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myLot reputation of 92/100. melissaruth1 (3520)   ranked 256 out of 7,860 in dogs 4 years ago

Ok this is probably going to sound like the dumbest question ever, but I am extremely curious so I am going to ask it anyway. Do dogs see colors? If yes do they see only certain colors, or can they have a preference for a color? My puppy, who is almost 6 months old loves anything that is pink. Sounds stupid right, but he will go after anything that is pink. He doesnt bother the kids toys or shoes, unless they are pink. They gave him a pink dog, when we first got him, and he chewed it up good, now he goes for pink things.

 

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1. myLot reputation of 82/100. kvnnashty (870)   4 years ago

of course they do..when they can smell stuffs why cant they see colors..have fun

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2. myLot reputation of 89/100. barbiegirl13 (1172)   ranked 1,126 out of 7,860 in dogs   4 years ago

I was taught in school that dogs are color blind but that they can still see colors. It is like when humans are color blind you see a color but what is red they see as brown and ect. I have a 5 month old yorkie and he pretty much tears anything up no matter what color. I wish that he would only go for pink things, hehe.


myLot reputation of 92/100. melissaruth1 (3520)   ranked 256 out of 7,860 in dogs  4 years ago

At first when we got him, he tore up everything, then he moved to just my stuff when he was mad at me, now for the past month or so, it is only pink things. So i thought maybe as he gets older his eyes continue to enhance and he sees different colors or not colors.

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3. myLot reputation of 99/100. daeckardt (3138)   ranked 1,226 out of 7,860 in dogs   4 years ago

This is not a stupid question. I had a teacher once tell me the only stupid question is the one that is not asked. I don't know that a dog sees colors, but it is possible. I did a search on the question and found an article on ask.yahoo.com/20020902.html. I think that may help you better understand. I am not going to try to copy the whole thing here because I cannot cut and paste (not enough posts yet). Thanks for bringing up a question that gets you to think "outside the box".


myLot reputation of 92/100. melissaruth1 (3520)   ranked 256 out of 7,860 in dogs  4 years ago

Thanks I will check out the link

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4. myLot reputation of 79/100. prasanth_s (730)   4 years ago

I also had this doubt and I searched a lot for finding a solution.Yes dogs sees colours but not in the way humans do. It cannot differentiate some colours.Instead,god has given them ability to see things at night more clearly than humans.


myLot reputation of 92/100. melissaruth1 (3520)   ranked 256 out of 7,860 in dogs  4 years ago

So they only see colors at night? Is that what you mean?

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5. dogperson (73)   4 years ago

Wow, thanks for the question and because of it, I learned something new.

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6. myLot reputation of 94/100. kitty2 (907)   4 years ago

NO question is dumb melissaruth !!
Especially since I'd like to know that answer too. LOL
Wonder if their are any vets on MyLot? Hope so !!


myLot reputation of 92/100. melissaruth1 (3520)   ranked 256 out of 7,860 in dogs  4 years ago

It seems they see colors, but differently than we do, and are possibly color blind. I still havent gotten a definitive answer.


steffi30 (73)   ranked 7,122 out of 7,860 in dogs  4 years ago

I think dogs can see colors because our dog Max had a blue cow that he took everywhere. He chewed it until there wasn't nothing left. Well we have a puppy named Fluffy who likes all colors. He really seems to like our clothes. He does have a purple frog he plays with and don't want anyone to play with it.

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7. myLot reputation of 79/100. drknlvly6781 (3436)   ranked 1,969 out of 7,860 in dogs   4 years ago

I was always taught that dogs can't see colors, that everything is grey to them. So maybe he is particular grey that pink shows up to him? I don't know.

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