How Do Dogs See The World?

Think Fact here:
What kind of vision do dogs actually have? How good is it, how bad is it? What's it like in contrast to human vision? How far can they see? Can dogs see colors? Which ones?
Find out in this weeks special collaboration video!
Make sure to check out any other videos of mine that you missed!
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Citations and further readings:
www.smithsonianmag.com/science...
servicedogcentral.org/content/...
(Dog competition)
• Agility WC 2010 - pain...
www.pedigree.com/all-things-do...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorec...
hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/...
(How they rate Visual acuity)
• Visual Acuity in 5 min
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_a...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_cell
www.livescience.com/17948-red-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fovea_ce...
www.petsdoc.org/eyes-of-your-d...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_vi...

[@markangelstudio]

I will ask my dog 🐕

[@Mary-bo6sm]

same same

[@TraceyMazzei]

Same

[@shisuigaming9701]

@doge haha nice joke about the joke he/she said you made that was quite joke

[@phoenixc6812]

@LOL oh wow I didn’t do now that

[@Cripmaccc]

@Toucan you idiot dogs can speak I talked to my dog last week

[@MaskingTapeOYO]

THIS is what dogs REALLY see! Food-God Owner-Tasty lollipop Cat-Devil or Best friend Bed-bed Your bed-Bed Edge of the stairs-Bed Lap-Bed THERE YOU GO

[@animalgirl756animalslover5]

Thanks XD

[@pemo2676]

+Gaven Tran It depends if the dog even likes these things. Some dogs don't sleep on human beds or even like their owner.

[@xxtactical_dogexx360snipel6]

Skrub-REKT

[@dogeking9253]

+xXTactical_DogeXx 360SnipeLord MLG-N0P3

[@ZeroGHome24]

Quite surprised you didn't at toys or squirrels.

[@uwunuzzlewuzzle2074]

I have two dogs.. one is the family dog (Patch) and the other is my own (Milo). If i could give both of them my vision (colour wise, I have bad eyesight and have to wear glasses) I definitely would. They have helped me through the toughest times in my life and I dont think id be here if it werent for them. :)

[@juliab7934]

I already wear glasses anyway so I would trade my vision even if I had to be colorblind.

[@MsBabieK]

xBiscuitAssassin my dog is my world too. I agree with you.

[@jiyakuches220]

xBiscuitAssassin,I don't have dogs,Dogs Can Only see 6 colors as blue,yellow,green,gray,black, and white,its a glasses of human vision for dogs.I don't sure like that.

[@ilsetay1113]

xBiscuitAssassin your dog name is the same as mine. Yours is milo , mine is milo too so high five

[@audreywilliams3920]

i have two dogs and one of their names is Milo! lol

[@iCortex1]

3:08 I love that you took the time to change the red cars color to match the dogs vision. nice attention to detail and accuracy

[@kjmarie3953]

I can't see two ft in front of me dog vision would be a step up

[@starlitcentaur]

Same

[@zeaperch129]

I have the same problem, but then we wouldn't be able to see so many colors that we do.

[@starlitcentaur]

+Zeaperch Yeah, but I wish I could read something 3 inches from my face.

[@hydro8974]

You might wanna get glasses ^.^

[@kjmarie3953]

Hydronic ive had glasses since 3 grade and im in seventh so i do :)

[@IBLV2DOU]

As a dog person I found this very helpful and will buy all blue and yellow toys from now on. Thank you for the info!I'll keep my vision, although I wear glasses. The one portion of their vision that would be nice is increased night vision. I like walking in the woods, and when camping, seeing what's near by would be helpful at times.

[@samantarizzi248]

Oh that's why my dog doesn't recognize me from far away!! interesting :)

[@andrewsy3365]

he can smell you from a far though their smelling range is many times better and sharper than humans

[@StrangerHappened]

@@andrewsy3365 This depends on the wide direction, though. The sense of smell can be nearly completely useless is some cases.

[@LostSoul6318.]

😁

[@jnoirj3124]

@Tron Howard Your dog didn't see you, it heard you, then it followed the sound of your voice.

[@tj1lincoln182]

If I had a dogs smell I’d be able to give directions to new people

[@numbers9to0]

Dog toys are red because humans can see red in green grass. If your dog doesn't get the toy in the yard, you can! It gives you an advantage so you can better fool your little dog friend. ;)

[@Derpster2493]

All this because humans can't see blue in green grass.

