Music For Animals

We learned about this during the process of creating a musical CD for dogs approved by dogs. We worked with Dr. Kim Ogden, an intuitive animal communicator (pet psychic) who was acting as a translator between the dogs and us. She also helped us develop the process of creating music involving animals directly in the making of the music.

Dr. Ogden put together focus groups of dogs (taken from over two hundred dogs nationwide) and tested out different kinds of music to see how the dogs reacted. We then based the music on the dog’s responses.

The lyrics were based on Dr. Kim going back seven years into her records to ascertain what things or events came up the most frequently during her consultations. The things included in the list are the things that interested dogs the most as related through Dr. Kim’s qualitative and quantitative research procedures. The following list is the result of that research.

The responses were solicited from dogs at two national dog shows, shelters and Dr. Ogden’s private clients. The sample populations for the dogs consisted of companion dogs, agility dogs, obedience dogs, conformation dogs, and rescue dogs, providing a very good across the board sample of dogs and human companions,

The data follows:

Would You Like To Hear This In a Song? Yes Total Percent

1. Hear That My Human Loves Me 93 100 93%
2. Tell My Human I Love Them 92 100 92%
3. Eat Food 87 100 87%
4. Be Outside 76 100 76%
5. Get Petted or Hugged 75 100 75%
6. Have a Dog Bed 14 15 93%
7. Play With a Toy 43 47 91%
8. Have a Stuffed Toy 13 15 87%
9. Chew on a bone 9 15 60%
10. Go in the Car 27 56 48%
11. Throw a Ball 25 92 27%
12. Get Brushed 20 78 26%

For those of you who are interested, Parts 2 & 3 will deal with the dog’s individual responses to the different genres of music and artists Dr. Ogden presented for the dog’s consideration. Part 3 will relate to an actual focus group, exactly how it worked, and what was said – by humans and dogs. Stay tuned.