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T. Black
Calming company for the dogs while we are at work!
We like to play music for the dogs while we are out of the house and our old CD stopped working properly. That one was just your typical classical music, this one is said to be scientifically proven to have a calming effect so I decided to give it a try. The dogs seem to enjoy it, and it is definitely better than trying to find a good radio station. We set the player on repeat and have been using it for quite some time now. It is durable and plays perfectly at a nice tempo.
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Joanne
Calming
This music puts my dog to sleep, it helps me sleep too.
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Sevaron
Through a Dog’s Ear Music to Calm Your Canine Companion, Vol. 1 (CD)
Mrs Sevaron reviewing since I’m the one who ordered this and have the primary experience with it.I ordered Through a Dog’s Ear Music to Calm Your Canine Companion, Vol. 1 (CD) along with Canine Heartbeat Lullabies. Received them the afternoon of Aug 18, and have been playing both since. We’ve been having thunderstorms, or at least rain, just about every day since early July. They’re not happy with rain, and the harder it rains, the more unhappy they get. They panic with thunderstorms.I had been playing the free sample song on the Canine Heartbeat Lullabies website for over a week prior to ordering – partly to let them hear it during non-stress times only (never played it during storms) and partly to test it when they were being heathenish. It was working so I ordered the CDs. First weather test came less than an hour after the mail arrived. It worked for the rain – they weren’t happy, but not panicky or displaying stressed behaviors. Didn’t work so well when the thunder started. The CD ended at that point, so I restarted it and touched the volume up a bit. By the time I headed back to my chair, one was in her “safe” spot unhappy but no longer panicking, one relaxed in her safe spot a minute later, and our scaredy boy was alternately anxious and okay but unhappy.In the following days, I played TaDE whenever the weather was good to get the dogs used to it, switching to Heartbeat when the weather changed. So far, TaDE has not helped with weather (the pop-up storms sneak up on us), even if there’s no thunder. I now tend to play Heartbeat overnight and during bad weather, and TaDE during the day. I’m hoping that with having played TaDE for a week they’ll soon have a better response to weather changes with it.Last night I decided to take a break from playing either CD. I wasn’t sure if TaDE was actually having an effect … until last night. The dogs were totally heathenish without the music, including barking more (although I suspect it was for tv sounds rather than anything on the street). So far, Heartbeat Lullabies is the clear winner for bad weather, but TaDE is calming during good weather. Your mileage may vary since all dogs are different.Part of the success of these CDs is playing them during non-stress times so the dog(s) learn to associate the music with relaxation. Expect to give them at least a week of listening to the calming music before using it for stressors, such as thunderstorms. And based on my experiences so far with these two CDs, I suggest getting the appropriate TaDE CD for your need. There are editions for puppies, driving, noise phobias, and more. Each edition is specific to a need and audience. Canine Heartbeat Lullabies only has the one.I’m hoping to get more of the TaDE CDs in the future.
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Cheryl H.
Nice for dogs and people!
I can’t say for sure that my dog finds this calming, but I think so, and it’s very pleasant for the humans to listen to as well! I like that the four CDs have different genres.
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Vicki C Saylor
Not helping
Does nothing for my poodle.
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Megan Gebert
Mind blown!!!!
If I could give this CD more than 5 stars, I would. I teach music lessons from home one afternoon a week, and my dog has been having some issues being upstairs in his crate alone while there are humans downstairs having fun. He has no issues being home alone, but something about being separated while we are in the house is difficult for him. He would eventually quiet down but would bark from upstairs off and on and especially when students would come and go at the front door. Not a huge deal but distracting for me as a teacher and I could tell he was stressed. I bought this CD honestly not expecting much but figuring it couldn’t hurt to try. I put the CD on this morning while the two of us were hanging around so he would have a positive association with the music for later in the day, and when it came time to teach my lessons brought him upstairs and left him in his crate with a Kong, like usual, and left the CD playing on a loop. Well… not one single bark for 3.5 hrs! Not a sound! Not even when I let students in and out the front door, which is traditionally a big reactive moment for him. I was floored. I went upstairs when I was done teaching and he was just calmly sitting in his crate. My mind is blown! Perhaps it was a fluke… I guess we will see next week… but the CD was the only change this week and he had yet to make it through a lesson without a barking fit. I’m sure every dog is different, but it is definitely worth a shot if you have a dog who could use some relaxation. This was a night and day difference for my Clyde.
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John Kapica
Calmed my Dog
I have a three year old Australian Shepherd that has epilepsy and gets extremely anxious during thunder storms. She has a seizure about every three weeks and we are always worried that some event, like a thunder storm, will bring it on even earlier. Playing through a Dog’s Ear during these events really seems to calm her a lot. It’s all piano music but it seems to do the trick. Very happy with this purchase.
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Holly Crosby
MAGIC!!!
I cant explain how thrilled I am with this CD. I was at the end of my rope with my roommate’s dog. She would cry for hours, even if I had her out of her room playing with me and my dog. I tried talking to her in soothing tones, I tried shaking a can at her that she was scared of, I even tried just ignoring her. Last night my roommate left, like she does many nights, and of course her dog cried and yelped-even though she was out running around with me and my dog. So I put her in her room and put on this CD. She cried for maybe 20 seconds, then went to her bed and was silent for hours. It was the craziest thing, and it made my week. I just put the CD on repeat and she was so calm. Normally if she even sees me walk by the room she will have a fit. Yet I went to check up on her and she saw me and didnt make a noise but just went back to her bed. So my roommate gets home and we are expecting the normal crying and barking and general mayhem. Instead we were so pleasantly surprised to have a calm quiet dog in her place. I cant give this CD enough praise, and just wish I had thought of it before.