Brian Cooley suggests that advances in technology could be causing undue stimulation and stress for pets. Their senses are tuned differently than our own. They may detect a cacophony of noise and strobe effects that we don’t, particularly as we fill homes with technology.
Source: CNet, April 4, 2018.
Unless you’re planning to move off the grid, you aren’t going to banish the sound and light polluting technologies from your home. But with so many people just starting to adopt smart home tech in particular, there are fresh opportunities to err on the side of our pets in an area that isn’t fully understood.