[@cookiesandcreamcroissant2967]

ö. . , p

[@CS-hb5rx]

the grass is greener on da other side? xDD

[@rosebreeze]

@@Derpster2493 they can

[@zawerfrost3172]

It looks like he is talking in Morse code with his eyes

[@Rayven_420]

"help me, I am being held hostage to make this video"

[@byronproctor1463]

How did i get here, i have to stop drinking

[@cloroxsplash-lessbleach1468]

haha

[@noodles90lilly51]

You didn't capitalise the "I" in your sentence. Just saying. lol

[@baileyem5983]

baking with lexie You didn't capitalize an "L" when you say lol

[@baileyem5983]

baking with lexie Btw you can't even spelled "capitalized" you spelled "capitalise" -_-

[@viiperbiite]

*Spelt

[@henriquefalleirosmareze7188]

Dale, your videos are outstanding and amazing. Never stop making them.

[@juliab7934]

I would trade my vision for a dog's because I'm nearsighted and wear glasses anyway.

[@TreyBando]

dj dj me to

[@mrhotdog2229]

same bro

[@jaceunderwood7942]

I legit have 20/80 vision lmao, I’d trade Easy

[@rebeccacwiklinski4457]

My 5 year old woke up and the first thing he said was "why are dogs color blind?" This was a great video to show him. We loved it. Thanks!

[@LadyPrincessDiana]

That was really informative, I was always curious about dogs vision. I'll make sure to buy blue or yellow toys for my dog when I achieve my dream to own one.

[@idylledoll]

This was very informative! Thank you.

[@woodfamily5229]

I loved this video! The information was clear & interesting, delivered at a pace that my kiddos (4 & 8) could follow. Thank you!

[@cellocovers3982]

I now see my dog in a different light.

[@grizzlee358]

Zack Peach I see what you did there

[@cellocovers3982]

Grizz Lee :D

[@saeyabor]

Grizz Lee How many colors do you see it in?

[@grizzlee358]

Saeyabor Can't tell, but I'd be green with envy if anyone could.

[@Eddef]

Amazing editing! and Happy Birthday, Dale! Have a good year studying. And remember: never stop learning! :D

[@craig6430]

This was exactly what I searching for...and then some. Great job.

[@thinkfact]

Thank you very much, I appreciate you letting me know!

[@markellhawthorne2921]

I'm very near-sighted as well, so I feel their pain. That's why I wear glasses.

[@bud856]

I hope to see more collaborations. This was awesome!

[@EverythingCoolEtc]

Great video Dale (and plethorons) I think its probably your best shorter video yet! The editing and subject matter were great and everything just worked together perfectly. Happy Birthday for tomorrow as well! Have a great day!

[@EverythingCoolEtc]

*plethrons

[@movedsub2pastri413]

You blink alot xD

[@unknown-bp3wy]

He does

[@willitsteel]

I argue that its because he has 20/15 vision. I also have 20/15 and find myself blinking a lot. Maybe we seem more light and so it hurts our eyes a little more? Idk just my theory

[@nickde6339]

The most stupid thing I've heard all day. Hypobullshit.

[@annetteplaysadventures3823]

•GalaxyTheLynx• I also blink a lot.

[@cartoonies5317]

Yes

[@craigbeuker7636]

Great video chief. You just answered EVERYTHING I was wondering about and more.

[@jamjac825]

I just got the EXACT info I was looking for. THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@thinkfact]

jam jac Thank you for taking the time to watch!

[@lulubelle1239]

Dale I love the information on the distance of a dogs vision. I would not trade my eye sight. But the distance of smell for a dog is Awesome.

[@frankiefranks3893]

And their Hearing!!

[@rubenchys7569]

Great info Dale. Keep up the good work.

[@itsrandom4133]

thx Dale!

[@jessicahorner2040]

is that why when i put my glasses on my dog he stares across the room in amazement?

[@thebrain9384]

Your doggy wants his vision corrected.

[@goofyheat1239]

Yooo how old r u now?

[@HickoryJ]

"The average human has 20/20 vision" 20/350 fml

[@McCannDogs]

Really interesting! Thanks!

[@erikshawn3138]

This was VERY useful. Thanks!

[@Top5Quantum]

Hey! While researching for one of my videos, i found some interesting info. about the mantis shrimp. It has 16 photoreceptors, being able to see IR, UV and polarised light. They can also perceive depth with one eye, and move each one independently! Well, i think i would better change my eyes with these instead of the dog's ones! :D

[@Filet64]

Great video! I knew about dogs' (di)chromatic vision but I didn't know they had a ton more rods than we do. Also, as I was watching I was thinking "wow these animations are pretty different..." And then remembered it was a collab haha

[@InfamoussDBZ]

Thank you for the video you uploaded in 2014 on the topic of how dogs see the world. Very informative.

