How to Soundproof Your Kennel

Dog kennels are filled with barking dogs and hard reflective surfaces.   The resulting echoes inside the kennel space, or the play area, can prove deafening to both the dogs and the employees caretaking for them.   As the background noise builds to unwelcome levels, the dogs can get stressed and the people wear down, both of which threaten the long term viability to the business.   The spike in the noise levels is caused by the bounce of the noise off the hard reflective surfaces in the room. To create a soundproof dog kennel you need to capture and convert echoes. And we recommend easy-to-install, lightweight, and waterproof sound panels.

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Related Product Options for Kennel Soundproofing

VET Baffles are designed to hang vertically from your ceiling.   If you have lower ceiling height or are concerned about lights, sprinkler heads or ventilation, you could place the same VET Baffle treatment around the top 2’ of your perimeter wall space, or opt for the alternative, which is to glue our Noise Reduction Pyramid Foam Panels flush to your ceiling. Regardless of your situation we can help you create an effective and welcoming soundproof dog kennel.

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Dog Kennel Soundproofing:  Q&A

Why Are Kennels so Loud?

Kennels need to remain healthy and clean. Therefore, they are built using hard, nonporous surfaces that can be hosed down. These same surfaces are highly reflective and create echoes due to barking dogs. Because of this, the background noise spikes, the dogs become nervous and uncomfortable, and the decibel levels reach unwanted noise exposure levels. Kennel soundproofing techniques are designed to capture the echoes in the space and lower the intensity and exposure to noise.

How Do You Design a New Kennel for Premium Noise Control?

The design focus for new kennels should be cleanliness to protect the dogs’ health. Acoustics come second. Once the kennel is properly built out with easily washable surfaces, a soundproof kennel treatment can be applied by retrofitting the space with acoustic tiles — wall or ceiling mounted — to effectively capture and convert the echoes from the space. Designing a new space should take into account both the surface textures for cleaning as well as sound panels for kennel noise reduction.

How Does Kennel Noise Affect the Health of Boarded Animals?

Sound management in a loud kennel environment is a must. Without proper control of noise levels, the boarded dogs will suffer from stress-related health issues. A soundproof dog kennel should be a noise abatement priority to protect the health of the dogs as well as the staff working with them.

How Loud Are Barking Dogs in a Kennel?

Studies have shown that decibel levels can exceed 100 dBa in an untreated kennel. Humans require hearing protection when exposed to levels of 85 dBa or stronger. The noise levels in a kennel will vary depending on the size of the space and the number of dogs boarded, but no kennel should be without sound panels to protect the dogs and humans.

How to Soundproof Your Kennel

By placing sound panels inside your kennel space, the echoes from the dogs inside the room can be captured and converted out of the space. Without soundproofing your kennel, these same echoes will spike noise to uncomfortable levels for both humans and dogs. Once your kennel receives the proper sound panel noise reduction treatment, the echoes are captured. This reduces the spike in noise levels and lowers the exposure to noise. VET Baffles are the ideal treatment for soundproofing a loud kennel boarding space.

How to Lower Noise Levels in a Doggie Indoor Playland

Soundproofing an indoor playland depends on the height of the room. Acoustic VET Baffles are available for rooms that are a minimum 10’ tall. These sound baffles suspend vertically from your ceiling to absorb echoes and produce a more favorable noise level in your playland area. For rooms with shorter ceiling heights, acoustic Fabric Panels can be placed around the perimeter walls of your room to produce the same level of sound absorption. Also note that your kennel soundproofing can be upgraded by printing images such as dogs or your company logo onto the faces of the panels. See PicturePanels.

How to Lower Noise Levels in Your Kennel Exam Room

Kennel exam rooms are typically smaller sized rooms, which means switching the acoustic treatment out and placing a set of Fabric Panels on the walls or ceilings inside the room to produce the same level of echo control that the VET Baffles deliver. Both soundproof kennel options are decorative, upholstered sound panel systems that will add acoustic and cosmetic value to the room.

How to Lower Noise Levels In Your Reception Area

Reception areas can fill with noise from nervous dogs barking. The noise levels can be reduced by placing a set of wall or ceiling mounted sound panels in the room to capture and convert the echoes out of the space. These Fabric Panels are available in 60 color options. You can also choose to have images of dogs, your logo or staff members custom printed onto the faces of your sound panels. See PicturePanels.

What Are the Benefits of Using NetWell’s Sound Panels in Your Kennel?

Kennel noise reduction efforts will make your dogs less anxious and more comfortable. Your employees will also be more comfortable, lowering levels of unproductivity, absenteeism and turnover. When there is no kennel soundproofing, customers may also decide that their dogs would be better taken care of at an alternative kennel. Kennel soundproofing protects the long-term viability of your business, making it a wise investment for both your business and the health of the animals.