Does your dog(s) watch TV?

I would like to know if anyone has dog(s) that watch tv? I have caught our female pit watching tv so many times its funny.She freaks out when ever she sees a dog on tv that she tries to find it :8: .I think she is crazy sometimes :rolleye2: .

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Originally Posted by joepythons

I would like to know if anyone has dog(s) that watch tv? I have caught our female pit watching tv so many times its funny.She freaks out when ever she sees a dog on tv that she tries to find it :8: .I think she is crazy sometimes :rolleye2: .

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Mine does all the time the things she reacts to the most are Animal Planet (of course) Football, and Nascar :rolleye2:

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Originally Posted by GA_Ball_Pythons

Mine does all the time the things she reacts to the most are Animal Planet (of course) Football, and Nascar :rolleye2:

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Now thats a smart dog :cool:

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Originally Posted by joepythons

I would like to know if anyone has dog(s) that watch tv?

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Yup. :cool:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...owlResized.jpg

Weve got a new cat that also watches TV.:rolleye2:

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Originally Posted by worldcupkeeper

Yup. :cool:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...owlResized.jpg

Weve got a new cat that also watches TV.:rolleye2:

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Now thats a couch potato,err table potato :8: :8:

yep both dog and cat watch animal planet when ever my husband and i go to work. and because of my dog lexi all of our friends and family leave animal planet on for their dogs.:P

I found this on the web... interesting...
"Dogs and TVs: There are people that believe that dogs are able to recognize other dogs they see when they watch the television TV and when they bark. This is not true though. It is possible that the movement on the television gets the dog's attention and causes them to follow the movements but it is very difficult for a dog to set his eyes on the television unless he gets distracted this way. Television is able to capture the dog's attention but the dog only needs to use his sight and hearing; however the main one, his smelling sense, is not used. It may seem to us that the way a dog barks on television is real but for the dog that has been endowed with very sensitive hearing it is not difficult for him to differentiate between truth and reality. The dog will not react since barking on the television lacks something we are not able to realize. Whenever a dog barks from a distance, another dog somewhere else always answers, even when he does not see the other dog, he answers because he is interpreting the received messages and then modulates his answer depending on what he received. Nobody has ever been able to obtain this type of answer with a recording of a barking dog"

Antother site says "Looking at how a dog's eye works, they may not see television the same way we do. Human eyes perceive a continuous scene; dog eyes may be fast enough to catch each frame." That's amazing!

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Originally Posted by Wallbanger

I found this on the web... interesting...
"Dogs and TVs: There are people that believe that dogs are able to recognize other dogs they see when they watch the television TV and when they bark. This is not true though. It is possible that the movement on the television gets the dog's attention and causes them to follow the movements but it is very difficult for a dog to set his eyes on the television unless he gets distracted this way. Television is able to capture the dog's attention but the dog only needs to use his sight and hearing; however the main one, his smelling sense, is not used. It may seem to us that the way a dog barks on television is real but for the dog that has been endowed with very sensitive hearing it is not difficult for him to differentiate between truth and reality. The dog will not react since barking on the television lacks something we are not able to realize. Whenever a dog barks from a distance, another dog somewhere else always answers, even when he does not see the other dog, he answers because he is interpreting the received messages and then modulates his answer depending on what he received. Nobody has ever been able to obtain this type of answer with a recording of a barking dog"

Antother site says "Looking at how a dog's eye works, they may not see television the same way we do. Human eyes perceive a continuous scene; dog eyes may be fast enough to catch each frame." That's amazing!

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OK! Well when i watch a hunting show my little pit goes crazy when she sees a moose or a elk on the screen.She cries and runs around trying to find that crazy animal:P .I never listen to those "surveys" or "researches" as i just remember the ones that show all pitbulls are killers and then i turn my head.Thanks for sharing that and its not anything towards you of course :cool:

my dog could care less....she does fall asleep in front of the TV constantly though. haha.

our border collie used to try to round up birds etc whenever they came on the screen... but our hamster LOVED to watch tv. she'd run on her wheel and watch the tube... :P

my mag even has an article about this in the issue which went online today.

Well my Akita can be in a dead sleep ( snoring,twitching, etc.) as well as the 2 Shar-Pei's. If a dog comes on the tv and starts barking the Akita comes to life. The Shar-Pei's are still dead to the world however.

I've noticed that James Spader from Boston Legal particularly grabs the Akita's interest :D

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

our border collie used to try to round up birds etc whenever they came on the screen... but our hamster LOVED to watch tv. she'd run on her wheel and watch the tube... :P

my mag even has an article about this in the issue which went online today.

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Now that should be a Americas funniest home video! A hamster watching the tv :eek: :clap: :clap:

and if you got in her way... she'd get off the wheel and try to look around you! LOL

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

and if you got in her way... she'd get off the wheel and try to look around you! LOL

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How dare you block the tv :8: :8: :colbert: .

i know... that's what she used to say to me all the time!

i miss her :( she died of old age... we had her for almost 2 years and she had been a breeder at the petstore before we took her in... so a ripe old life ;)

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

i know... that's what she used to say to me all the time!

i miss her :( she died of old age... we had her for almost 2 years and she had been a breeder at the petstore before we took her in... so a ripe old life ;)

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O i am sorry i thought she was with you now :( .They make some neat little pets though.I had a long haired male and i used to brush him like you would your dog(i was like 13) and he would set on my shoulder and nibble my ear(not in a hard way).I have yet to see a single hamster that even comes close to him.

sissy was the same... the sweetest little thing... well actually she was huge... a big fat girl. i'd get another hamster if i could be guaranteed another sissy.

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

sissy was the same... the sweetest little thing... well actually she was huge... a big fat girl. i'd get another hamster if i could be guaranteed another sissy.

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I think they are "ok" until they have babies.Then the turn into :taz: :taz: :taz: :8:

na cause she was a retired breeder when i got her. she was sooooooooo sweet. one of those big fat squishy hamsters :)

she was a golden hamster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Hamster

TV for our jack russell is her nose mashed up against the outside of the african rat tubs. She sits there VERY content just watching the little ones bounce around LOL.

Other than that our dogs don't do much more than raise an ear if they hear something on the tv that gets their attention.

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Originally Posted by TekWarren

TV for our jack russell is her nose mashed up against the outside of the african rat tubs. She sits there VERY content just watching the little ones bounce around LOL.

Other than that our dogs don't do much more than raise an ear if they hear something on the tv that gets their attention.

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Now that poor dog has to entertaine herself because you will not allow her to watch a real tv :( :8: .

I'm pretty sure the rodents are of more interest to her than tv LOL she is rodent hunting machine!