Music has a calming effect on dogs also!

Music has a calming effect on dogs also!
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Classical music has a calming as well as positive effect on kennelled dogs. Results showed that the dogs\' stress levels decreased significantly after listening to music. Male dogs responded better than female dogs and both groups spent less time standing and barking when the music was being played.

London: Classical music has a calming as well as positive effect on kennelled dogs. Results showed that the dogs' stress levels decreased significantly after listening to music. Male dogs responded better than female dogs and both groups spent less time standing and barking when the music was being played.

It seems dogs, like humans, prefer to listen to a variety of music and not the same thing over and over again. A range of animate and inanimate environmental enrichment techniques have been employed within kennels to try to minimise the stress experienced by dogs. The study showed a similar beneficial effect of classical music but it lasted only for a short period.

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