A focus group of 200 dogs nationwide with the help of an animal communicator picked music they liked and it was made into a CD by a company that records music with animals, called THe Laurel Canyon An
July 6, 2004 (Press Release) --
The idea came to Them right after they completed the first CD with a
gorilla. Dana,and his Partner Skip Haynes had created Fine Animal Gorilla with
the Gorilla Foundation and Koko (The only lowland gorilla in the world
who understands English and also communicates using a variant of
American Sign Language.)
They found Dr. Kim Ogden, an intuitive animal communicator from
Chicago. They decided to dedicate their first project to dogs. Together they developed a plan to create a musical CD the first canine-approved
musical CD for dogswhich is how Songs To Make Dogs Happy came about.
Dr. Kim, a doctor of public health, insisted they document each step of
the musical creation process.
Then they gave Dr. Kim a compilation CD of different styles of music
from Sambas to Johnny Cash to determine any musical preferences dogs
may have. They learned they like fast tempos and happy melodies. They
liked Sambas. They didnt care for Johnny Cash. One dog told Dr. Kim he
was just a sad man talking.
"Inspired and informed by everything the dogs told us, we created rough
demos of our songs. We were now ready for a second round of testing. We
developed focus groups of dogs and played our demos for them to see what
reactions, if any, the dogs had to our melodies, tempos and lyrics. We
tested 214 dogs from all over the country. We were amazed!" Said Skip Haynes.
The focus groups were conducted with 8 to 13 dogs in a room with a sound
system to play the music. Each dog had a person as a leash holder. Each
leash holder had a leash, clipboard and pen.
We explained to the dogs why they were there and what we were asking
them to do. Dr. Kim then asked them for permission to do so. Some of the
dogs passed on participating. As each song was played for the group, Dr.
Kim stopped at every dog, asked its opinions and had the leash holder
document each dogs responses. They used the information
learned from the dogs responses to adjust or sometimes completely
rewrite or rearrange songs.
,
After they released the CD, they continued testing for results and
discovered that the music works well in many situations. Dogs become
quite attached to the songs. This CD can and does alter a dogs behavior
(and their guardians) in many positive and verifiable ways from
easing separation anxiety to making traveling a much more enjoyable
experience for guardian and dog alike. Its very happy music.
Skip Haynes is owner and CCO of the Laurel Canyon Animal Company, a
record company devoted exclusively to creating music for animals and
animal lovers. Portions of their profits are donated to animal rescue
and rehabilitation groups and organizations. To learn more about the
Laurel Canyon Animal Co. and to listen to their music - please visit
www.petcds.com
For more info call Cohen Radio Associates
Stacey Cohen 310-379-0329
gorilla. Dana,and his Partner Skip Haynes had created Fine Animal Gorilla with
the Gorilla Foundation and Koko (The only lowland gorilla in the world
who understands English and also communicates using a variant of
American Sign Language.)
They found Dr. Kim Ogden, an intuitive animal communicator from
Chicago. They decided to dedicate their first project to dogs. Together they developed a plan to create a musical CD the first canine-approved
musical CD for dogswhich is how Songs To Make Dogs Happy came about.
Dr. Kim, a doctor of public health, insisted they document each step of
the musical creation process.
Then they gave Dr. Kim a compilation CD of different styles of music
from Sambas to Johnny Cash to determine any musical preferences dogs
may have. They learned they like fast tempos and happy melodies. They
liked Sambas. They didnt care for Johnny Cash. One dog told Dr. Kim he
was just a sad man talking.
"Inspired and informed by everything the dogs told us, we created rough
demos of our songs. We were now ready for a second round of testing. We
developed focus groups of dogs and played our demos for them to see what
reactions, if any, the dogs had to our melodies, tempos and lyrics. We
tested 214 dogs from all over the country. We were amazed!" Said Skip Haynes.
The focus groups were conducted with 8 to 13 dogs in a room with a sound
system to play the music. Each dog had a person as a leash holder. Each
leash holder had a leash, clipboard and pen.
We explained to the dogs why they were there and what we were asking
them to do. Dr. Kim then asked them for permission to do so. Some of the
dogs passed on participating. As each song was played for the group, Dr.
Kim stopped at every dog, asked its opinions and had the leash holder
document each dogs responses. They used the information
learned from the dogs responses to adjust or sometimes completely
rewrite or rearrange songs.
,
After they released the CD, they continued testing for results and
discovered that the music works well in many situations. Dogs become
quite attached to the songs. This CD can and does alter a dogs behavior
(and their guardians) in many positive and verifiable ways from
easing separation anxiety to making traveling a much more enjoyable
experience for guardian and dog alike. Its very happy music.
Skip Haynes is owner and CCO of the Laurel Canyon Animal Company, a
record company devoted exclusively to creating music for animals and
animal lovers. Portions of their profits are donated to animal rescue
and rehabilitation groups and organizations. To learn more about the
Laurel Canyon Animal Co. and to listen to their music - please visit
www.petcds.com
For more info call Cohen Radio Associates
Stacey Cohen 310-379-0329
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