Do you leave the lights and/or TV/radio on for your dog?

[Boemy]

I don't leave anything on for my critters except the nightlight in the bathroom.

 

[IliamnasQuest]

Well, I'm in a weird situation right now .. *L* .. I'm living in a business rental, where there are huge windows and glass doors in a storefront area, and I usually access it through the back shop door. I have screens up for privacy but there's an active business right next door (with their stairs next to my bed, so anytime they run upstairs I hear it). They have machines that copy and print and sort and some of them are pretty noisy.

And in the tiny area I'm renting is my bed, table, bookshelves, TV stand, floor lamp, and dog crates (a little side room has the computers). Outside the front door is a huge gravel parking lot with the main highway just beyond that. You can hear traffic noises day and night.

For my country-raised dogs, this is quite a change and I've taken to leaving the TV on most of the time whether I'm there or not. This helps hide the noises from outside and next door and discourages them from reacting to those noises.

But the really funny thing is that I don't currently have an antenna or cable access, so I am limited to watching videos and DVD's. The only DVD I have that will play over and over is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire .. *LOL* .. so if I'm going to be gone more than an hour and a half, I pop that one in and the dogs get to listen to it until I get back. All the other DVD's I have either click off when they're done, or they go to the main menu and then play the same irritating music over and over until you can't stand it anymore. The dogs probably don't care. I just think that having the movie on with the voices and all is probably more distracting than just the little bit of music.

Seems to work, anyhow. In the past six weeks they've all become quite blase about sounds from next door or outside. They do still react to noises from the back shop, which is good - my brother and mom both have keys to it and occasionally come in, and Khana always alerts to them before they surprise me.

Someday I will live in a normal house again, with a shower for me and a yard for the dogs .. *sigh*

Melanie and the gang in Alaska

 

[nashnsegersmom]

yep, leave the TV on music,

the blinds up on the window where Seger can watch outside on the guest bed.....

Its been a difficult transition for "me" since Seger used to go to work everyday as a therapy dog, and now is in the house since Seger's dad started joined as partner with an insurance company.

Big switch for the Seger man!

 

[Melissa_W]

Yeah, we leave a light on. Sometimes we leave the TV on too, but not if we're going to be gone for a long time.

 

[Sadie'smama]

Nope, we don't leave a light or TV on. She naps in our bed all day. My husband comes home for lunch and she gets to go outside. When you come home, she is crashed out on the bed and looks at you through her BIG yawn like "you home already"?

 

[Jules]

Yeah.... we do. Leave one or two lights on in the house and most of the time leave radio on.

 

[girlbuffalo1]

I don't..

I've never left anything on for the dogs--lights, TV, Radio ect....I don't waste energy.

I guess I've never seen a need to do these things--are there dogs who really do care?

 

[SharkyX]

Jenn has left the tv and lights on for Riot... I'll leave him a light sometimes...
Mine I don't bother leaving lights on for. They are kenneled when nobody's home as they have this habbit of destroying everything we own... so I leave them in the dark so they can sleep better.

 

[planet molosser]

Yes I do, also I leave white noise on like A/C , Fans, or Air cleaners to filter out noises to reduce barking.

 

[Bahamutt99]

My dogs get a light and Animal Planet.

 

[Cheetah]

I don't often leave lights on, but I will leave either the TV or the radio on, both for them and for my bird.

 

[Rosefern]

The fosters are always crated in the "dog room" (seriously, that's what it is) downstairs, off of the kitchen, so I leave that light on, and have the radio playing in there. Flicka and Pepe are confined to the lower level as well, but free-roaming, so all the downstairs lights (kitchen, living room, bathroom, entry hall) are left on.

-Rosefern

 

[oc_spirit]

When OC was a puppy I did but now I dont unless he is being crated somewhere that is deafly quiet. Since him and Ronan are usually outside in the kennel anyways there is always some sort of noise (be it a duck, heron, egret, goose, car, construction, other dog, people, etc) going on and more than enough light.

 

[Charliesmommy]

I leave the small light over the kitchen sink on, just to provide enough light for me to see when I walk in the house really.

I never leave the TV or anything on because it actually annoys Charlie when he is trying to sleep. If he is trying to sleep and I have the TV on he will go in the other room.

 

[Lizmo]

Only the hall light...

 

[puppylover2007]

because our baby is only 9 weeks old we leave the music only channel on, i think it is called "lite classical" or something.. as funny as it sounds he actually curls up and falls right to sleep for about an hour then he is up again.. awww puppyhood ...

 

[daaqa]

neither. never saw the point. maybe if a dog had separation anxiety or barking tendencies.

i leave a light on for me, myself, and i! i don't like coming home to a dark house one bit.

 

[goldiefur]

Yes the TV. I don't know if any of you have heard of the Dog Sitter DVDs http://petsittervideos.com/ but Brody LOVES them. The DVDS play in a loop and they have all kinds of critters for them to watch. He has watched TV intently since he was a puppy so when I found these I figured he would love it and he does. I'm thinking about getting him cat sitter also because he would probably love to look at cats and birds as well.

 

[arishaun]

My three get grumpy if I leave without putting on the TV for them. I usually leave it on a channel that has daytime talk shows on. As a result, they always perk up when they see Dr. Phil on the screen. :lol-sign:

 

[verderben]

When I am gone or when I am asleep I leave the radio on low for them and a night light. I didnt used to and they were barking and being bad during the day they have since improved and seem more calm when I come home.