Environments & Music

Canine Hearing

Canine hearing is much more sensitive than human hearing. As a result, your dog’s alert instinct is triggered by the sounds of a door slamming, a delivery truck arriving or when a thunderstorm is occurring. In the air, where sound travels, exist high and low frequencies and volumes levels that humans can’t hear but dogs can hear. In our homes and in other environments, dogs can develop stress, anxiety, and aggression in reaction to these sounds.

Pet Acoustics has designed music for canine hearing by eliminating the high and low frequencies that can agitate canine hearing and behavior. Accommodating dogs in this way creates a relaxing environment to elicit canine calm with music. Dogs prefer long sustained tones and harmonies at a moderate to low volume that maintains their state of rest. Each musical selection is contoured to help your dog’s sense of well-being in their environment.

Tip: When you leave your dog home alone, play Pet Acoustics Relaxation Music for Dogs on repeat mode. When you return, you will see that your dog or dogs have been in a calm and relaxed state ready for your companionship.

Feline Hearing

Feline hearing is three times greater than human hearing. Have you wondered why your cat magically slips away before there is a knock on the door or why your cat gets restless before any sign of a thunderstorm? The ability for cats to detect the highest frequencies and faintest of sounds that exist in the air is astounding and one of the most important senses for their survival in nature.

A cat's upright ears assist their acute hearing and helps them capture frequencies humans can't detect. Additional muscles allow them to rotate their ears for surround sound-like hearing. Observing your cat's ears is the best way to know what they are hearing and feeling. Felines prefer long sustained tones and harmonies at a moderate to low volume for their musical taste to maintain their feline state of relaxation. Similar to dogs, calming music provides a sense of well-being in their environment.

Equine Hearing

Equine hearing is closely related to human hearing, though their capacity to hear higher frequencies is greater. The loud crack of a lightening bolt and the rumbling of thunder is especially unsettling to horses. A horse’s acute hearing as well as their sensitivity to atmospheric changes, often triggers behaviors of agitation and stress.

Engine noise and vibrations of the trailer, while transporting your horse are very potent to some horse’s ears. Play this music at a louder volume than you would in the barn to mask some of these sounds. Your horse will associate the calm music to aid in the transition from the barn to the trailer.

For horses that are confined to their stalls following surgery or injury, Pet Acoustics music can be used to help minimize abrupt movements and provide a calm atmosphere during the healing process.

Pet Acoustics musical compositions reference the inherent rhythmic patterns of a horses gait along with short melodic phrases and upbeat tempos. Play this music on repeat mode to help your horse or horses be calmed and soothed in their surrounding.