iCalmDog 5.0b Bluetooth Speaker + 3-hrs Clinically-Tested Classical Dog Calming Music: Through a Dog's Ear | Your Proven Canine Anxiety Solution

This worked so great for my anxious puppy. He loved the music right away and it kept him calm when it was bed time. He usually cries for awhile and I have to rub his head to fall asleep. Now he falls to sleep right away and doesn’t cry at all. Worth the money!

I initially purchased Pet Tunes from Chewy, but when a series of FedEx mistakes made it clear that I wouldn’t receive it by the day I was picking up my new puppy, I hopped onto Amazon and looked for any calming music set-up that had next-day delivery. Even though iCalmDog was 50% more expensive than Pet Tunes, it was worth it just to have something on hand when my pup came home. It was relatively easy to set up, and the piano music it played was nice and relaxing for me, too.For 30 days, it was fine. I had it set to a low volume, plugged in, and it played 24/7. I can’t say for certain whether it calmed my puppy, since he was never here without the music, but it did provide some nice background so the other sounds of living in an apartment weren’t too much for him while I was at work each day. But one evening around day 30, I heard an odd sound. I paused the TV, walked over to the speaker, and could clearly hear a man speaking. Fortunately, it was one of those monotone DJs from what was apparently a classical music station, but still, it was odd. I messed around with the speaker for a bit, and I finally got it back to the pre-loaded piano music, but that didn’t last even 24 hours. It was back to the classical music DJ when I came home from work the next day. And I haven’t had any luck getting the piano music back since then.Fortunately FedEx eventually learned how to do their job and delivered my Pet Tunes order. I meant to return it, but Chewy did their usual, “We’ve refunded you. Keep or donate it, don’t send it back,” spiel. So finally I went ahead and unboxed Pet Tunes, plugged it in, turned it on, and we’re good to go. We’re back to really pretty, relaxing music with surprisingly better sound quality. Maybe someday I’ll get iCalmDog back to working correctly again, but it doesn’t really matter at this point. The fact is that iCalmDog costs way more than PetTunes, is more difficult to set up, has worse sound quality, and didn’t work out for very long.

★★★★★ iCalm Dog 5.0c, Through A Dog’s Ear, Creative.Com/MWhat happens when Joshua Leeds (music producer, sound researcher, and educator specializing in psychoacoustics); Lisa Spector (concert pianist), and Susan Wagner (integrative veterinary neurologist with a passion for energy medicine) collaborate to help you help your dog?Speaker labeled: “Through A Dog’s Ear”; receipt says: “iCalmDog 5.0c.”ProsFor over ten years, our dogs have enjoyed *Through A Dog’s Ear* music at home and while traveling by car. Now, with *iCalmDog*, we have the flexibility to take it anywhere.The unit came with two Sound Cards:1. “Calm Your Canine,” advertised as included with the iCalmDog2. “Human Animal Bond,” a bonus!The Sound Card Holder (purchased separately) has room for eight sound cards and spaces for labeling.I purchased two additional Sound Cards:4. “Elderly Canine”5. “Puppy-Pak” (combination of music, sounds from the household, and sounds from the outdoors.Each Sound Card comes with a list of the featured composers and an informational pamphlet. The pamphlet that comes with the unit – “iCalm Dog Behavioral Solutions: Calm Your Canine” – was written by one of the founders, Lisa Spector, She provides hints on when to use *iCalmDog*, specific applications, where to place it, precautions to protect the speaker from being chewed, and behavior changes to observe.The receipt provides instructions on returning the merchandise to Amazon as well as how to provide feedback for the seller. A separate business-card size sheet asks “Need Help?” and offers customer service from <Creative.Com/MHelp>.Multiple videos available on YouTube. Meet two of the founders of *Through A Dog’s Ear*, Joshua Leeds and Lisa Spector, at: <https://icalmpet.com/about/joshua-leeds-lisa-spector/>.“Quick-Start Instructions” and the detailed fold-out, “Overview” (Labeled “Creative Metallix” are helpful.Some of the topics the music specifically addresses:Acclimation to new environment; Aggression; Air Travel; Automobile anxiety; Bathtime; Bedtime; Canine Dysfunction Syndrome; Canine massage; City Sounds; Construction noise; Crate anxiety – such as: during transportation, at agility trials and other dog sport activities, at dog shows; Delivery truck noise; Doggy Daycare quiet hour; Excessive barking; Excitement with visitors; Fear; Fireworks Phobia; Groomers; Human-Animal Bond; Hyperactivity; Introducing dog to new stimuli (babies, visitors, other pets) in their home environment; Loud noises; Nail trimming; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Pre- and post-surgery; Pre-Natal; Puppies; Puppy quiet time; Reactive/ Fearful Issues; Reactivity; Restaurant etiquette; Seniors; Separation Anxiety; Thunder Phobia; Training classes; Veterinary visits; and WhelpingConsControls on the speaker – “Function Light,” “Auxiliary Port,” “Prev Track long press,” and “Next Track long press” – are hard-to-read black-on-black raised print.Save the box to keep sound cards, informational cards, booklets, and papers in one place before deciding what you need to keep.

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I really like the iCalm dog speaker. My dog is going through separation anxiety now that we are not on “Covid Lockdown”. I already can see it starting to help. They provide instructions to help you gradually introduce the music to be the most productive in calming your dog. The sound is good and the music is classical piano that is very soothing. They also have other chips you can purchase to change it up, or for other issues your pet might be dealing with. My cat seems to like the music as well, so that’s a plus. By the way, it’s very easy to set up in case anyone else is “technically challenged” with electronics like I am. :) I highly recommend this purchase.

Update: It worked for her a couple of times. A dog with less severe anxiety might get more relief from it. After pills and all the destruction it is an absolute relief to find this. We bought it with a covered kennel lined with a dog proof flat bed and a dog proof round walled bed inside the kennel. We give her cbd oil and start the music. This combination gives us all a good night’s sleep as well as our sweet chihuahua mix even during the worst thunderstorms now. I wish we could have found it all years ago. The entire family loves the music. I’ve caught the kids playing it by choice just because it’s so soothing.

The media could not be loaded.  The music is pretty piano music. The charge lasts for days, but I keep mine plugged in all the time now. I’m sure you could just Bluetooth calming music into speakers for the same effect. It calms our whole household!