Dog Relaxation CD Guide

A dog relaxation cd can calm your pet's anxiety quickly, effectively and safely and if you've never considered using music to calm your dog during stressful situations, maybe now is the time to give it some thought!

Did you know that using the right kind of music can be a very effective way of reducing your pet's anxiety levels? Well, it's true.

A dog who is upset, anxious, stressed or fearful can show this by whining, barking, pacing, panting, drooling - or even by developing obsessive compulsive behaviors such as spinning, tail-chasing and so on.

If his fears are due to separation anxiety or dog noise anxiety he might get hysterical and out of control, making enough noise to disturb the neighbors, destroy your home or even injure himself.

If you want to learn more about why music is such a great de-stressor for dogs (and cats too for that matter), you can click here to jump straight to that info.

Or just scroll down a little to see a collection of the very best dog relaxation cd's on the market, one of them could be just the answer you've been looking for.

Best Relaxation Music For Dogs

Also available is the 'Through A Dog's Ear' 3-CD set 

You might also want to try... Pet Music: Creature Comforts.

There are several more really good music cd's that have been designed to calm anxious or frightened dogs.

Here are just a few other options for you to look at (the very last one is actually a DVD).....

How Music Calms Canine Anxiety

Several studies, conducted both in the USA and in England, have shown that classical music has a significantly calming effect on dogs.

Although you may not know exactly HOW it happens, most of us know that listening to slow, melodic classical music can help us to relax.

Research has shown that we actually experience a physiological reaction to this type of music, and it affects our heartbeat, blood pressure and brainwaves.

In fact, the same research indicates that 30 mins of classical music equals about 10mg of Valium!

But, does the same thing happen in dog? Can a dog relaxation cd really help the pup who's anxious about thunderstorms, or the dog who feels acute separation anxiety, or the one who is so scared of car rides that he has the equivalent of a human 'panic attack'?

It would seem that the answer is a resounding "YES!". Here are some of the findings of research and studies done on this subject........

• Although dogs don't show outward signs of recognizing rhythm or 'beat' (they don't tap their feet, or nod their heads), their bodies respond in the same way as humans. Blood pressure and heartrate is reduced, and brainwaves slow down in response to classical music. They also react in the opposite way to up-tempo music,


• 50 - 60 beats per minute (bpm) seems to be the optimum tempo for calming dog anxiety


• Studies show that a piano solo at 50 - 60 bpm had a profoundly relaxing and calming effect on 80% of the canine test subjects in a home environment. In fact over half of them fell sound asleep!


• Even in a more stressful kennel environment, a dog relaxation cd with the same type of music calmed 70% of the dogs

A common technique for reducing separation anxiety in dogs is to leave a radio or TV playing in the background, and this can definitely help, no matter what music/program is playing.

BUT, instead of just tuning into any old TV or local radio station, if you play a cd with special 'psychoacoustic' musical arrangements the effects will be so much better.

That's because certain sounds and musical 'beats' actually have the opposite effect and rather than calming your dog, they can cause over-stimulation.

Loud, rapid-tempo music, shouting, arguing or high-pitched voices are all stressful to your pup and are definitely not dog-friendly.

If your dog is anxious, fearful or destructive when left alone, has an anxious/nervous personality, or reacts negatively to storms, car trips, visitors to your home and so on, try a dog relaxation cd and be prepared to be amazed!

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