# Can dogs watch tv?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dogs-watch-tv/160707>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 12, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dogs-watch-tv/160707 "2003-03-12T01:26:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dogs-watch-tv/160707/21 "2003-03-13T16:09:12Z")

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> \*Originally posted by romansperson \*  
> **I read in a book somewhere (sorry, I can’t remember which one, but it was probably one by Stanley Coren) that our current televisions are not high-resolution enough for dogs to be able to really see what is happening on the screen, so they can’t truly _watch_ television**

Most of the posts above yours would seem to contradict that assertion. Some dogs do watch television, and can discriminate animals from humans. Visually, not aurally.

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**Author:** ![nikkinick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nikkinick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikkinick)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dogs-watch-tv/160707/22 "2003-03-13T16:30:37Z")

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Mine don’t watch it. Once in a while if my  
Greyhound hears a baby cry (on TV) or a dog bark, his ears will perk up and he’ll walk over to the speaker of the surround sound trying to figure it out, but I’ve never seen either one of them watch the tube.

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**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dogs-watch-tv/160707/23 "2003-03-13T17:14:48Z")

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My dog watches TV now and then. I fear she is an advertisers nightmare though, as she never demands that I purchase the things advertised. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-dogs-watch-tv/160707/24 "2003-03-13T17:26:55Z")

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Now if you had [The PuppyChannel](http://www.thepuppychannel.com/) interest might increase.

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