction (I wanna say "Johnson County War").... Whenever that song starts, the dogs all cock their heads and look for the source of the sound. Of course, since LeDoux was, is, and always will be my favorite artist (a dying breed--REAL cowboy singing REAL country/western music, as opposed to the Nashville Pop that's passing for "country" on the radio), I play that CD a lot....

[SpikeyTheYorkie]

Of course, since LeDoux was, is, and always will be my favorite artist (a dying breed--REAL cowboy singing REAL country/western music, as opposed to the Nashville Pop that's passing for "country" on the radio), I play that CD a lot....

Yeah, it was kind of shocking when he died. He's from just over the boarder from us in Wyoming. I saw him in concert a few years ago, he was drunk as a skunk, but riding a mechanical bull, LOL.

Tammy in Utah

[Pixie]

I always have a radio playing but I have never noticed how the dogs react to it. I guess they don't if I haven't noticed anything. Maybe I'm not playing the right kind of music.

[Fluffy Puppy]

I rarely turn my radio on in the shop. I probably should, but I can never hear it over the dryers.

When I had goats I use to play music while I milked. They would let down more milk when I played country music or ballads than when I would play rock/metal. Guess there isn't anything relaxing about metal.

The one Rottie I use to have liked music. Until she tore my speakers apart trying to get to the cat that was meowing in some song. She was weird tho..she would bark at the tv and at my hubbys jacket that he liked to hang over the vaccum cleaner. She destroyed that one day too.

[rapuzzled]

I love to work with the radio, but infortunately my boss can't stand the noise, lol. She says that there is too much else going on with dryers, and dogs barking, etc. Plus, the kennel girls always turn up the radio above the noise, and blow out the speakers. So it's always staticy. This is like our fourth radio. I've tried headphones, but that's just a big ol' pain in the butt. It gets caught on everything, not to mention if I am working with someone, not by myself, which I usually am, I can't hear them.

[misscatahoula]

My radio's on the whole time I'm working. They seem to enjoy the "70's Buffet" that comes on at lunch. Don't know why; but it works for me-I like the 70's too.

[Helly]

I usually play classical, blues or classical jazz, depending on my mood. The relaxation music puts ME to sleep. But Mozart, Beethoven, B.B. King or Gershwin puts a smile on my face, and relaxes me and the dogs.

[Ruggins]

Books on tape.. love them

Unfortunately, my grooming area is way, way to noisy for music on top of it all, I do listen to books on tape on head phones and ipod tho'. Of course the best game in our clinic is scare the ever livin' **** out of Margaret by walking up behind her and taping her on the shoulder, but it is worth it, hours go by and I don't even notice because I am following my books. My brother, sister in law and I all subscribe to an online book download service and have about 350 between the 3 of us, with more coming each month. I drive for 40 minutes each way and have found that since I started listenening to my books instead of music I haven't gotten any speeding tickets. That AC/DC will really put my foot in the gas!!

[RevWind]

I love to work with the radio, but infortunately my boss can't stand the noise, lol. She says that there is too much else going on with dryers, and dogs barking, etc.

My boss is the opposite. I was at work and grooming already when she arrived. I had no music on, but there's the obvious background noise of the dogs in the drying room next door, the dogs in the kennels, the kennel girls roaming around. My boss said "how can you stand the silence". I said there's never any silence here. A couple of days later, I came down after lunch to 6 people in the grooming room that only fits 2. 3 of them were just chatting clients! PLUS the radio blaring to a rock or classic rock station. And she wonders why I don't mind having no radio!! If I had my way, I'd have nature and new age music playing.

[pamperedpups]

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