[@thomasroos8408]

Thank you, this was very helpful!

[@chrisferguson5381]

From what I've seen they basically can see in the dark, they run through the forest at night in near pitch black and never run into anything lol

[@sinz7053]

I was wondering why my dog couldn't see my Nate red laser pointer maybe I should get a blue one

[@smohammed6538]

Beautiful video

[@jjejet]

Thank you for this very informative and important video!

[@KnowableStudio]

How this video has a million views when I only have one view, I have been on youtube for 300 years

[@homoerectus1119]

Ok then

[@cairomontoya8899]

Just keep uploading man. You will reach million views soon! 😀

[@zistragok]

okay, first of all because of the KZbin Algorithm.

[@zistragok]

Okay second of all WTF U HAVE 267k SUBSUBSYSB

[@braedennn4050]

@@zistragok 312k

[@MangaManReviews]

Hmm, I wonder if that's why I see more yellow fire hydrants than red.

[@thinkfact]

GeniusIncarnate0 Making them them yellow makes them more noticeable. Read was more traditional and associated with firefighters, but yellow is much more casual and people are slowly shifting towards of them in many communities.

[@KatyElhihi]

Thank you for this video

[@unonimus117]

it's rare to see a video as advertised and to the point thank you

[@caremellattesupreme7605]

I legit used to ask my dog "which bow?"

[@youtubehandlesareridiculous]

Ganglion. Say it with me me gang LEE on. Tapetum. Say it with me tah PEE tum.

[@macsnafu]

+U238 Yeah, I was wondering about those GANG-LION cells. They really sound like a beastly crowd!

[@jaystone7587]

Awesome stuff!

[@puntytheservicedog6063]

Great Video Thanks

[@pi9t451]

Don't you think this guy looks a bit like McJuggerNuggets?

[@derianbalderas6991]

Lol I was about to comment that

[@ashleyavalos5110]

omg yeah

[@XxiPoisonZxX]

+SharkMCone lmao

[@XLexieXBabyX]

+SharkMCone holy crap yess!! haha

[@BmwMe-uh9sy]

no

[@moviesinsights]

Really nice video! I didn't know that dogs perceive only blue and yellow and that that's why most obstacles are in those color at dogs competitions! Really interesting!

[@wendyschutze2818]

Best explanation I’ve found! Thanks.

[@therealkingfrances3242]

Awesome video I really enjoyed it and learned

[@shouldntfckwitme3737]

I would give up my sight if i could bring my dog back from the grave and he could be my eyes .

[@insanelyscaryawful1937]

This comment made me really sad

[@tinanguyen5224]

0:42 Valor,Mystic,Instinct

[@lianderey2293]

POKÈMOM GO

[@carolinereidy4613]

this is awesome!

[@RSflawlessface]

Good video great explanation!!!

[@thinkfact]

+Javier56286 Not true at all. There are two ways color is made, additive color mixing and subtractive color mixing. When you mix colored lights you can make combination that would not work like if you mix paints. Ever been to a play? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_mixing I don't think you understand white light all that well and it can be hard to wrap ones mind around it. That said, you should have google searched this, you would get the same answer I just gave you.

[@Dman6779]

+Think Fact im like 498/500 on my eye test

[@Theraot]

+Think Fact so you take the number of color to which there are receptors (3 in humans and 2 in dogs) and you power 100 to that number, giving you 1000000 for human and 10000 for dog. So you are saying that any eye can only percieve 100 shades of one color. Garbage! Garbage, I say!

[@drkaranmannan]

+Alfonso J. Ramos (theraot) I was a bit off when I was making you. I was turning up the tallness dial on your body but accidentally turned up sarcasm... I make mistakes too!

[@Theraot]

God Romans 9:20-24 20 But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” 21 Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor? 22 And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction? 23 And what if He did this to make known the riches of His glory on objects of mercy that He prepared beforehand for glory- 24 on us, the ones He also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

[@UNOwen1]

+Alfonso J. Ramos (theraot) No one other than your parents made you.

[@silly2449]

of course i would trade because dogs are life

[@jacobedwards672]

great video

[@krunalrana286]

Thanks for the knowledge

[@richardrodriguez4847]

When an animal is shown an item that is a color they can't perceive what color would it look like?

