I have taken care of a Terrier and one Australian Shepherd who watched TV as much as I do. And that's a lot.
Sadly, they have gone over the Rainbow Bridge, but I have hysterically funny memories of these dogs.
One Christmas I was staying with the Australian Shepherd, and I recorded all my favorite Christmas movies to watch on the TV. And then I remembered that this dog loves to bark at every animal he sees on TV.
I had to mentally go through every movie to remember if there was a dog or a cat or a horse in the film. If so, I just had to delete the movie because there was no point trying to watch it.
The terrier. His name was Beau. Funniest dog I have ever spent time with in my entire life. When his mom and dad first got him, their TV was on a stand that you could walk behind. The dog would go crazy barking at a dog on the TV, or any other animal, and when the animal went off screen, the dog actually went behind the TV to see if the animal had somehow hidden itself behind the TV.
Gorilla Glue commercials. The dog thought the animated gorilla was real. He went crazy when that gorilla came on screen.
We were up very early one morning. I put the TV on, I'm in the bathroom and the dog is in the bedroom. And all of a sudden, the barking starts. It's so early I'm afraid he's going to wake the neighbors. I dive for the remote control, knowing the only thing I can do is turn the TV off as fast as possible to stop the barking.
Beau is on the bed, barking at the TV. I hit the remote button to shut the TV off. The gorilla disappears, and Beau whimpered. He whimpered this mournful sound as though something had just died. His gorilla disappeared! I must have sat there laughing for at least 20 minutes. He was so upset that his gorilla was gone!
Jimmy Dean commercials. Beau didn't like the animated Sun that tracked across the TV. He really loved to bark at that sun. What was even worse is, he knew the jingle that went along with the commercial. He could be in another room and hear that jingle come on the TV, and he would go running into whatever room the TV was on so that he could bark at that sun!
Basically, you could never watch TV when that dog was in the room. He didn't like people digging holes. He really hated horses. But his favorite thing to bark at was dogs.
I miss him so much! And the Australian Shepherd too.
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