Why does my dog growl when she sees animals on the TV?

Question

I have 2 dogs. One of them goes crazy when she sees other dogs and animals on the TV. This is really strange. She'll run up to the TV and start barking and growling. She'll even claw the tv. I have never seen a dog do this before and my other dog doesn't. I didn't think dogs could see like we do I always thought they went by their scent. Is this normal? Does anyone have a dog that does the same thing?

Well i am so sorry i really thought that i did post this in the dog section. i could of swarn that it said pets dogs. so sorry. how can you change it???

Answer 1

You dog thinks her space is being invaded by another dog, or other animals, and she's reacting accordingly. Enjoy this bizarre display of behavior while it lasts, she'll probably stop doing it eventually.

I have a cat that loves to watch other animals on TV, but she ignores it altogether when it's humans only. She knows the difference, as does your dog.

Answer 2

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/J27jk

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 3

Our dogs may be from the same blood line Our dog hates dogs on tv but not when she is outside. From what I have read our dogs may feel the tv dogs are invading their spaces

Answer 4

Well, you may need to post this in the "dog" section.

My dog doesn't do that. He sits, lifts his back legs in the air, and uses his front legs to drag his little bottom across the carpet.

And he does it when I have the pastor's wife over for tea!

Answer 5

cuz its a bit.ch. My male dog doesnt give a fuckingshit whats on tv

Answer 6

ive seen dogs to that..
but i dont have 1 of my own :(

Answer 7

Yep, my Dogs a Dumbass too.