Comments on: Does your dog bark to a TV ad? Cat watch nature programs?

By: patricia

patricia — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:22:06 +0000

hi hay i love cats and dogs lol love them

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:11:19 +0000

Similar to Andrea’s cats … my cats don’t always notice the chirping of birds because of human voiceovers. However, one will actually jump on top of the TV and closely follow (upside down) the movement of birds across the screen, either visually or by putting his paw on the screen to track them. (I’m still in the dark ages and have only a 26” nonplasma TV, go figure!).

I’ve often considered but have never purchased one of those nature videos to run as kitty entertainment; maybe I can rent one from the library to see if they’re interested. I’m really lucky in that one of my rooms (the den) has a wall of windows that provides tons of active (and passive) fun time for my kit-lets.

And what about voicemail/phone messages? I always wondered if one of my cats thought there was an actual person in the machine based on his focused attention on messages. He ever so kindly was trying to set them free by repeatedly knocking the machine over to help them (haha).

By: KathyF

KathyF — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:37:28 +0000

There are certain tones in theme songs that some dogs react to. Our cocker used to howl at the theme from The Young and the Restless and also the NBC nightly news. I’d heard of other dogs who did the same thing, even saw one on Letterman’s Stupid Pet Tricks once.

By: Great Dane Addict

Great Dane Addict — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:27:57 +0000

One of my dogs, Zoey, barks at alot of things on TV. *Any* sort of animal, in fact I can’t ever watch Animal Planet. At all. She doesn’t just bark, she attacks the TV.

She also doesn’t like hugging, people on bikes (or other wheels like skates etc.) or wrestling. It’s pretty annoying actually.

The funny part though is that my other dog always looks around frantically while she is doing that, like “OH MY GOD, I’m supposed to be helping/barking, but I don’t know what’s going on!”

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:37:51 +0000

Our chihuahua mix which we adopted from a local rescue group only reacts to one local commercial for mattresses. It is one where a lady speaks in a very high soft voice. He will awaken if he is sleeping and stare at the tv. His eyes get very large. I have thought about calling the company which is located in the same general area where it is recorded he was found,but we have had him for three years and she probably just sounds like his previous owner.Besides we paid $85 to adopt him and have spent a lot of money on him. What would you do?

By: Ana

Ana — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:36:37 +0000

My dog LOVES Animal Planet. When any of the Animal Control shows are on and a dog is in pain my dog whimpers along with them and when they show the dogs running around happy my dog stands up and wags his tail!

By: Christie Keith

Christie Keith — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:02:14 +0000

Thomas is brilliant and perceptive.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:55:27 +0000

My cat, Thomas, has an unnatural affinity for “RENT”. I haven’t the slightest idea why, he just.. does. If it’s on, he makes a beeline for the couch and won’t get up until it’s over.

By: catmom5

catmom5 — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:12:14 +0000

One of my 4 year olds, Gracie, loves basketball games. She’s the only one of the cats who watches any tv.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:45:50 +0000

My golden is all ears when she hears the birds on TV.

Gina,
Clara reminds me of an Irish Setter we had years ago while living in Chicago. Every nite when the sports came on and they showed Arlington race track - no matter where Terry was she came running to watch the race and sat until it was finished. She loved watching the horses out of the gate. This same dog was very amused with the old Chuckwagon commercials. She would run around the TV wondering where it went! She really brought lots of smiles with her antics.

Katie