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Canine Listeners?

Does anybody have a pup who actively listens to their system?

Years ago we had two labs.  They were my listening buddies in the sense that when I sat down for music time, they curled up on the couch and provided lovely furry company.

Last week we brought home a 7.5 week-old lab puppy.  The very first night at home, I sat him down on the couch and put on some jazz at medium volume, maybe 70-75 dB.  He perked up immediately and sat in my lap in the sweet spot.  Baby pups seem to have an attention span of about two minutes, but the little guy sat in rapt attention for almost half an hour!  He wasn't asleep, wasn't going crazy.  Calmly listening!  He was surfing that fine line between curiosity and fear, and my lap made a safe place from which to do it.   A trumpet in the left channel would captivate him, then he'd dart his head to a drumkit on the other side of the soundstage:  "Hello hi-hat!"  

It was as if I could watch his tiny-baby neurons firing away.  "Dad, why the hell is a saxophone in the room?"  Then, "DAD, WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL IS A SAXOPHONE?"

I keep waiting for him to get a bit jaded by it all and lose that sense of wonder.  But for three more nights in a row now, he's remained transfixed by the sound floating out of the speakers.

What are your dogs like at music time?
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tomic601
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to the OP congrats on your new Lab ;-))))

Here she is holding court at HiFi Buys in Atlanta, auditioning amplifiers.....

https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/3803#&gid=1&pid=6
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mapman
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My Jack Russell listened attentively for long periods of time, his ears twitching to the music.  He loved my Ohms in particular. 
arch2
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Not a dog but a good buddy of mine has a cat that listens in the sweet spot. When he turns the stereo off he goes right back over to his bed/basket. It’s the craziest thing.
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millercarbon
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One night playing Tchaikovsky 1812 Lassie ran in, gave me "the look" and when I didn't "get it" she went over and started staring intently at the conditioner. Then she looks at me like, "Well??!"   

What is it, Lassie? What is it, girl?

Actually she's looking behind the conditioner. So I go have a look. Sure enough, one of the Schumann generators had come unplugged.

Good girl, Lassie! 

Wonder if I can train her to do Cable Elevator demos?
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