Songs to Make Dogs Happy

Lauren Canyon Animal Company | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 26, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Quicksilver
• ASIN: B0007X9U88
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,130 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Squeaky-Deakey!

2. I'm Your Doggie

3. You're a Good Dog

4. Please Let Me Know

5. Scratch My Back

6. Outside

7. Hap, Hap, Happy!

8. I Love Food

9. I'll Be Back

10. Cookies

11. Adventure Dog

12. My Bed

Editorial Reviews

There is a typo in the artist name - should read "LAUREL CANYON ANUMAL COMPANY" and not "LAUREN CANYON ANIMAL COMPANY"

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

103 of 116 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars My Dog Scooter Says To Pass on This, March 22, 2005

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Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews
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According to "animal communicator" Dr. Kim Ogden-Avrutik (her picture is on the cover--she's the one on the right, by the way), this is the kind of music Fido likes to listen to. Dr. Ogden-Avrutik conducted numerous focus group discussions, and she learned that Rover and his pals are not overly fond of certain drum sounds (it too closely resembles gunshots) and (here's a shocker!) they don't like to hear the word "no."

Conducting my own limited focus group with my one-year-old cocker spaniel Scooter, I played a few tracks for him. "Squeakey-Deakey!" certainly got his attention. He would paw at the speakers every time the rubber toy was squeaked. But he showed little interest in the other songs like "I'll Be Back," "Scratch My Back," or "I Like Food." After a few minutes, he opted to chase the cat instead.

When I asked him what he didn't like about the songs (I'm an amateur dog whisperer myself), Scooter said he found most of the songs a bit too condescending. "Your a Good Dog," for example, spouts the kind of feel-good babble you might expect from Dr. Phil: "You are so adorable...how beautiful you are...you are so cute...." He just didn't find them very sincere. He wanted to know where are songs like "I'm in Love with Your Leg," "Chowing Down at the Litter Box Buffet," or "Booty-Scootin' Boogie"? If he had a choice, Scooter said he'd rather listen to Joe Cocker. (I'm not sure he meant that, or if he was just making a lame joke--he's a "cocker" spaniel, remember?)

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Our dogs have NEVER been soooo relaxed, June 15, 2006

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Karen D. Larry-Moyer "Pages & Print" (Cuyahoga Falls, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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Ok I admit it I bought this CD after having heard about it on NPR - My husband laughed at me as I placed my order for this and laughed more when he heard the songs. Now he and the dogs have a ritual. He puts it on and chats with the dogs and they curl up and for the duration of the CD they are good as gold NOTHING phases them they just relax and unwind. It could be just quality time with him or the songs themselves whatever it is - It works ! The downside: I have heard my husband humming "I'm an Adventure Dog"

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 paws, May 11, 2005

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Marisa (Illinois) - See all my reviews

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cheesy, but hysterical, and oddly effective! I was skeptical too. But my dog (4 yo shep mix) Vera seems to genuinely enjoy this cd - some of the tunes like 'squeaky deaky' and 'adventure dog' (the funniest) get her more worked up than others, but even the milder tunes have her leaving my side (a rarity) to be in the room with the stereo - and in bliss when I follow her in to play with her during the songs. If your dog's behavior tends to crack you up anyway then this cd should provide lots of joy.