Does your dog(s) watch TV?

[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 .I think she is crazy sometimes .

[Stewart_Reptiles]

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 .I think she is crazy sometimes .

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

[joepythons]

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

Now thats a smart dog

[Aric]

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

Yup.



Weve got a new cat that also watches TV.

[joepythons]

Yup.



Weve got a new cat that also watches TV.

Now thats a couch potato,err table potato

[Thunder Kat]

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.

[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!

[joepythons]

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!

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 .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

[Amy05]

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

[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...

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