Music & Sound Therapy for Dogs

Help calm your dog’s nervous system with Sound Therapy

When a dog feels anxious and or afraid, stress hormones like cortisol surge through your dog’s body.

Chronic stress can take of years off your dog’s life, over causing physiological and adaptive changes – like increased energy diversion to the muscles, increased heart rate and blood pressure, and suppression of digestion.

Help your dog by first learning how to recognize symptoms of stress, check out my list of signs your dog is stressed.

Sound therapy works

According to research the right music can decreases a dog’s HBM exposed to music with a tempo of 50-60 beats per minute, which makes them relax.

Joshua Leeds is sound a researcher and teacher of sound work producing the latest research on canine sound therapy. He composes music specifically for dogs and babies. His most recent composed work is called Through a Dog’s Ear and can be streamed for free on Spotify or YouTube.

Another resource, i Calm Dog Speaker Packages. My dog training clients provided positive feedback on its effectiveness of the calming music.


There’s a method to using music & sound therapy effectively and I offer Online Private Dog Training lessons to learn how it’s done correctly.

Learn more about me, Shelly Haines VSA-CDT (Certified Dog Trainer) here.

Shelly Haines, Certified Dog Trainer, Austin Texas.

“Through a Dog’s Ear” Playlists:

Top tracks
Reggae Calming Dog Music Playlist:

A Sound Therapy Series for noise phobias by Victoria Stilwell

Does your dog suffer from firework or thunderstorm noise phobias?

CANINE NOISE PHOBIAS are debilitating for dogs but there is behavior modification therapy –

4-CD compilation of specialized audio recordings for fireworks, thunderstorms, and city sounds used for desensitization training. This innovative training protocol can be ordered below. Specifically designed to reduce and prevent noise phobia and anxieties.

Dog with sign that says "please don't buy fireworks, I am scared"
Negative experiences with fireworks and thunderstorms can develop into noise phobias, panic attacks.

A Variety of Dog Calming Music Playlist:

Want to learn more about noise phobias?

Schedule your free initial phone consult to find out how a private lesson can help your dog with noise phobias.