Dog Owners, Do Subwoofers And Loud Noises From Your Home Theater Bother Your Dog?


I want to get a dog, a big one.  I have big speakers and a big home theater that's an integral part of my living space.  I also like to play my music loud sometimes.  The dog will have to live inside my living space.  Will this work out okay for the dog?  For any of you that own dogs that live inside the house, what is your experience?  My neighbor once complained that her cat used to go and hide when my home theater was too loud.

I am going to buy a 2,000 square foot church, gut it and live in it to indulge an audio and video fantasy.  It will be in a kind of remote area, and I feel the need to have a dog to augment electronic security for the place.  I will be living alone and I'm 69 years old. 

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I've got three large dogs and there is some music and movie sounds they don't care for so they are free to go off into another room  when they want to. Loud sounds don't bother them.

It depends on the dog and you really won't know until you get him.  If you get a young dog your chances are better with proper training.

I don't often listen to truly loud music, but our dog really doesn't seem to care.  He will on occasion go to the other room if he's annoyed.  I do find that certain sounds when very detailed will catch his attention, but that's not unlike a noise on the porch catching his attention.

Have a big enough area they can go where they want while you jam. My lab doesn't seem to mind too much, she likes female opera and sometimes the home theater gets her barking at phantom voices.

My dog is fine with loud music, and low frequencies are no problem. If she decides she doesn’t like the music she goes in another room.  She freaks out with high pitched noises like smoke detectors - then she scrambles to go outside.