Dogs Pick their own songs to make them Happy!

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(Free-Press-Release.com) July 6, 2004 -- 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.

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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