Amman Ahmed, Co-founder of Relax My Cat (and Relax My Dog)
Started in 2011 by Amman Ahmed and Ricardo Henriquez, Relax My Cat and Relax My Dog were inspired by an incredibly cute dog called Rocky, and a cute cat called Mia. Ricardo and Mia both experienced a life of political unrest and violence in their local communities, leaving them less than relaxed.
Amman and Ricardo started making experimental music to see how it would help Mia and Rocky, and after loads of trial and error they now have a formula that works! RelaxMyCat.com and RelaxMyDog.com offers not just music, but also tv to help relax cats and dogs. The positive feedback they’ve received from the community shows that this music helps 85% of cats who’ve tried it. In fact, Relax My Cat has had a positive impact on over 10 million cats and dogs so far, including Rita and Linda’s cats. Listen as Rita and Linda introduce you to the wonderfully talented Amman Ahmed and find out how your cat can try Relax My Cat and Relax My Dog, too.
BIO:
They started making experimental music to see how it would help Mia and after loads of trial and error nothing really worked. So they took a different musical approach and saw that some of the elements of the music actually had a slight impact on helping Mia.
They used this slight success as hope to continue going until they found a musical formula that helped reduce Mia’s anxiety dramatically. They thought they were onto something big and wanted to help more dogs.
As they had little money for scientific research they decided to put all the experiment content onto YouTube to get feedback. Slowly the fan base started to grow and the feedback started coming in. At the start it was more negative than positive but slowly with trial and error the feedback became very positive.
Now they have a formula that works with music and tv to help relax cats. They are proven feedback from the community that this music helps 85% of cats that try it.
Fast forward a few years and they are both incredibly proud to know the music and tv content has had a positive impact on 10 million cats so far….. But the journey has just begun.