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?
cymbop
Thanks. He was a very good and very smart dog. Scary smart! My wife and daughter miss him most. She is a tough judge but refers to him as the perfect dog and hard to argue with that.

If one can get their dog to listen to music on their hifi with them, then I would say things are going well in many ways and life is good in yet another way for at least some short period of time.
Thanks @cymbop , we've gotten pictures of the litter she had a week ago and are anxious to meet our next family member. It's been a long time since I've had a puppy as we adopted our last lab when she was two. Sorry for your loss @mapman , it's such a hard thing to go through. I don't have any children of my own so they become them and while I know it can't be compared to losing a real child it's still very tough. Our Sammy was familiar with Seamus as well but not knowing dog language intimately not sure if she was responding happily.
I must say, our 14 year old collie mix rescue dog (Gatsby) seems to like Beethoven symphonies.  One time, after we listened to symphony #6, just for grins I streamed a Jay Z song and he immediately got up and asked to leave my listening room!

Smart dog?
two essential Dog books

A Big Little Life - Dean Koontz

and no less

Merle’s Door : Lessons From a Freethinking Dog - Ted Kerasote