Are dogs starting to watch more television?

A number of are opening around the world with programming specifically designed for dogs to . Does this make sense, asks dog expert Stanley Coren.

Many people report that their dogs completely ignore what is visible on television, while others report that their dogs are often captivated by events on the TV screen. Whether or not a dog pays attention to a programme on television depends upon a number of factors.

One important factor has to do with the way the dog's eye works.

The canine eye is designed to efficiently detect movement. The image on a standard television screen is updated and redrawn 60 times per second.

Since a human's flicker resolution ability is only 55Hz, the image appears continuous and the gradually changing images give us the illusion of movement.

Since dogs can discern flickers at 75Hz, a television screen probably appears to be rapidly flickering to them. A flickering image would obviously appear to be less real, and thus many dogs do not direct much attention to it.

Nonetheless, some dogs ignore the apparent flickering of the TV image and seem to respond to dogs and other images on the television screen if they are interesting enough.

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    • July 14, 2013

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    • July 14, 2013

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    • July 14, 2013

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    • TheMrTipZy
    • July 14, 2013

    hey girl in first video. It’s normal for pit bulls to do that.

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    • July 14, 2013

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    • July 14, 2013

    02:00 Fake
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    • July 14, 2013

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    • July 14, 2013

    when they turn off the camera. they beat the shit out of them.

    • Marnell Kenan
    • July 14, 2013

    At 3:06 he’s like” hell I dont know”….lets just cut the “sh*t lady. I’m tired. You’re tired. I want to blame it on the cat but where’s he at when you need him. Kibbles and bits just don’t cut it.

    HILARIOUS!

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    • July 14, 2013

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    • July 14, 2013

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    • July 14, 2013

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    • July 14, 2013

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