Good to see you're asking the right questions

My dog loved to watch other dogs on TV or on my computer. Wish he was still here.

But how would they operate the remote control? My dog can only press the paws button.

My mother believes dogs can see all color because "Why would God take color away from them." I... I can't talk to my own mother.

I remember when my dogs were watching a nature documentary with me and my dad. Being Rhodesian Ridgebacks, a hunting dog, they actually started peeking behind the TV as if they were hunting. It was really interesting!!

My cat definitely watches tv, but she's more interested when animals are on the screen or when there are animal noises. She's sitting on me now and just watched this video. I bet she's judging you.

I'd watch an all dog scishow tbh

2:18 The dogs from left to right: Michael, Olivia, Hank, Stefan.

3:12 My dog heard you say "go on a walk" that and ran to the door. Thanks a lot, hank! :P

I used to have a Sheltie that would bark consistently at the stained-glass image of a cat that was seen at at dog's-eye-level in the floor-to-ceiling window of a vet's office. Being stained glass, the image was quite an abstraction, which makes this especially surprising. The same dog would bark at various types of stuffed-animals seen in the distance. I'm pretty sure this particular dog was able to visually discern abstract representations of animals.

My rabbit seems to enjoy watching tv so much that she often times thumps if I turn it off. Although, that probably has more to do with the sound than the imagery.

Makes me sad that so many dogs were bred to do certain jobs, but now they find themselves unemployed and have to settle for a living room couch instead of a lake or prairie lol

Why are you only now starting a SciShow hosted only by dogs for dogs!?

My dog loved certain TV shows obviously very into nature documentaries but the one weird one I never got was trains. Genuinely you would stick a train video on KZfaq on and he would get super stoked about it especially if it blew its horn could never get why but dam did he love him some trains. That and certain little kids shows.

My dog apparently likes sports and news but not so much into video games... So... 60fps vs 30? He's a terrier.

THEY ANSWERED MY QUESTION. And I'm weirdly excited about this.

My dog only watches shows that are live action. His favorite are the nature documentaries.

This question has burned me for a long time. The release of finally having an answer is strange.

I am more interested in dog show than my own dog.

My dog is kinda weird in the TV regard, she will only watch tv if I’m watching DBZ abridged and vegeta comes on. She won’t pay attention to anything else even me when vegeta comes on.

Not a single mention of cats? My cat and my old roommate's cat LOVED watching nature documentaries on TV. And not anything particularly prey related; Walking with Dinosaurs/Monsters were BIG hits with them. Roommates cat would follow animals around the screen, very accurately, too. My cat follows them, but more generally, and knows that it doesn't work like a window, so he doesn't move his head as much. I have video somewhere on my IG acct where I'm folding laundry and Scully and Bebop are intently glued to the TV at the foot of my bed. Any info on cats watching TV, SciShow???

A question I didn't know I had

Every time a Liberty Mutual commercial is on, my dog goes nuts and barks hysterically at it (like it's a threat). Wish to the dog god we knew what caused the trigger to start.

I guess dogs would love to watch a 3 hours looped special of: WHO IS A GOOD DOGGY, YOU ARE, YES YOU ARE, YES YOU ARE, WHERE IS THE BALL, BRING THE BALL, WHO IS A GOOD DOGGY, YOU ARE ...

finally, a question i’ve actually thought about before

All dogs go to heaven.

We had a dog that loved watching certain TV shows and it did extend to at least one animated show-- a kids cartoon with puppies as the characters. It also had lots of barking-type sounds, though, so that could be what drew him. He was actually a daschund, so a hound-type dog, but boy did he love his "dog soaps" (as my mom called them). If he heard one of his favorites on the TV, barks or no barks, he'd come rushing in the room. We'd leave it on the kids channel for him during the day since that was his favorite.

Awesome. My dog is glued to the TV when we watch at dinner!! Goes nuts when he sees or hears dogs barking even remembers the commercial and barks when he hears the jingle!!!

I didn't know seeing the Scishow hosts as puppers would hit my heart so hard. I need to lie down.

Whoever made all of the dog animations..well done! They are SO CUTE!

I use a 144hz monitor. So that means a dog can see my screen pretty well.

Dog show for dogs by dogs is all I need in my life. Please make it.

answering the real questions here

Where is the link to SciShow Dog?

