Originally posted by kobieeli:
3-Greys,
Why is music played 24/7 for greyhounds at racetracks? That's so interesting!

I think it's done mainly to create a constant background noise. When there's hundreds of dogs living in rows of crates at a track, it is noisy round the clock. So, the backgraound music kind of drones out the doggy noises. Also, if there's a strange noise outside or inside the kennels, then the dogs are less likely to hear it over the music; for example, if there's people approaching a part of the kennel, the dogs in that area will be less likely to hear them coming, and wake up and throw a fit. Different kennel managers choose different types of music. Most have soft rock or talk radio, but I've heard of at least one that played hard rock round the clock!