Pet Tunes Bluetooth Speaker Preloaded with Calming Canine Music

The title of this review may seem underwhelming but I have a rescue dog who was surrendered due to very very severe anxiety (see details below). For me, even a 10-15% improvement in my dog’s behavior is big. I’ll list out Pro’s and Con’s:Pro’s- easy to use- small/portable- bright color makes it easy to find/spot and hard to misplace- seems to work better for noises than just classical music, I think because it’s so rhythmic (see also the cons with this).- very good for my highly noise sensitive dog. According to DNA, my dog is 25% schnauzer, 13% German Shepherd, 13% Australian cattle dog (also known as a blue heeler), 13% miniature pinscher, the rest unknown. Three out of four of the breeds listed are known as highly challenging for training and/or anxiety. My dog has aggression and timidity, as well as very severe separation anxiety. He is on Prozac after we tried everything (herbal supplements, CBD, extremely expensive dog trainers) in addition to ongoing dog training. He was supposed to be a foster dog but he was returned by two prospective homes and one of them (where frankly the people were jerks who did everything I told them NOT to do) suggested euthanasia. So he is a *challenging* dog and I am his lady stop before a problem dog sanctuary or worse. When I first got him, he wouldn’t sleep unless I held him in my arms and he would startle awake at every noise. My neighborhood is a bit noisy, and just playing a white noise machine wasn’t enough to drown out random noises. This machine and sometimes the combo with white noise means that if I run out for 2-3 hours to run errands, I’m likely not coming home to a terrified dog. He might be nervous but not terrified. He still has trouble if I’m gone too long (we have a web cam to check on him) but this helps. This is a dog who has had full blown panic attacks and has a prescription for Xanax. I’m not joking. I always thought dogs on drugs was nonsense but once you’ve seen a dog severely hyperventilating until they nearly pass out, it gets real. This helps me so it’s worth the $$ for me but I don’t know if it would be worth it for a less severe case.Cons:- this doesn’t use the same charger the pet acoustics walking sound machine (for which I will also post a review) and it’s annoying to have to use two different chargers for gadgets from the same company- I find the shape a little awkward since it’s a cube with the speakers on one side and controls on another, so I find it easy to accidentally block the speaker- there is no display, no description of each track, and I don’t have a good memory so I find myself randomly clicking through in the hopes I find a tune I like.- I find most of the tunes kind of annoying. They’re sort of new age with a beat. There are maybe one or two I can deal with but I have trouble finding them, so if I’m home I put on classical music. My dog’s anxiety is better when I’m home but I’m going to experiment with how to play this so he can hear it but I can’t.

Just figured it was a gimmick...I've been working with my newly rescued 18-month-old Labrador, with much emotional damage, and who is partly blind as well (the result of backyard breeding abuse). I am trying all the tools. She is potty trained, but has terrible separation anxiety. She would wet on the floor after I was gone for 1 to 2 hours.Well, this little song box WORKS!!! She does not wet on the floor anymore, and she can rest at night without barking at very early hours. Thank you, Pet Acoustics, for this lovely Pet Tune calmer--calms me too :-)))

I was skeptical about this, but I've got a rescue dog who was waking me up several times a night. (She's not allowed to sleep in the bed, so kept coming into the bedroom to be "tucked in.") I saw the good reviews and decided to give this a try. This music relaxes her so quickly and she sleeps in her bed the entire night. Our other dog also finds the music relaxing, which is a bonus since we've been trying to get him to sleep on his bed with a heating pad (he's got arthritis). He curls up on his heated bed and happily sleeps all night.The sound quality is very clear, and even I find the music to be relaxing. The cube is small, so is very easily set on any shelf, but seems to be quite sturdy. It does seem to run about 8 hours on a single charge, which is nice.In sum, I am very pleased and definitely recommend this little gadget to everyone.

This was recommended by a friend who uses a related product for older horses. I have 2 elderly dogs, one of whom has severe separation anxiety, and the other a new rescue who is older, petrified of thunderstorms, fireworks, etc. I've tried the thunder shirt with her, but have found it minimally helpful I thought "what the heck", and ordered the canine version. Although I'm not home when it's in use, I have noticed that they are both usually sound asleep when I return home, not frantically barking at the window like before. I can only assume that the "New Age" musical sounds have something positive to do with it. I would recommend it's definitely worth trying, esp since the cost is reasonable.

I had another brand, and after quite awhile it broke. I didn't think I needed to get another one as I have a Google Mini in the living room now, but for some reason even on paid Spotify, I would come home most days and it had stopped itself. I finally got sick of that, and decided to buy another music box. I gave this one a shot. It is still too much money in my opinion for what it is, but I do love it and hopefully the dogs do too! I can't speak to the battery life, as I keep it plugged in. There is only one song that is annoying haha but I don't think the dogs mind. I haven't tried adding any more songs, no need. Again, I don't think the dogs care. lol I just turn it on when I am leaving and turn off when I get back. I have been using it evey week day for 9+ hours for 5 months, and it's still working great. Makes me feel better knowing they have calming music and it also helps drown out outside noise.