My doggie is growling at a horse on TV. Do your pets ever respond to animals on the television?

[Minimus]

[Heidi]

1. Yep.

The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger loves to watch nature documentaries, but we had to turn off the TV one night when we were watching a documentary about feral cats in Berlin. Their yowling was just freakin' him out. No joke.

[sampsonblk]

2. Yep. TV, and Age of Kings

When I play Age of Kings, my golden retriever sits near me and growls under her breath. Its hilarious.

[EFerrari]

3. Yes. My cats like birds so I bought them a DVD.

Kid likes other dogs, especially if they are running or barking. :)

[QMPMom]

4. Yes, usually only other dogs and babies, though.

He doesn't bark or growl, he just gets super-attentaive.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. When Pickles was a kitten, she was entralled by figure skating and Nintendo. She loved to

'help" with Nintendo by sitting on top of the tv and smacking anything that moved on the screen.

[radfringe]

6. cat leaping at TV to catch a basketball

watching college basketball on TV last season - a moment in the game where the ball was being passed alot - cat jumped at TV and tried to block a shot..

another time - was watching a show about greyhounds, there was a scene where a pack of greyhounds were running across the countryside - our two greyhounds watched it, tails wagging and gave out a couple of woofs

[Tyler Durden]

7. The Wolf Documentaries make Vinnie NUTS.

They howl, he goes INSANE.

[RebelOne]

8. No, my dogs completely ignore the TV

even if there are dogs barking on it.

[seemunkee]

9. Not animals, but heaven forbid a doorbell rings on TV

Usually takes 10 minutes to get them to calm down and realize no one is at the door.

[Orsino]

10. Some of them.

I've got one cat who'll track motion on the screen, and bat at it. Howling of wolves on the tube will upset one of my dogs. Once upon a time, I was watching a documentary on cheetahs, and as two of them fought, the cat in my lap sat up and took notice, then ran into another room to attack another cat. Funny.

[zanne]

11. One of my cats...

One of my cats follows any rapid movement on TV. If there are birds on it, she'll go around the TV to see if they're in the back. Then she looks at me as if to say "What gives"?

[AllegroRondo]

12. Those Dyson commercials, where the vacuums make squeaky toy noises

My dog perks up and looks around for a toy whenever that comes on.

[Minimus]

14. My other doggie does that. She loves squeaky toys.

When she gets a new toy she works and works until the squeaker is dead. She will then try to get her sister's toy because it still squeaks.

[a kennedy]

13. Oh yeah, when ever there are dogs barking on TV our

wiener dog cocks her head from side to side trying to listen. It's great to watch...... and she also watches birds fly over our car when we're driving, I know that isn't included in this TV question, but it's funny to watch her watch the bird fly out of sight, she's so smart. :)

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

41. My weiners go crazy when they hear a doorbell on TV

but all I have to do to get them to stop is say "it's ok, it's just the tv" and they shut right up.

:shrug:

[CottonBear]

45. My friend's weiner dog barks at TV doorbell sounds too!

You just have to tell her "it's just on TV" and she quits barking!

Dachshunds are great watch dogs!

[edbermac]

15. My dog would bite and scratch the screen.

He was nuts anyway.

[bbernardini]

16. Some of my cats like the "Cat Sitter" DVD, and one just watches TV in general.

We've got pictures of two of my cats watching the "Cat Sitter" DVD, and the smallest one often just jumps into the TV cabinet and stands right in front of the TV watching whatever is on.

[stuntcat]

40. "Cat Sitter"

:headbang:

[dembotoz]

17. no the cats don't, but my kids do

and they act like animals.

[Thirtieschild]

18. Daughter's Norfolk terrier absolutely adores t.v., particularly when an anmimal is on

When the family settles down to watch television, he's right there, head on paws watching. When an animal appears he does his best to get into the television set, unfortunately (for him) is too short to do anything more than jump and shriek. We had a dog who was mildly interested but when she looked in the back and saw nothing would lose interest. Also had a cat who watched all of a program - can't remember the name of it - about early man discovering fire. Our current two dogs ignore the t.v. unless a doorbell rings and then they get hysterical, sure someone has rung out doorbell.

[LibertyLover]

19. My greyhounds love to watch tv

and once in a while when they see an animal running they really perk up. My female grey once jumped off the couch and stood in front of the tv watching the screen very intently because a prairie dog was running across it. She has also reacted to the sounds of puppies and wolf cubs whining - she gets a bit aggitated and looks around like she is trying to find the little guys. We've had her since she was 20 months old and we know that she never had a litter herself, but she raised our youngest whippet puppy and my stepdaughter Belgian Turveran puppy as well and would have made a fantastic mother.

[Rambis]

20. My dog watched ducks one time

they were flying off the screen and his head would go from bottom left all the way to top right then back again it was hilarious.

