Ridgeback between the Proacs
Posted by: Haim on 02 January 2005
Savannah, our thirteen years old Ridgeback, sleeps in our bedroom. Every time my wife and I went to bed the dog would show up to sleep on her rug with us. Now she has a new habit. When we leave the NAIM system playing music in the living room and go to bed, the dog stays in her favorite spot there, in between the Proac speakers. When the music ends she joins us in the bedroom. We tried different kinds of music; jazz, classical, world and so forth. The results are the same. As long as the music is on in the room, Savannah stays with the Proacs. I guess we will have to teach her to extract the disc before she goes to bed (without loosing the puck).
Does anyone else have a pet that is affected by music or by a NAIM system?
Haim
Posted on: 03 January 2005 by sjust
Haim, that's a lovely story !
My cat (Phil) scratches the door of my separate listening room, whenever I play music that the rest of my family would call "cat music" (screetching guitars, squeeking saxophones, etc.) When I open, he happiliy enters the room, then, curls up next to me on the sofa and falls asleep peacefully.
Loud orchestra music, OTOH, is not his piece of cake...
Best regards, freundliche Grüße
Stefan
Posted on: 07 January 2005 by Mike in PA, USA
"Music calms the savage beast" as well as the domesticated dog and housecat, it seems.
Posted on: 07 January 2005 by Haim
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Originally posted by Mike in PA, USA:
"Music calms the savage beast" as well as the domesticated dog and housecat, it seems.
Mike,
It was not so easy. As a pop Savannah did not like my wife playing the piano and she would leave the room despite the fact that the music was no Shostakovitch but more romantic pieces by Chopin or Debussy. Later on my daughter took special pleasure in chasing the dog around the house blowing her French Horn. The poor dog was sure that she was being hunted by some wild elephants. So it is gratifying to see the dog relaxing and appreciating our wonderful music. Our living room floor is a suspended one (over a basement) and made of wood, and I suspect that on top of hearing the sound the dog also feels the vibrations that are coming from the speakers.
I tried a couple of times to calm my wife with music, but alas, she still has the ability to operate the 'mute' button and bypass my cheap tricks.
Regards,
Haim
