Dog lovers take advantage of every opportunity to leave the house accompanied by their best four-legged friends. This not only involves routine walks for the dog's well-being, but also taking it with you to dog-friendly beaches, traveling with you on vacation, on a nature route, to run errands, shopping, or out for a drink.
There are even those who consider their dogs to be excellent company to go to concerts and festivals. Dogs are allowed at many of these private events, and they can also go with you to public musical performances held in the streets for celebrations and parties. Even if you think that your pet will be comfortable with you and will have a good time, the truth is that it can become an unpleasant and stressful situation for your dog.
First of all, it should be noted that dogs' ears are much more sensitive than those of humans. The human ear is capable of perceiving a frequency range between 20 and 20,000 hertz (the measurement of the frequency of sound waves). For their part, dogs can perceive sounds that exceed 40,000 hertz.
To this we must add that they are also very sensitive to loud sounds, since from 80 decibels they feel pain in their ears. Only city traffic reaches this intensity, which is surpassed by the noise of a concert, whose decibels can reach up to 120.
Consequently, they have a greater capacity to perceive high-frequency sounds and these damage the sensitivity of their ears. Don't firecrackers and fireworks scare you? Well, something similar happens to the noise at concerts, where the power of the musical equipment is very high.
But damage to their hearing isn't the only harm to taking a dog to a music festival. We must not overlook that these are very crowded spaces and, no matter how sociable your dog is, this can make him feel uncomfortable and insecure. You will probably become overwhelmed, have little room to move freely, have reduced visibility in the crowd, and may even suffer several trips or stomps on other people in the audience.
In addition, your dog will attract the attention of other attendees, who will constantly try to touch or pet it, generating more stress for the animal. And at these events, food and alcoholic beverages are usually sold that, due to carelessness, can fall to the ground and be ingested by your pet without you even realizing it.
However, music concerts and festivals are not ideal places for your pet. Although this circumstance differs in the case of service dogs, which are usually trained to function in less peaceful environments.
