Does your dog need a playlist. Here are some tips.
Met Life is a big insurance company for humans that also offers pet insurance. They report that one in seven dog owners has created a playlist for their faithful friend. Do the pups care?
Well, 36% of owners say their dogs don’t react to music at all. That does leave 64% who might. I know that all five of the English bull terriers I’ve shared my life with over the years display(ed) interest in music.
Willy Bumpers, the first, was transfixed by Rough Trade’s “High School Confidential” as well as (inexplicably) the theme from the TV show Dallas. Sponge, one of the most mild-mannered of the bunch, perked up to Skinny Puppy. Schmooze would always settle down to “Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley. However, as you can see from the picture at the top of this post, she got along very well with Kirk Hammett of Metallica. He’s also a bull terrier lover.
The current two are no different. Squirt has a thing for “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” while Snug adores “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” by The Proclaimers. I attribute that to the fact that we travelled to Dunedin, Scotland, to pick her up.
Anyway, back to the survey. It returned the following results:
- The number one genre on dog playlists is rock. Pop is second and hip-hop rap is third.
- The top artists for dog playlists are Coldplay, Fleetwood Mac, Radiohead, The Beatles, Billy Joel, Queen, and The Cranberries.
- The most popular song? “Yellow” from Coldplay. Radiohead’s “Creep” comes next and then “Linger” from The Cranberries.
- Taylor Swift shows up on one in six dog playlists. That makes her the number one artist among dogs. Or something like that.
- Nine out of 10 dog people play music for their dogs.
- 63% of dog people sing to their dogs.
- Need to calm your dog? Survey says 63% believe classical music is best.
Here’s a cool chart.
I find all this quite interesting, especially because other studies have shown that dogs adore Bob Marley than any other artist.
Need more? There are plenty of stats here.
