It's So Sad!
Anna I Velez
about a week ago, I found out that dogs only see black and white!! Now that is so sad! I had no idea! When I was told this by my brother-in-law, I thought
he was kidding or misinformed. I couldn't believe it! How sad!
Just wanted to share this with all of you.
Anna
Kathy Buetow
Anna,
Your brother in law is incorrect. It was recently proven that
dogs see color. The color they see is somewhat muted compared
to what we see....the best way to describe it is to say that they
see in dull pastel-like colors.
Don't be sad -- and make sure you color coordinate yourself, even
if you're just "hanging around the house with the dogs", they
get offended by peer fashion sense too !! =^) !!
Cheers !
Kathy & the Katwala Cattle Dog Crew
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Will Morse
When Buster was a puppy, my wife found some little teeth on the floor
and had a fit thinking Buster was losing his teeth. I explained to
her that puppies loose their milk teeth just like human babies,
except of course at a much younger age as befits the dog life cycle
compared to the human lifecycle. She has been around dogs all her life
just as I have, but somehow never picked this up. There are lots of
little things like this, that's why the r.p.d.-- is such a wonderful
thing, it gives us a way to find these things out.
As far as it being sad, dogs rely much more on smell and less on vision
than humans. They "see" much more "color" in what they smell than
humans can begin to appreciate. I have had several dogs who became
blind in their very old age, but were able to function reasonably
well for their last year or so without significant vision. Dogs also
hear a somewhat wider range of frequencies than humans.
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Karen Norteman
Kathy_...@QMS1.life.uiuc.edu (Kathy Buetow) writes:
> It was recently proven that
>dogs see color. The color they see is somewhat muted compared
>to what we see....the best way to describe it is to say that they
>see in dull pastel-like colors.
I remember vaguely from an AKC magazine in the past that dogs see in the
blue-to-yellow parts of the colour spectrum, but don't see reds. There was a
picture of a seascape with the colours in as humans see it, and a matching
picture as the dog would see it. Anyone remember this article? It probably
was in the Gazette about 1990.
--Karen and Duncan the Wonder Beardie
Jennifer Robles
>> I'm 34 years old and have had dogs since I was a little girl. Recently,
>> about a week ago, I found out that dogs only see black and white!! Now
>that is so sad! I had no idea! When I was told this by my
>brother-in-law, I thought
>> he was kidding or misinformed. I couldn't believe it! How sad!
Don't be sad. Even if dogs don't perceive the world of color
like we do, they have another world that we just barely perceive.
How many of us have been walking our sweet babies when they stop to
deeply inhale some odor that we didn't even know was there? The
world of odors and scents is a great big world, and we miss most of
it.
I wonder do they feel sad for us being the poor limited beings that we
are?
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Jennifer oak...@netcom.com
Scott Meeth
|> Don't be sad. Even if dogs don't perceive the world of color
|> like we do, they have another world that we just barely perceive.
|>
|> How many of us have been walking our sweet babies when they stop to
|> deeply inhale some odor that we didn't even know was there? The
|> world of odors and scents is a great big world, and we miss most of
|> it.
I've noticed this too -
I am always pulling my little boy along when he stops to eat or roll in something, but I try to be careful not to disturb him when he pauses to enjoy some scent I can't smell. He's got me (trying) to do the same thing.
He's also taught me how to get the most out of a scent. try mimicking the way
your dog sniffs things, and you'll find that it really lets you get more out of it.
|> I wonder do they feel sad for us being the poor limited beings that we
|> are?
my little guy probably pities me -- he's got a big, soft heart!
sometimes when we're playing he looks at me like "you just don't get it, do you?", but he's always very patient with me.
Scott Meeth
me...@caffeine.cen.uiuc.edu
lbf6208
: Your brother in law is incorrect. It was recently proven that
: dogs see color. The color they see is somewhat muted compared
: to what we see....the best way to describe it is to say that they
: see in dull pastel-like colors.
Of course dogs see color. How else can you explain the fact that our
Lhasa Apso used to take only the GREEN socks from the laundry basket?
Linda Fairtile
Daniel M. Rosenberg
>I'm 34 years old and have had dogs since I was a little girl. Recently,
I'm 25 years old and have known people all of my life. Recently, Wolfpeach
informed me that people can't smell for beans! Now that is so sad! Each
morning as she bounds through the grass and bushes the world explodes
before her snout in bursts of vivid sensory information, revealing other
animals, when they were there last, what mood they were in, what they've
been eating lately; plants; rocks -- it's a whole world people are blind to!
