Dogs are sensitive to everyday noises in the house and it can be very bad for their health, this is what a team of American researchers discovered by interviewing nearly 400 dog owners and watching dozens of videos. on dogs.
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These are the kind of videos that are very shared on social networks, we see a dog startling because of an alarm or howling to death upon hearing a shrill noise. In fact, it’s not funny. Dogs are excessively sensitive to noise, much more so than humans. They perceive high frequency sounds that we don’t even hear. When the noise is too loud, it scares them and this stress can have harmful effects on their health, first on their well-being but also on their life expectancy.
It is known that dogs cannot stand fireworks, gunshots, thunder, very loud and unusual noises. But this study tells us that they do not like noises that seem harmless at home to us either. For example the buzzer of the microwave, the vacuum cleaner, the alerts of the washing machine when the cycle is finished or the beeps of the smoke detector when the battery is empty.
Dogs don’t necessarily react by barking. Dog owners should also be alert to changes in attitude: the dog begins to breathe very quickly, trembles, tries to hide or curls up. These are normal reactions to stress, the problem should be watched closely when it happens too often, but these everyday noises are permanent.
The last thing to do when seeing your dog in this state is to laugh, you have to take into account his distress and stop the noise otherwise the animal may eventually develop behavioral disorders.
The authors of this study believe that better training is needed for dog owners. In their answers to questions or in the videos they have seen owners amused by these stress reactions, people do not realize the impact of these harmless noises on their dog, and it can generate a loss of confidence in the dog. animal vis-à-vis its master.