Golden Retriever Lovingly Watching 'Bluey' Proves He's the Show's Biggest Fan
If you have a toddler in the house then undoubtedly you've spent countless hours with Bluey, Bingo, Chilli Heeler, and Bandit. But you know who else really loves the cartoon? A Golden Retriever named Rigatoni, and video of him enjoying his favorite show is absolutely paw-fect.
The hilarious part of the footage is that there isn't a child to be found. Nope it's just Rigatoni and a laptop, where he's catching up with the latest Bluey episode.
Rigatoni is just like all of us. In the clip he was sprawled out on the bed watching TV with his owner nearby. The Golden Retriever looked totally absorbed by the show, which features a family of Australian Cattle Dogs in Brisbane, Australia. At one point he even rested his head on the laptop keyboard — we guess he must've been really in the zone.
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"Rigatoni is the biggest Bluey supporter. His fav TV show," his mom explained in the caption.
People online were here for Rigatoni's passion. "The way he's so into it," teased one commenter. "Literally adorable," someone else chimed in. "Rigatoni…are you kidding me so cute. Please tell me you call him Toni for short," a third person begged.
What Dogs See When They Watch TV
While we'd love to believe that Rigatoni is following every plot point in Bluey it doesn't seem likely, does it? Dogs can't even understand it when we talk to them, so how in the world could they understand something as complicated as a kids' show?
The truth is that dogs can watch TV — many of them even like it — but how they watch TV differs from humans. First of all, dogs' vision isn't as sharp as ours. They have vision closer to 20/75, hence why Rigatoni got really close to the laptop so he could see. Dogs also have a different color perception than we do. If you've ever heard that dogs are color blind, it's sort of true. Dogs only have two types of color-processing cells in their eyes, while we have three. So they see less colors than we do and certain colors may not register to them at all.
The real question is do dogs understand what they're watching — or better yet, do they understand that what they're watching isn't real? It's hard to say for sure, but it's believed that dogs do recognize other animals on screen. Because a dog's sense of smell helps them understand the world, it's also thought that because they can't smell what they're seeing they understand that what they're seeing is fake.
That being said, a show not being real hasn't stopped any of us from enjoying our favorite shows. We guess dogs are a lot more like us than we think.
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