Skoda creates a Spotify playlist for dogs

The playlist includes tracks scientifically proven to soothe dogs' travel anxiety

Happy Hounds Playlist
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Skoda UK has teamed up with a dog behaviourist and nutritionist to create a playlist for dogs. The songs are scientifically proven to ease car travel anxiety in dogs, it says.

Research conducted by the Czech car brand showed that six out of 10 dogs become anxious in cars. It also revealed that 75 percent of drivers have been distracted by the behaviour of their anxious dog.

Anna Webb, who has been a dog behaviourist and nutritionist for 20 years, said the choice of song is key to keeping dogs calm in a car.

She said: “Emulating the heartbeat is thought by science to offer a calming effect. Small dogs and puppies normally have heart rates of 120 to 160 beats per minute. These songs work as they are not heavy metal or similar genres which is known to disturb sleep patterns in dogs.”

“I included some reggae songs on the upper end of the BPM as it’s proven dogs like reggae, so these will work well for smaller dogs as their heartbeat is faster than bigger dogs.”

The ‘Top of the Dogs’ playlist includes everything from No Woman, No Cry by Bob Marley and The Wailers to Knowing Me, Knowing You by ABBA.

There’s no room for Dog Says Are Over by Florence + The Machine, I Want a Dog by Pet Shop Boys or Who Let The Dogs Out by Baha Men. Even Snoop Dogg misses out.

Anna Webb added: “We based the playlist on a deep understanding of the relationship between beats per minute and high and low frequencies. The larger the dog, the slower the normal heart rate. This means it is a slow tempo, which science has proven is calming to dogs. So slower tempo songs work for bigger dogs.”

The Happy Hounds playlist is available on Spotify. You’d be barking mad to miss it.

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