Does your Frenchie watch the tube with you?
Have you ever noticed your Frenchie watching the TV along with you? And not just because there is a dog or cat on the screen? We’ve noticed this behavior for years in our guys. (Lucy has this thing for a younger Mel Gibson.)
Found some very interesting research which determined short-nosed dogs see differently than long-nosed dogs. A short-nosed dog’s eyes are shaped more like a human’s and they have a visual field more in-line with ours. It all deals with the retina and whether a dog’s eye has vision cells in a cluster (like ours) or in a visual streak (like a hunting dog).
For a more in-depth “look” at this topic you can read these articles.
“Arizona Republic” article
“Catalyst” article
Karger research article “Brain, Behavior, and Evolution”
So if your short-nosed dog could be in-tune with what’s on the screen, you have to wonder, do dog food commercials make them as hungry as fast-food commercials do for humans?
