My stupid theory about Animal Planet

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Hugo

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Call me crazy, but here's what I did when Whisky was growing up.

I had read that much like humans, animals need their brain stimulated during their development, otherwise they could end up kinda dumb.

Me and my gf both having demanding jobs, I figured that many hours of solitude in complete silence would certainly suck hardcore for my dog, so I took the habit of leaving the TV on upon leaving for work.

I figured I might as well tune it to Animal Planet so he could see and get used to the sounds of animals and voices as well.

Did I get lucky and the dog was born this way, or was it Animal Planet, but my dog doesn't care at all about animals outside our house and therefore never chases them. For him, it's like they're part of the scenery and not that interesting...

I still do this to this day.

Opinions? :smile2:
 
My guys never chase animals, bother dogs or cats, etc. And I didn't do the Animal Planet thing. I think you might have just lucked out and got a dog that was naturally well behaved. Either that, or the Animal Planet trick worked and I was the lucky one! :lol:
 
hahaha... animal planet babysitter that trains dogs to not bother with those certain noises.. Your lucky nothing came on and the dog found it to be tragic and was just plain scared to just go after those animals hahaha.
 
I do not think it does anything for my herd. TV and Radio is just white noise to them. Most experts will tell you that about this stuff. I think if the dog is happy and well socialized then they are just acclimated to noises and sounds
 
Or it could be that he just doesn't have the herding drive that other Shelties have and feels no need to chase the animals. Just a thought.
 
my sheltie was very into watching Boat Trip and All dogs go to Heaven... which is sad b/c she is there in heaven now... but for some reason she adored those two movies.. if they ended she would look at me like HELLOOOO put it back on.. so I had to keep putting it on for her.
 
I don't know why watching TV would be any worse for a dog than for us! CeCe always stops what she's doing wheneve a dog barks on TV, and cocks her head at the TV, I don't know if she understands them or not. I do get a little concerned when I watch Animal Cops, and she hears all the sick puppies whine and bark. I wonder what she is picking up. I might have to get parental controls for that channel!:lol:
 
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