Animals Like Music Too

It has been said that music is not limited to some. Music is good for the soul and humans are not the only people that enjoy and benefit from music. Animals like music too.

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For those that play music for their animals, they may find it most beneficial. Most families that have dogs may feel that their dog is a part of their family. Dogs are very intelligent and can be taught numerous things.

1. Music to Calm Your Dog

Did you know that dogs can have separation anxiety from their owner’s?  I recall I went to visit my daughter. She had 2 small dogs at the time. She left to go to the store. The dogs started whining and running back and forth to me and to the window as if to say, “Do something; where did she go?” I tried to talk to them and calm them down, but they were like in panic mode. So I have seen how anxiety can play out in animals. There was a study done that showed playing music reduces stress in dogs at animal shelters. They further added that Reggae and soft rock are the most relaxing music for dogs in shelters, and classical music also helps calm down dogs in stressful environments. That is according to preventivevet.com. Just as we have different preferences in music dogs have preferences also.

2. Elephants and Music

According to cuteness.com elephants love to make music and they play specially designed instruments such as harmonicas and steel drums. They further add that scientists discovered the elephants were able to keep the rhythm even better than their human counterparts. I have observed that at the circus. Elephants seem to be able to move to the beat of the music.

3. Music is Relaxing to Dogs

Theguardian.com states the RelaxMyDog company has produced music that may sound like a sleep playlists to the untrained ear, but it is intended music for dogs to relax. They further add that this service founded in 2011 reaches an audience of 10 million users a month; and provides regular feedback through their YouTube channel’s 600,000 subscribers. It does make sense that if humans love music animals would love it also.

4. Vets Give Music Therapy

Although Ben Carson has been famous for playing classical music as he performed surgery, vets have discovered that playing music to cats and dogs before surgery actually relaxes them according to bbc.com. I also observed that when my daughter had twins there were about 10 other women in the hospital that had twins the same day. I noted that I would hear baby music playing something like twinkle twinkle littler star at different times as I visited the twins. I was told that every time a baby was born on that floor they would play the music. I thought that was so nice.

5. How Music Can Help Your Pet

Music therapy can help your pet in boarding facilities and daycares, while your pet is being groomed, during thunderstorms, fireworks, and other loud events, and while traveling by car or plane. That is according to mobilevetmd.com. I wish I would have known that when I had my Doberman and Toy Poodle. During thunderstorms we would try to comfort them because both of them would tremble terribly. My doberman was large about 94 pounds, but she still would shake from fear during a storm.

6. Canine-easy listening CD favorites

What favorites do you allow your pets to listen to? A few favorites according to ontaiospca.ca are as follows:

a. Relaxation for My Pet and Me: Janet Marlow

b. the World’s Best Do Music CD Ever: Pet Melodies Music and Pet Rhythms Research      Institute

c. Songs to Make Dogs Happy: Laurel Canyon Animal Company

They also suggest keeping the music turned to a lower volume level and play samples of different artists, sounds, instruments and environmental sounds. I agree with the lower volumes because animals are sensitive to sounds. I often hear some playing their music very loud. I have observed some doing this with small children in the car. It has been said that when music is too loud it can damage a baby’s eardrum. I guess everything in moderation.

7. Horses, Sea Lions and Bonobos

Did you know that animals can actually identify rhythms and even similarities between songs? They further add that one study found horses can synchronize their pace to the rhythm of music playing in the background, as can sea lions and bonobos according to mic.com. Now that I think about it that would explain how horses seem to march to the beat of music during a parade. I had never given much thought about it until now.

8. Woman Teaches Dog to Talk

A speech pathologist taught her dog Stella to speak according to CNN News. She developed buttons that the dog could push that would communicate with her such as a button that says “go outside.” The dog knows 29 words and she is developing sentences with the buttons as well. I thought this was amazing, but I could see taking it a step further. What about buttons that had various music favorites that the dog could push to let the owner know what specific song they would like to hear at that specific time. There are so many possibilities here. I have no doubt that in the future it will be discovered that other animals love music also.

 

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Sources:

How to Use Music to Calm Your Anxious Dog

 

Science Tells Us Which Animals Like Music & Which Don’t

 

Pet sounds: why your dog loves listening to Bob Marley

 

Vets give music therapy to relax animals

 

The Groove That Soothes: Music Therapy for Pets

 

Music therapy & how it’s good for pets

 

Scientific Studies on Animals Reveal Just How Much Music Shapes the NaturalWorld

 

A Speech Pathologist taughther dog Stella to Speak 

 

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