Wendy Lefebvre wrote 08/09/2006 10:15 AM Dogs can watch tv?? #111121 - 08/09/2006 10:15 AM
Wendy Lefebvre Webboard User Reg: 12-08-2005 Posts: 1271 Loc: Stoney Creek , Ontario, Canada Offline	ok, this is really more of a curiosity question. Now, I had always heard that dogs couldn't see the images on tv..which i believed to be true because every other dog i had couldn't give a rats patootie about what was on tv. But Tucker on the other hand...seems to be able to see the images perfectly and can even distinguish between 2 legged and four legged charachters..be it a cartoon or a regular tv show. I have even tested this with him by turning the sound off and seeing if he reacts to the images..and he does, every single time. I can be a dog, zebra, elephant anything...he whines and goes up to the tv....when the scene changes and the animal is no longer there, he walks away. I do not react when he does this, just in case anyone thinks he's reading my body language or anything. Does anyone else's dog do this??? He is part border collie, and I know they are sight dogs..but I didn't think his sight would be good enough to be able to distinguish between 2 legged and four legged images on the screen. Don't complain....TRAIN!!!
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Judy Troiano wrote 08/09/2006 11:08 AM Re: Dogs can watch tv?? [Re: Wendy Lefebvre ] #111122 - 08/09/2006 11:08 AM
Judy Troiano Webboard User Reg: 09-22-2005 Posts: 979 Loc: New Jersey Offline	My dog only watches Cesar Milan. I think he's decided no other show seems to be worth the effort of lifting his head off the floor!
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Connie Sutherland wrote 08/09/2006 11:36 AM Re: Dogs can watch tv?? [Re: Wendy Lefebvre ] #111123 - 08/09/2006 11:36 AM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: ......But Tucker on the other hand...seems to be able to see the images perfectly and can even distinguish between 2 legged and four legged charachters..be it a cartoon or a regular tv show. I have even tested this with him by turning the sound off and seeing if he reacts to the images..and he does, every single time. I can be a dog, zebra, elephant anything...he whines and goes up to the tv....when the scene changes and the animal is no longer there, he walks away. I do not react when he does this, just in case anyone thinks he's reading my body language or anything. Does anyone else's dog do this??? .......... Mine does. Seems to be particularly interested in full-body profiles of dogs on dog shows.
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Stacey_Harris wrote 08/09/2006 12:48 PM Re: Dogs can watch tv?? [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #111124 - 08/09/2006 12:48 PM
Stacey_Harris Webboard User Reg: 07-27-2006 Posts: 3 Loc: Offline	My puppy likes Stargate..all the lights and lasers..and he seems to love the sound of the stargate.
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alice oliver wrote 08/09/2006 01:05 PM Re: Dogs can watch tv?? [Re: Stacey_Harris ] #111125 - 08/09/2006 01:05 PM
alice oliver Webboard User Reg: 09-14-2005 Posts: 843 Loc: Offline	my dog watches just about everything, though of course animal planet and cesar millan seem to hold his interest the best. but he has warned us when the mafia was breaking into the bedroom (the godfather), and he loves to watch baseball with my husband. it's evidently hereditary. both his mom and grandma watched tv all the time. working Mastiff
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Michael Sullivan wrote 08/09/2006 04:01 PM Re: Dogs can watch tv?? [Re: alice oliver ] #111126 - 08/09/2006 04:01 PM
Michael Sullivan Webboard User Reg: 03-22-2006 Posts: 99 Loc: Illinois Offline	Funny to actually get to comment on this.My 3yr.old GSD CAN see the TV.As a pup while I was at work I would leave Animal Planet on for him in the same room his crate was in just so he wouldn't feel alone(silly I know) but now whenever an animal-especially dogs are on the TV I have to watch him as he will dart at the screen.I have a big screen TV and this happens on an almost daily basis.I watch him watching the TV and he actually follows the dog across the screen so I have no doubt that he can see something.Other animals on the screen don't faze him that much,but when a dogs on there I'm afraid he might one day damage my TV.My 9mos.old GSD hasn't been exposed to this so he really has no interest in the tube.But its a funny picture when were watching a dog based movie or something like that and seeing him lying in front of us almost following right along.I'm waiting to come home one day and find him on the couch with remote in paw
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Esteban_Ley wrote 08/09/2006 04:42 PM Re: Dogs can watch tv?? [Re: Michael Sullivan ] #111127 - 08/09/2006 04:42 PM
Esteban_Ley Webboard User Reg: 05-26-2006 Posts: 11 Loc: Offline	anything with horses gets my dog's undivided attention, things with dogs get his eye too, but not as much. My old dog howled at the sound of sirens, and got really angry with the MGM lion, which by the way, scared the living crap out of my cat the day I installed the surround.
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karen forbes wrote 08/09/2006 06:53 PM Re: Dogs can watch tv?? [Re: Esteban_Ley ] #111128 - 08/09/2006 06:53 PM
karen forbes Webboard User Reg: 02-20-2003 Posts: 37 Loc: Offline	My dogs both intently watched the Ivan tapes...maybe they like his voice. I was worried that they understood the tapes better than I did <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> karenforbes
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Becky Shilling wrote 08/09/2006 08:40 PM Re: Dogs can watch tv?? [Re: karen forbes ] #111129 - 08/09/2006 08:40 PM
Becky Shilling Webboard User Reg: 12-01-2005 Posts: 1009 Loc: OKC, Oklahoma Offline	I have only had one dog that seemed interested in tv. She had a a particular interest in herding animals. Wildebeast, horses, sheep, anything in a herd she seemed fascinated by. Anything else, she couldn't have cared less.
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Diana Demarest wrote 08/09/2006 09:24 PM Re: Dogs can watch tv?? [Re: Judy Troiano ] #111130 - 08/09/2006 09:24 PM
Diana Demarest Webboard User Reg: 08-05-2006 Posts: 22 Loc: Palm Beach County, FL Offline	That's hilarious! My 4 month old GSD watches Ceasar Milan too! He will stare at the TV for the show. (funny - he looks away during commercials). He gets so focused when watching it, he pretty much tunes out everything else. I was amazed! <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> "Some days you're the dog, some days you're the hydrant." ~ Unknown
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