Audiobooks Can Help To Reduce Your Dog’s Stress Levels

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There are many reasons why dogs have to stay in kennels. This might be a short stay or for far more extended periods. Regardless of how much time and money you’ve invested in creating the best environment for your dogs to stay in while they have to remain in this enclosed space, scientists indicate that the stress levels of our canine friends increase when this happens.
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One of the features that you’ll find in their dog kennels and dog run panels is that they allow plenty of visibility to your dogs while kept in containment. Being able to see what is going on around them and having some kind of entertainment reduce both their levels of stress and boredom. ...
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However, this team also states that during the past couple of years they have been following research on how to even further reduce the levels of stress and anxiety that dogs might experience while being cooped up and it appears that audiobooks are the answer.
Now, who doesn’t enjoy listening to a gripping bedtime story? It appears as if dogs are not much different in this sense. Before we discuss why this is helping, we need to consider the contributing factors that cause their stress levels to increase in the first place. It is often the case that it is not the kennel that is the cause of concern but rather the limited social interaction they endure during this time and the fact that the stay can become too long for them to handle. When dogs become stressed, they start to act out and behavioural problems can be a great concern when they get out of the kennels again.
What researchers have determined is that you can enrich the lives of the dogs in a kennel on your property through storytelling. First studies researched the effect of playing music on dogs. While several types of music formed part of the research, the best results came from playing audiobooks. The sound of a human voice brings the impression of human company to the kennel. Suddenly, the dog doesn’t feel as alone anymore while the humming tone of the narrator’s voice is calming their nerves.
During the study, these dogs would have two hours of treatment time during which an audiobook would be played at 60 dB which is equivalent to the sound of a human voice during normal conversation. Every five minutes they would record the dogs’ behaviour.
What these researchers noticed is that dogs listening to these audiobooks acted less stressed and there was a definite decline in behavioural concerns amongst these animals. They opted to sleep longer hours, were less restless and wouldn’t spend so much time sitting or standing around. The dogs that were part of the study also barked far less than dogs that were not part of the research group.
While music, especially classical music did make an overall positive impression, audiobooks came out as the most effective manner to reduce stress amongst these animals. Thus, by using audiobooks for a few hours a day, you can improve the overall wellbeing of the dogs you keep in kennels on your property and improve their overall wellbeing.
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