Think about the calming environment a spa offers: soft music and peaceful scents to soothe nerves and provide a level of serenity. A California shelter has found that dogs experience the exact same reaction as we do.
The staff is now playing chamber music, concertos, and sonatas 24 hours a day. They find the dogs bark less and are relaxed enough to stay toward the front of their cages, which helps immensely with their chances for adoption.oon to be added will be the scent of lavender, which got rave reviews from both humans and dogs during a month and a half trial run. The dogs paced, jumped, and barked less. The humans thought the shelter and dogs were cleaner. The staff insists that the only real difference was the addition of aromatherapy.
These tricks may be worth trying at home for dogs that become stressed when being left alone.
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