[havocmom]

21. When 90 Pound Hound was not quite a year old...

I was watching a documentary about wolves while puttering around with domestic chores. He came inside, all full of frisky biscuits, trotted into the living room to give a toy what-for and noticed a wolf on tv. He cocked his big head and wagged his tail. Assumed the 'let's play' position: Front legs down, butt up, tail making a stiff breeze, doggie grin on face.

The wolf ran out of camera view. 90 Pound Hound swung his big head around and back, scanning the room quickly to see where his would-be playmate had gone... He then began hunting around the room in earnest. Four minutes of this 'where'd he go?' routine!

Almost peed my bunny suit. He's normally pretty bright.

He is older now, but still pays attention to the TV if there is a child crying on a show. He ALWAYS springs to attend any distressed child.

[applegrove]

22. There was a You Tube video of a cat meowing. That got both of my cats going.

They looked long and hard for the cat in the speakers.

[applegrove]

23. My cats really liked the cat video of mice and birds and stuff. They'd

stare at it and try and get into the TV. Then the magic wore off.

[stuntcat]

39. omg it rocked

it was the funniest thing EVER when the cats started trying to get birds and mice on tv!! Then it was sad when they got over it but it's been years now so I need to get it back out maybe.
I assume they're just seeing a big machine there but then a bird will come on and they'll start paying attention. My smallest cat goes up and starts touching the screen sometimes, it's way too cute.

[XemaSab]

24. I was watching Mosquito Coast with Pippi on my lap.

The ending is sort of violent, and she was... not quite freaked out, but watching it very raptly in a very worried way.

I felt bad afterwards that she had to see something that made her upset. :(

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

25. The other night my dog responded to "Precious"

...from the dungeon scenes in Silence of the Lambs.

:rofl:

[NV Whino]

26. yes

Millie and Never Cry Wolf.

[Bryn]

28. Awwwww

I love it! So cute!

[terrya]

27. My cat loved the movie "The Adventures of Milo and Otis"

She would sit transfixed...just absolutely mesermized...when it was on.

It's one of my favorite memories of her.

[Wcross]

29. Seems like they respond to the sound rather than image.

Whenever they hear just about any animal on TV they howl. My dogs have a problem with the giant fiberglass horse at a local liquer store. They just go nuts when they see it. I don't stop there anymore.

[Arugula Latte]

30. My kitties' ears prick up when another kitty is on TV

It's sooo cute ... :loveya:

[Zomby Woof]

31. I remember some 20-odd years ago

We had a Siamese cat who was captivated by these barking dogs on the TV (it was probably a 15-inch screen). When the dogs started running away, she CHASED them by looking for them behind the TV. It was one of the three or four funniest things I have ever seen. :D

[AtomicKitten]

32. My dog goes berserk with she hears a doorbell on TV.

[Digit]

33. My parrot will growl at other parrots on my computer screen

but I am not sure she can actually "see" images on the television.

She will respond to sounds on the TV and especially loves any whistling.
Yeah, she likes the enzyte commercial (sigh).

[Autobot77]

34. yep if a dog barks on tv...

My dog will run over to where the tv is and look around, to see if she can find the dog.

[alphafemale]

35. This YouTube is great. Over excited pug. "We're going to the Dog Park!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Iw6YZRSPIQ

[lligrd]

36. My Dog Loves The Movie "8 Below"

Will watch the entire movie. Runs up to the tv when the dogs are in trouble and barks at me to help them out. Really gets in to it.

[Jamastiene]

37. My boy cat, Yogi, stops whatever he is doing if a scandily clad

beautiful blonde woman comes on the screen. He watches ever so closely too. If a woman is stripping or pole dancing, he really watches closely then. Little perv. You can sure tell he's MY cat. :eyes:

[billyskank]

42. ....

:rofl:

[Jamastiene]

48. ...

:evilgrin:

[NewJeffCT]

38. many years back, our cat took a swipe at a video-game airplane

as it was going across the screen. It was way back in the days of the old Mattel Intellivision and I think it was a game with World War 1 style bi-planes.

The cat used to sit on top of our TV because it was warm, and then one day she reached down to swipe at one of the bi-planes as it went underneath her paw.

[KamaAina]

43. We once had a calico cat who would watch nature shows very intently

especially if they showed birds. She'd squat in front of the set, the ears pinned back, the tail going side-to-side... never did attack the TV, though. :shrug:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

44. no....

But my husband flips of the TV every time The Chimp comes on...

Does that count?

[Arkansas Granny]

46. My current cat is fascinated by birds on TV. I had another cat

who would would sit on top of the TV and hang her head over while the kids played "Pong" and watch the little ball go back and forth, back and forth, . . . .

[haf216]

47. My cats get very worked up

when I'm watching "Meerkat Manor," especially when one of the family starts the doing all that war dancing and calling.