Since the beginning of 2025, 680 dogs at the Denver Animal Shelter have been given up by their owners. That's only in the first five months, and more than all of 2019. That year, there were 540 dogs ...

Music can be a distraction from triggers and create a relaxing environment for dogs kept in kennels or left alone at home.

Use calming sounds. First, muffle sounds by closing curtains and doors near your pet. Calming music, or white noise like fans or television – but not too loud – can be used to provide comfortable, ...

It’s often said music is the universal language of humanity. Now a 12-year-old Houston boy is putting that to the test among an unlikely audience — man’s best friend. Yuvi Agarwal started playing ...

Two volunteers, Tom Flowers and Olivia Molina, have been playing harp and violin inside the shelter, offering the animals a calm, and sometimes entertaining, experience. Flowers -- a longtime member ...

Calming music, or white noise like fans or television -- but not too loud -- can be used to provide comfortable, familiar sounds. Humans must stay calm, too. If you aren't fond of fireworks either, ...

Sarah McDonner, a volunteer for Wild Tunes, which aims to soothe stressed shelter animals with live music, plays the flute at the Denver Animal Shelter, on Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas ...