Is trumpet playing bad for dogs?

Insyderzska1 · Regular Member Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 17 Location: NC

I remember a while back when trying to practice, my Chihuahua was in another room in his crate and the sound drove him crazy! Is this bad on their ears? Should I put my dog outside in the backyard while I play?
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Mac Gollehon · Veteran Member Joined: 27 Feb 2014 Posts: 256

Dogs should not play trumpet,they would be much happier on drums!

Insyderzska1 · Regular Member Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 17 Location: NC

HAHA!! But seriously is it bad on their ears?
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Insyderzska1 · Regular Member Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 17 Location: NC

I edited my post I forgot the comma! I am not the best at typing but I try to get the point across! And the dog was already in the other room.
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gregplo · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 1:35 pm Post subject:

When I play, our lab mix comes running up to my practice area, tail wagging, and howls. If the door is open, she comes right into the room with me and howls for a few minutes. If the door is closed, she'll sit outside the door and howl. Her tail is wagging the whole time.
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BillyM · Veteran Member Joined: 01 Oct 2011 Posts: 108

My goldendoodle howls, but I think he is digging it.

MrOlds · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 2:16 pm Post subject:

It can be very uncomfortable for your dog if you're both in the same room while practicing. Your dog's hearing is much more sensitive than a human's so he's hearing the upper harmonics more acutely than you are.

My dog runs upstairs and into a far room when I practice. I'm pretty confident that when he's a few rooms away with closed doors in between he's not suffering from the sound level as much as he's bored with the content

Insyderzska1 · Regular Member Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 17 Location: NC

Thanks! I leave him on the other end of the house when I am trying to practice and he just goes crazy!
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Andy Del · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 3:49 pm Post subject:

My old dog - shepherd/sharpei/basenji/kelpie blend would lie down next to the music stand while I taught and sleep.

She wold sing with my playing, and that of I other student. the only recordings she would sing with here of Hardenberger. Go figure.

Our current hound - Staffy/Kelpie cross just brings a ball/stick/frisbee to play with when I play or teach.

Or eat dinner

Or watch TV

sleep

mow lawns

You get the picture.

When a dog sings / howls they are communicating, not protesting your musical style...

cheers

Andy
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spitvalve · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 4:39 pm Post subject:

When I was a kid we had a basset hound who could have cared less when or where in the house I practiced. Our next dog (also a basset) sang along for the first few weeks until she got used to it (she was worse when I played the harmonica or when my sister played her clarinet). My current dog, a Lab/Great Pyrenees mix, doesn't seem too bothered by it--even when I practice high notes.

That said, I'd never blow the horn right at the dog deliberately when playing high and/or loud.
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Try playing a trombone if playing the trumpet gets no reaction.

jhatpro · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:27 pm Post subject:

Downbeat, the mascot for our new combo, The Sound Hounds, must like what he hears because he barks on 2 and 4.
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Insyderzska1 · Regular Member Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 17 Location: NC

Lot's of very funny posts ! I needed some good laughs !
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chuck in ny · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 6:23 pm Post subject:

my chihuahua is evidently not a music lover and stiffly gets up and walks to the other corner of the house. if he could speak, it would be a single pejorative.

Insyderzska1 · Regular Member Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 17 Location: NC

When we first got our Chihuahua several years ago he sang along to the trumpet but now not so much lol
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Craig Swartz · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 7:32 pm Post subject:

Don't know about your dog, but what does your wife/chick/girl/boyfriend say when you're playing? Do they go into another room, too?

Insyderzska1 · Regular Member Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 17 Location: NC

My wife likes it when I play ! I do try to practice when no one is home though rather make a fool of myself to the dogs than her lol
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