[@sickness911119]

White, Gray or Black, depending on light.

[@singhtheking7291]

What about a colour such as orange. would they just see it as a dull yellow?

[@BezNazwy__]

They see either blue or dull yellow

[@wrowe_]

SinghTheKing subtract the color they can’t perceive I guess. If we see purple, a dog probably sees a more blueish color since the my can’t see red

[@PotassiumBromide]

Did he really say we can only see around 1,000,000 colours? Humans can distinguish over 7,000,000 different shades of _each colour._ That's a lot of damn colours.

[@asgeiralbretsen]

1,000,000 colors, 7,500,000 shades.

[@lpsmajestic7809]

+aski that's exactly what I was going to say!

[@GetToThePointAlready]

xXLoAfBlOkEXx A shade is not a color, puny human.

[@MarcLloydZ]

How do i say idiot in the nicest way possible

[@Nicoder6884]

+マーク・ロイドは、読書のための世界のおかげで最高です Dummy

[@okeomslax26]

Super interesting!

[@gabeg1239]

Wow I did not know that,It's pretty cool

[@ooglefluffg857]

Last time I got it tested, my vision was 20/500. Yup, blind as a bat.

[@theswordheart7477]

Googlefluff857 Quick Factoid Bats are no blind they can see but their vision is horrible. (I know it is an expression but still)

[@kjfang5825]

Googlefluff857 same. I think mine is like 490-ish, but at that point it doesn't matter too much I think

[@bowhello]

I can't see the Empire State Building even when I'm one block away...my life right there

[@Nicoder6884]

+The Sword Heart actually bats have GREAT vision, it is just that they still use echolocation in the dark.

[@raindual]

What about giving dogs colorblind goggles? Can they see all colors then?

[@waveydonp]

Thanks for that Dale

[@thinkfact]

Aziz Moses thanks for watching!

[@emilylonglastname2103]

Wow... this helps and explain a lot

[@erikask6156]

jesus those intro transisions were painful to watch

[@yugaldhall3156]

Yeah I felt it too😡

[@itzcrystalzz]

Video was from 2014 leave the man alone

[@thetruth6083]

My vision and hearing are 20/29

[@matthewmaltzoff8684]

+Lee&friends 20/29*

[@grampton]

My hearing is so loud I could even hear people play their music in their earphones, but very indistinct, then I ask them what volume do they have and they say 10/50, I even play music in my earphones with a volume of between 1-4/50 depending on how loud the music is.

[@alisabajenova1102]

Saunterblugget Same

[@razedWrong]

how big is your dink?

[@richy5913]

20/29=68.96%

[@mr.combiner1798]

Amazing fact

[@blazegirllolol9977]

this vid is awesome!

[@DaGrEeNtEaCoNnOiSsEr]

It's interesting that dogs only have cones sensitive to blue and yellow. An evolutionary trait of hunting brown prey? O.O It's kind of strange that they can't detect red though considering the colour of flesh or was it some how lost? I'm getting inspired to compare the types of cones wolves and dogs have. Does the wideness of vision affect the depth perception of dogs though like in the case of a more 'flat' vision for rabbits than that of humans? It's a really thought-invoking video. :D

[@DaGrEeNtEaCoNnOiSsEr]

Happy Birthday and best of luck for ur finals by the way! :)

[@Crowley99718]

I would rather have a dogs vision because I am completely reliant on glasses and have been almost my entire life..

[@Crowley99718]

without glasses I have to put things 5 inches away from my face to see them clearly.

[@applejuice2826]

+KaelWulf Same here.

[@nathenwithane]

+KaelWulf just 5 inches? lucky

[@raquerecife626]

Isnt it the worst? Having to wear them everyday.. I hate them touching my nose but i cant do anything about it..

[@mdgraystone]

Well done.

[@iglesiapetecostalreydereye4229]

This relly goood thank you for telling me

[@kirssiheisinger8104]

If dogs can't see red, why does my dog chase a red laser we point on the ground? How does he see it!

[@thinkfact]

Kirssi Heisinger He sees the light, but not the red color. To him it would look more like a moving white dot. Be careful, something being red does not make it invisible, it just means their brain will fill it in with a color it can understand. Have a good one!

[@jakzine540]

+Think Fact That was utterly fascinating. And extremely informative! No wonder they love to run up to people to greet them, they see better up close. Thanks for the information sir!

[@admira1116]

You lost me at 15 seconds

[@thinkfact]

Adl Mira k

[@jamiewade]

Adl Mira Triggered

[@adalinelindley3750]

Ikr!

