Do you leave the radio on for your pet?

Leaving the radio on all day for your pets is a great idea... 

It can give your pets a sense of security that they’re not really alone. But they could care less what song comes on.  Charles Snowdon, animal psychologist and an authority on the musical preferences of animals, says they really do have some musical preferences – but unfortunately it’s not human music. Most animals won’t prefer Bach over Beatles or Sinatra over Sting. To animals, human music and tempos are basically all unrecognizable. 

So what DO they like? Dr. Snowdon says cats prefer music composed in their frequency range and heart tempo which is higher and faster than ours. Large dogs such as Labradors or mastiffs may respond to some music in our range – but smaller dogs such as Chihuahuas and pugs don’t care what we play.