With every new reality <cough> show that hits our televisions, with every new tabloid show that sets to expose the seedy underbelly of the rich and the famous we proclaim loudly that television is going to the dogs.
Of course dogs have very little to do with our proclivity for questionable TV watching but that old saying may be taking on a more valid meaning with the announcement that DOGTV will be launching on the Cox and Time Warner networks in San Diego this week.
The reason behind the network apparently is those ‘stay-at-home’ dogs needing some sort of relaxing, stimulating and behavior-improving time and what better way than with 3 to 6 minute segments of specialty television just for them.
Calling themselves the first cable network for dogs DOGTV CEO Gilad Neumann said in an ABC News interview
“Dogs that are left home alone for a few hours everyday tend to be very lonely, they develop behavioural issues, they are bored, they are stressed and leaving the TV on with proper content gives them comfort. It relaxes them, it stimulates them at times,”
Here is a video with Prof. Nicholas Dodman, Program Director of the Animal Behavior Department of Clinical Sciences at Tufts University, trying to explain why DOGTV is a great idea, I’ll leave it up to you though to figure out whether you should be laughing, banging your head against the keyboard, or thinking “why didn’t I think of that”.
via WTOP