[@fnafchicamangle9827]

Adl Mira LOL

[@2gymnasticsgirls767]

Adl Mira ya

[@slashgaming5489]

Love it

[@japandrew_]

Nice video!

[@psimo6642]

you look a lot like shayne topp from smosh

[@ashley83102]

that's what I thought omg

[@natalynnvanhorn5920]

The thumbnail is my profile picture.... O.o

[@thinkfact]

+Natalynn VanHorn That is actually pretty awesome!

[@foxtrotfelix9086]

HUSKY IN THE THUMBNAIL IS SO CUUUUTE

[@ankushmanhas3648]

Good knowledge

[@adriancordero2400]

u blink a lot

[@maddison3177]

Adrian Cordero no shit Sherlock

[@lianderey2293]

Copied

[@demonindenim]

@@lianderey2293 what's "copied" about talking about mentioning a person's blinking?

[@masonmissildine1578]

1:45 he said blue and green

[@thinkfact]

Masòn Missildine indeed, there was a typo on the script when i read it and I had to voice it over.

[@katieclark1952]

When did he say that

[@mercenairy1]

Thanks for that...my dog dont see as well as she use to but too young to give up playing...every lil bit helps

[@carinnelewionline4484]

awesome

[@my_bay_jed5509]

Oh.... My dog fudge has a red collar😂 what colour would that be to them? And my other dog has a blue collar😏💧

[@NathanTeskey]

Red would be grey

[@furyc4144]

Red is Yellow, actually.

[@1pcmedic]

Dogs cannot see their collars...LOL

[@COOLMAN-de9bw]

You look like McJuggerNuggets and you kinda sound like him

[@kylejones3878]

Dude so tru

[@kaylareid1369]

+Daniel Vidal sounds nothing like pewdiepie.. ;p

[@danielvidal7163]

Kayla Reid Yea he does

[@jonaleen7809]

when I saw he's face I thought the same thing!

[@SLiKFrostStudios]

its mcjuggernuggets

[@sydneyrivera3816]

me realizing you posted this on my birthday 6 years ago ✨🦋😌

[@gomezadams9900]

An interesting question. There seems to be distinct advantages to both human and dog eye site . So rather than choosing one over the other it would be great if we could somehow combine the best of both eye sites.

[@oatmealtheterrrier4779]

I'm in fact very much a dog and I DO NOT agree with this 🐶

[@taylorbloodmoon3301]

You sort of remind me of onision

[@chewysuarez5170]

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING

[@jacksavard8192]

his personality is like onision, his looks look like McJuggerNuggets

[@cozycozes7137]

Oooooh, that's why my dog is so much more interested in his yellow ball than his other toys!

[@johnnywiggs2792]

I have been told by two optometrist that I have 20/10 vision. Thanks for the info about my dog's sight. We thought she couldn't see well but it the red toy.

[@micropela3039]

How does trump see the world? Shows map* Is this the map of America? No this is the world map. #TrumpForPresident

[@nossingo]

Obviously you don't really know what you're talking about. Turned it off as soon as you said "gang-LIE-YON."

[@thinkfact]

>>Obviously you don't really know what you're talking about. Turned it off as soon as you said "gang-LIE-YON."

[@nossingo]

So are you admitting that you're a pack of charlatans? Thanks for the quick reply though - it confirms that your forte is trolling/monetizing on uTube.

[@thinkfact]

Andrew Perrine >>So are you admitting that you're a pack of charlatans? Thanks for the quick reply though - it confirms that your forte is trolling/monetizing on uTube.

[@DayzleGamer]

I literately laughed out loud over the forte/40 thing. I love how you mess with seemingly angry people, TF. Pure gold every time. Andrew, I got to ask..? Why document it? Just leave, because this just makes you look really over reactive. If a word is said wrong, okay say it. But why try to make a scene? It seems quite fallacious to generalize the entire knowledge of a person based upon a mistake. If mistakes are truly that much of a deterrent, you shouldn't try to use KZbin videos as a to educate yourself. You won't find a single person who hasn't made a mistake.

[@defaultuser9423]

Andrew Perrine Meh. I'm pretty sure that one small mistake in pronunciation didn't destroy the whole purpose of the video. Quit acting like a jerk and a know-it-all.

[@awesomevideoseverysundaya.9020]

Øasïs, Thanks For Replying to My Meme. I Really Appreciate It!!!

[@ninjaxassassian21]

Thanks I always wondered why