2:21 I love how the dogs look like the hosts at Scishow. Clever

2:20 aww I just noticed the dogs are the dog forms of the Scishow team :D From the left there’s Micheal, Olivia, Hank, and Stephan, I think!

My dog doesn't care at all about the TV. He doesn't even seem to register if it is on or off.

It's so weird to me how dogs are only really seeing yellows, browns and blues. You'd think evolution would've demanded everything be able to discern red and green. Plants, berries, blood, etc.

My dog always gets up and stretches after a tv show ends, it’s like he knows that it’s over when the credits roll

I am so pumped for SciShow Dogs. It sounds fantastic.

Buy a 120hz TV for your dogs

now you have an excuse to buy the 120fps rig you dont need.

Im crazy excited for a scishow with dogs

A question came to mind today... it was answered 4 years ago. Love this channel.

Dog scishow, NOW

Are cats similar? Please do a video of cats eyesight 😁

seriously such a good question Elaine

This is so good! Another great video Hank!

Dogs are awesome!

Interesting. My hound (dachshund) has never been interested in tv. Never looks at it. Never has. The only time she has reacted to any video is when I played a video of another dachshund barking.

My mother's ~4 year old female Cocker Spaniel loves TV. She uses her eyes surprisingly much. I've never seen a dog stop and stare for a prolonged amount of time at the moon, like she was wondering, or trying to figure out what it was. Last time I saw her watching TV, she was very deeply engaged in watching a cheetah hunt for food. Dogs are fun. :D

I saw a video of a large dog sitting on the edge of his seat on the couch next to his owner. He was watching a football game that seemed intense. I could tell bc the dog was riveted and was almost shaking in anticipation when it happened HIS TEAM GOT A TOUCHDOWN! It was mayhem in the room but the best part was the dog. He absolutely recognized what was happening so when it happened, he flung himself up in wild abandon yelping with joy. I thought maybe he picked up on latent clues from his owner next to him. While it appears that they both reacted at the same time, upon many views though the dog actually gives the clues to the human. You can see her momentarily swivel confused why the dog was losing his mind. It was so fast and her reaction seemed simultaneous with her dog which made it more hilarious. I suggest you try to find it under "dog watches football" or something like it. You won't be disappointed.

Let's list the dog-hosts of SciDogs! Michael, Olivia, Hank, and Brad?

They see other dogs on the tv. No joke, I've had two dogs that would sit down to watch Dog Tales. One was a barker too...

So interesting about the screen rate 60x per second thing. My son went to a projector on a big wall movie thing a few years ago (probably around when this video was made) and he was extremely frustrated about the slow screen rate, describing it like a flip book or strobe light. No one else noticed or cared. He came home saying “That couldn’t have been more than 40-50 frames per second! Good way to make a good movie garbage!” He’s definitely human - I’m not a “dog mom”. I did just get a puppy though, for the first time. Ok, so admit I AM going through a little empty nest thing right now. I am worried that any tv watching will hurt my puppy’s eyes. :)

My cats like to watch me on the computer. Quick mouse/cursor movements especially excite them. So does lots of visual change. They really like watching Minecraft for example. Putting down a light source like a torch gets their attention, or big changes in color between indoors and outdoors. Also, the particles and drops get their attention as they move fast and spin around.

Fire hank, get a dog as your host. It’s the only way to get my dog interested in your videos.

My girl likes watching soap operas, (most soap operas work even in black and white) the news is very interesting to her and she likes cooking shows. Her favourite though, is golf, her head follows the ball and it's the most hilarious thing. She finds rugby uninteresting. I have seen her watch antiques roadshow quite often. The thing I think I've determined is that she likes watching the humans talking (with the exception of the golf ball)

This is the kind of content I’m here for

What about cat? - asking for a friend

I’m supposed to be studying now

I ended up here because of an Instagram comment. I appreciate you're work 🤙

I am awaiting this SciShow dogs.

I want to see Sci Show Dogs :D

Well that's decided it! I'm gonna buy the 70 inch High frame rate 4K Ultra HD TV for my dog

my family’s dog cooper is a cairn westie. she loves to bark at the tv, especially any sorts of animals. so whenever i would leave the house i would turn on cartoon network so that she had something to keep her company, but wasn’t losing her mind at any live action animals. we have the flat screen in front of the sliding glass door to the backyard. sometimes cooper will look behind the tv stand or look outside to see where the chimps from the animal documentary were

Oh man I love this channel.

Do a follow up with cats?

DogShow!!