I can barely believe it!
>Just wanted to share this with all of you.
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Michiel Wories
Dogs 'see' with their nose. So I guess it were your husband's socks
containing a _certain_ smell which your dog obviously likes... ;-)
Michiel.
lbf6208
: Michiel.
Wait a minute. These were clean socks that were SUPPOSED to be green :-)
Linda B. Fairtile
New York University
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Brigitte A. Bolduc
>
> Of course dogs see color. How else can you explain the fact that our
> Lhasa Apso used to take only the GREEN socks from the laundry basket?
The scent? ;-)
Peggy Ma
that's about it.
Nancy Ahern
I have a related question:
When my dogs are outside, and I am inside, it seems as though they can
see me, even though I am far from the window. Let me elaborate:
The day will be bright. The house is relatively dark. I will be standing
in the door way of an even darker room. About 25-30 feet away is the
bank of french doors that lead to the outside. I am standing still. The
dogs will wander around the yard sniffing, relieving themselves, etc, then
come trotting back to the door and sit in front of it, looking in. They
glance around the interior, then focus on me and start to wag their tails.
I always thought a dog's vision was rather limited. My question is, do
they see in the infrared range and are seeing my heat imprint? Do they
"smell" me through the door? Or is their vision good enough to see inside
a relatively dark room, and focus 25-30 feet away and recognize my shape?
Thanks.
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Jennifer Robles
>I always thought a dog's vision was rather limited. My question is, do
>they see in the infrared range and are seeing my heat imprint? Do they
>"smell" me through the door? Or is their vision good enough to see inside
>a relatively dark room, and focus 25-30 feet away and recognize my shape?
I think it varies a lot from dog to dog. My dog can recognise me in
the mirror. That reflection is only light, no heat or scent. I know
she does this because when I talk to her, she meets my eyes in the
mirror instead of turning around to look at me.
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Jennifer oak...@netcom.com
Scott Meeth
|> I have a related question:
|>
|> When my dogs are outside, and I am inside, it seems as though they can
|> see me, even though I am far from the window. Let me elaborate:
|>
|> The day will be bright. The house is relatively dark. I will be standing
|> in the door way of an even darker room. About 25-30 feet away is the
|> bank of french doors that lead to the outside. I am standing still. The
|> dogs will wander around the yard sniffing, relieving themselves, etc, then
|> come trotting back to the door and sit in front of it, looking in. They
|> glance around the interior, then focus on me and start to wag their tails.
|>
|> I always thought a dog's vision was rather limited. My question is, do
|> they see in the infrared range and are seeing my heat imprint? Do they
|> "smell" me through the door? Or is their vision good enough to see inside
|> a relatively dark room, and focus 25-30 feet away and recognize my shape?
|>
my dog, a siberian husky, sees better at night than he does during the day.
Michelle Caisse
: In article <Kathy_Buetow-1...@malmgrenc2.life.uiuc.edu>
Yes. It's "Canine Color Vision", page 52 of the May 1991 Gazette.
It says that dogs seem to have vision similar to deuteranopic
humans, those whose color-blindness causes them to confuse
purplish red with green, according to the dictionary.
Their vision indicates that they have blue and red cones,
but lack the functioning green cones that humans
(other than deuteranopes) have.
Dogs can distinguish different shades of color in the violet-
indigo-blue range, but colors in the green-yellow-orange-red
range all appear to be shades of yellow. However, these
colors can be distinguished from the blues. Blue-green appears
white, since the 2 functioning cone types, blue and red,
are equally stimulated by blue-green light.
-- Michelle
Sarah Schuster
there is lots of confusion floating around-- about 4 years ago, there was a
study done up at UCSB that confirmed that dogs are RED-GREEN COLORBLIND,
exactly the same way some humans are. They are deficient (Please, no flames
before you finish reading) in the rods/cones that respond to these frequencies.
They are most definitely able to distinguish brightness and intensity, just
blue-green comes out white, and reds and greens come out varying shades of
yellow. I'm afraid after posting all this that I can't remember the reference,
but I do know it was in 1990 and up in Santa Barbara. I think the AKC Gazette
may have written about it.
Sarah
& her Basheirt
Arturo Pinzon
=>Wait a minute. These were clean socks that were SUPPOSED to be green :-)
=>Linda B. Fairtile
=>New York University
Sorry Linda..
But there is no such thing as a washer machine that will clean a sock
so well that a dog won't pick up the previous scent on it.
Their nose is something pretty damn good.
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