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Chairity Dog Wash Sunday 8/22/2010 10am-5pm to support the "Breast in Show" team of Vets &Vet Techs as they walk in the Susan G Koman 3-Day event.
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Chairity Dog Wash Sunday 8/22/2010 10am-5pm to support the "Breast in Show" team of Vets &Vet Techs as they walk in the Susan G Koman 3-Day event.
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Michelle Morrison, DVM
623-680-9200
Chiropractic / Holistic Vet / Pet Home Euthanasia
www.TheHolisticVet.net
drmimi@TheHolisticVet.net
www.pethomeeuthanasia.com
drmimi@pethomeuthanasia.com
Other Pet Services
Pet Photographers
Brenna Orozco Photography
| Your Pets and Stress Many pet owners believe that stress has always been around but it is somehow different than it was 50 or 100 years ago. Life moves at a faster pace. Many diseases are linked to "stress" and stress has been shown to shorten life expectancy. So what about our pets? Do pets get stressed out, too? The short answer is yes. Stress affects pets, too. Some pets are more stressed out than others - sort of like people. Different pets have different stress levels and, like us, they all handle stress in different ways. You can put two people in a similar situation - say a fender bender - the accident may send one of them over the edge while the other takes it as just another bump in the road. Dogs are like that, too. Some dogs are just innately "wound up" and very vulnerable to stress. Some are very in tune with their people. For these pets, our stress also stresses them out. Our pets pick up on our emotions and react to the chaos in our lives. When we're tense, they're tense. Here are a couple of good articles about stress that you may find interesting: How Dogs Help US Deal with Stress Can Dogs Tell If We Are Stressed or Depressed? So, how can we help our pets "de-stress"? Interestingly, research shows that some music can actually soothe pets (just like music soothes people). Studies prove that music helps relax our pets and researchers have even pinpointed some very specific characteristics in the music that work best. Some pet owners feel guilty about leaving their dog home alone so they leave the TV or radio on to keep the dog company. But studies show that this actually does more harm than good. Leaving the TV or radio on will certainly create "noise," but it won't necessarily create a relaxed environment for your dog. It can actually CREATE stress for our pets due to the drastic changes in programming content, volume level and the random mix of musical styles.  Dogs and cats prefer classical music. Cats tend to relax in front of the speakers when classical music is playing. Dogs will actually bark less - especially when they listen to the music of Bach. Classical harp music has been shown to help alleviate stress and heal sickness in cats, dogs, chimpanzees and other animals. In recent pet anxiety studies, house pets responded favorably to classical music under stress-inducing situations, often slipping into a very serene and peaceful state of mind after only a few minutes of listening. Certain instruments and sounds were more effective than others. But for the music to actually calm our pets, it must create a consistently smooth, soothing dynamic from start to finish. That means there should be no abrupt changes in tempo, volume or rhythm. Unfortunately, this is not usually the case with radio broadcasts or most "off-the-shelf" classical music CDs. We have a wonderful classical music CD that was developed for the specific purpose of relaxing pets called Music My Pet, available at Pawzapalooza. The science behind this pet-friendly CD is very sound. It comes from Tom Nazziola, the same award-winning producer/composer/performer you know from Disney's acclaimed Baby Einstein series of children's CDs and DVDs. He studied the latest pet anxiety research to identify the sounds, chords and harmonies that proved most soothing to our pets. Then he chose some appropriate classical pieces by popular composers like Bach, Beethoven and Brahms and re-orchestrated them using the instruments, sounds and musical elements proven to calm dogs, cats and other household pets. Pretty amazing. And it really works. If you're looking for a good way to help your dog cope with stress, I suggest you take a closer look at this CD. I think you'll find it as innovative and relaxing as I did. And you'll probably enjoy it just as much as your dog will. Click here to listen to a sample track from the CD . Stress is unhealthy for our pets. But this amazing relaxation CD can really help. P.S One pet owner whose dog suffered from carsickness and anxiety on long road trips found that playing this CD in the car helped her dog to relax. |
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