In this issue of The Dawg Mama you said "blathering background noise"! Well, that comes from my TV, too! But I use it when I'm away from the house. I don't know if this is right, but I let the TV audio mask out many of the noises that come from the street - People (and other dogs) walking by, delivery trucks, cars and who knows what else. I usually pick CNN or something like a cooking show - a program that has people talking as opposed to a movie that might not have so much constant conversation. My theory is that the dogs (a pair of miniture Dachshunds) wouldn't react so much to outside noise if they were bathed in noise. Does that make sense or is it just plain wrong?
As I mentioned, all the time, is the bigger imbalance. We leave our TV for Angel on when we leave but have it tuned to old school country music from the 40's-80's or mellow reggae.
The point is to have some time free of such noise. In my experience that helps dogs get used to outside noise & react less. And again, less indoor noise helps them to be more calm in general. If music or TV is used to stop dogs from barking all the time, then there's possibly a training or lack of exercise issue.
In this issue of The Dawg Mama you said "blathering background noise"! Well, that comes from my TV, too! But I use it when I'm away from the house. I don't know if this is right, but I let the TV audio mask out many of the noises that come from the street - People (and other dogs) walking by, delivery trucks, cars and who knows what else. I usually pick CNN or something like a cooking show - a program that has people talking as opposed to a movie that might not have so much constant conversation. My theory is that the dogs (a pair of miniture Dachshunds) wouldn't react so much to outside noise if they were bathed in noise. Does that make sense or is it just plain wrong?
As I mentioned, all the time, is the bigger imbalance. We leave our TV for Angel on when we leave but have it tuned to old school country music from the 40's-80's or mellow reggae.
The point is to have some time free of such noise. In my experience that helps dogs get used to outside noise & react less. And again, less indoor noise helps them to be more calm in general. If music or TV is used to stop dogs from barking all the time, then there's possibly a training or lack of exercise issue.