I love how the only anecdote in the whole of Sci Show has something to do with an animal we love. It's not great science, but it's great people...which is great :D

Sci show with just dogs? That sounds amazing, I would sub! Hell, that's probably a really good idea for Scishow space. Those hosts are terrible! Replace them with cute dogs and it will increase the quality of Scishow space tenfold!

2:20 awww the cute olivia dog

2:15 soooo... SciShow Dog #confirmed ?

We occasionally catch our JRT just sitting and watching TV. He's especially interested in watching wolves. But one day I was watching a video of a howling puppy on my laptop and he put his forehead against the screen to try and see. When he was a puppy himself, though, he responded best to pictures of white horses since he himself has long legs and is mostly white. He can definitely make out videos really well even with the comparatively bad frame rate.

I love Sci-Show!💗

Make scishow dogs R e a l

Wait.. dogs have access to abstract thought? I didn't think they even understood mirrors. That's wild to claim they "get" animation.

I was watching Stranger Things 2 with my puppy Ripley on my lap. All of the sudden the music started getting more tense and suspenseful when the hair on Ripley’s back stood up and she started barking at the screen. No idea what that means other than Stranger Things’ sound design is so good my dog’s into it.

hahahah that "what" at 2:54 cracked me up XD :D :D

Doesnt old lightbulb flicker 50 times per sec? (50Hz) so based on this we should see the flicker but we dont...is it coz of "slow" cooling of the bulb in the off faze?

What about cats?

We had a terrier mongrel who loved to play football (soccer). He also liked to watch it on tv. Whenever the ball went out of screen, he'd run round the back of the telly to find the ball. 1960s, free standing telly, not nailed to the wall, like most today.

This is the my first time watching this guy out of genuine curiostiy, rather than a school science project

Do YoU kNoW dA wEy?

Hanks by far my favorite host

You said the "w-word" and my dog was listening... so thanks hank.

I am going to hold you to that "scishow for dogs". That would be ridiculously awesome.

Lol, love the dog versions of the SciShow hosts!

So I totally read the title as "What do Puppers see when they watch TV?" It took me a second to realize it said dog.

You haven’t seen all the videos of dogs whimpering and showing signs of distress and then sadness when watching the dad death scene in the animated lion king

My dog loves tv and will watch pretty much anything, especially cartoons, probably because of all of the sounds

finally asking the important questions

The squeak made my dog’s head turn so fast

I used to have a cat that loved David Attenborough's Life of Birds. She would come running to the couch and sit on my lap when she heard the intro music and watch the whole show - just losing interest a bit when the human was on the screen. She also liked football and black and white cartoons.

My poodle loves watching TV, KZfaq etc, but he recognises cartoon/animated and even plasticine animated dogs!! He only goes nuts if a dog is on the screen and I've "tested" this by showing videos of non realistic dogs while he's watching with no sound on to make sure it's not the sound and put these same things on whilst out of the room so I could see if it was me unconsciously giving some type of command! He also has a favorite advert with the Queen song Flash (the lyrics are a bit different), but there is a doodle in this ad, which I'm first amazed he can see as it's a white dog on a mostly white background, but he has "learnt" the song! That advert hadn't been on for weeks and I put the queen version of the song on without thinking and he shot out from under the table, leapt on to my lap and looked at TV, in a split second of realizing the add wasn't on there he glared at my phone and then went nuts charging around looking for something that might be a screen lol! Poodles are equally as intelligent as collies in my experience! My boy may act like a fool but he has surprised me many times with how much information he retains! The only thing I don't understand about him is why Gudetama makes him howl like a looney lol

My guinea pig love computer games for toddlers - it's squeeky, there's a mouse moving, and she loves it! She even has her favorite game. She's not that interested in one, where you just click on a trumpet, or a drum, or a rubber duck and it makes sound, but she loves one where you ride a car and collect stuff. She also loves watching netflix The big bang theory, The Flash and The Arrow

I was out one night and my dad sent me a photo of the doggo jumping on the TV cabinet, looking right into the TV. The 'rents were watching some vet show and there were puppies being born. I swear, it was the most precious thing ever.

The essential question I always wanted to know

Oh my god, dogs can see yellow and blue. And you just so so so casually dropped that information like it wasn't the biggest revelation I've had all fuckin' year. Thanks Hank.

Our family dog - a German Shepherd - did, in fact, look quite intrigued when dogs came on the screen. We all got a kick out of it.