Leaving the TV on for Your Dog Probably Isn't Doing Much
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Do you ever leave music on for your dog to keep them company while you're gone, or maybe put on a TV show?ย Well, turns out you might just be wasting electricity . . .
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A new study looked at how dogs behaved when their owners played music and audiobooks while they were gone.ย And in general, it didn't make a big difference.
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If music helped, it was only a little.ย And audiobooks had NO effect.
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The study involved 82 different dogs.ย Some sat in silence . . . some listened to Mozart . . . and others listened to the audiobook version ofย "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".
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The classical music DID seem to help them settle down a little faster at first.ย But that was the only real difference, and they still showed other signs of stress.
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The researchers didn't look at whether the visuals from a TV might do anything.ย But they say that sound alone appears to offer, quote, "little value to dogs" dealing with short-term stress.ย ย
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(ScienceDirectย /ย NY Post)