Rona, we have discovered, is an intense TV watcher, with a profound sense of what she’s watching. Dogs, of course, she recognises. Horses too. Last night was interesting. Channel hopping we came across “Walking with Dinosaurs”. There on the screen was an AI image of a giant bird defending its egg from another 3 horned thing. This provoked a growl and a walk over to the TV. Needless to say, she then walked to the other side of the TV to see if she could get round the back to find this suspicious looking creature.
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I wouldn’t call it watching exactly, but Jules does react to dogs and other animals on the screen but, after looking round the back soon loses interest.
He is almost the first dog I have had to do so and I wonder if previous versions of TVs had a quality which made them invisible to dogs.
Our first dog here, Lira the Greyhound, would go frantic at the sight of cats in the real world but could not see them on the screen.
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We have a Border Collie who always barks at baddies on the screen.
In a scene from a film we were watching, Harrison Ford, playing a detective, went to see the chief of police to report his suspicions of a drugs gang. Riley, our dog, started barking,. We told him not to be silly because he was barking at the chief of police.
The film ended with the chief of police being arrested for being in cahoots with the drugs gang.
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Just reminded me…
Many years ago we were at a vets with our two first Airedales. The vet was attending to Clara. Rosie suddenly noticed a large chart on the wall of a dog skeleton with all its bones named. She started to howl, staring all the time at this chart.
When we left, there was a waiting room full of nervous owners wondering what on earth the vet had been doing to our dogs.
My dog used to love anything on TV and my daughter’s 2 dogs love Judge Judy as she puts it on for them whilst they are working and it keeps them quiet whilst in screen meetings.
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A few years ago, a new neighbour moved in next door. He came round one evening to introduce himself. I quickly muted the TV while we chatted. Riley, our dog, continued to watch the TV.
“I’m very surprised that he is so absorbed watching that film” our new neighbour commented.
“I’m even more surprised” I replied “… he hated the book”
My neighbour (quite rightly) never took anything I said after that seriously.
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Brilliant! 
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A few years ago, a new neighbour moved in next door. He came round one evening to introduce himself. I quickly muted the TV while we chatted. Riley, our dog, continued to watch the TV.
“I’m very surprised that he is so absorbed watching that film” our new neighbour commented.
“I’m even more surprised” I replied “… he hated the book”
My neighbour (quite rightly) never took anything I said after that seriously.
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My father’s EBTs loved watching the racing and always went round the back of the television to see if any snack-size horses would come out of it.
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It’s their daft nature making them think they are clowns 