I leave a couple of lights on. Not the tv.

Only if their favorite program is on. Seriously, a radio and lights on low are left on.

I have a friend with dogs and she leaves the television on all of the time. It provides white noise and helps keep the dogs from hearing outside noises that would cause them to bark. It's kind of funny because two of the dogs show no interest, but the third dog actually will watch movement on the screen and react to animals, a telephone ringing or a doorbell chiming. Because of that, my friend plays movies that she knows have none of those elements.

There are special programs specifically made for cats and dogs. It would be interesting to see if your cats watch them or ignore them.

The tv in the bedroom is on all the time....when I am home alone, it is on mute. I use it for a night light. The only time a pet is in the room is my cat that sleeps with me.

No TV no lights. If I/we can't take her with me and will be away for several hours my friend comes over and dog sits. It's a win win. Dogs loves my friend and friend gets to spend time with a dog.

When we had multiple dogs they stayed home alone without lights or sound either. They had each other for company. Cats we left for entire weekends with just food and plenty of water.

No, I don't leave the tv on. But I have sometimes brought up "cat TV" on YouTube on my tablet when I'm home. Squirrels, birds, fish. Buster and Bruno seriously enjoy it. Sometimes, when I pick up my tablet, they'll sit on the arms of my chair and just stare at me until I finish and bring up a video for them, LOL.

When we're home, in the winter when the weathers too cold for him to go outside, my cat watches videos of mice & squirrels. A video for cats The indoor lights are on timers, outdoor lights on photocells.

At our old house we left a radio on when we went somewhere. Not so much for our furkids but as a deterrent to the casual break and enter people in the neighborhood. This house it makes no sense because unless the windows are open no one can hear any noise.

We leave both our tv's on. SO insists on it,though i dont know why. Our living room tv is also connected to our security cameras and he gets annoyed if I forget to change it back to regular tv before I leave if he's not there. I dont think Sammy paid any sort of attention to whether or not the tv was on,but Katie used to like to watch our security cameras and bark and growl at anything that dared walk in its range.

We leave a radio on for our two cats, tuned to a news/talk station that we listen to, so the sounds are familiar to them. Hard to tell if they enjoy it - they are invariably curled up asleep when we get home. If we're going to be out past late afternoon we also close the curtains and leave lights on.

When I was growing up we had a Siamese cat whom we didn't have to train to use the toilet; he trained himself! If someone forgot to close the lid, he would usually leave a neat little gift floating in the water. If the lid was closed he would sometimes leave his gift right on the bathtub drain, so the cleanup was really easy. He was such a smart little guy!

Our dogs have never shown interest in tv, or radio. We have thought of buying a white noise machine for them, especially one that plays rain sounds. They always sleep so well during rain (but not thunder).

Don't have a pet right now, but never left the TV on...always leave a light on

when I am out at night though. And, no, :) never had a cat use the toilet.

Although I had one that slept on the closed lid...there was a register right

beside it and was cozy. :)

We don't. We do try to remember to leave lights on when we go out in the evening.

ETA: My SIL (no pets) but lives alone keeps the TV on constantly. When we visit, I have to ask her to please turn it off. I find background noise from another room distracting when I want to have a conversation.

Leave he radio on. House is too quiet otherwise.

I leave the TV on when I'm gone, but not for the dog.

Awhile back, we had a neighborhood meeting where law enforcement came and gave a talk. They suggested leaving TV's on -- said that those who break in will hesitate if they can see/hear a TV, bkz they think someone is home.

My cat, Peedy, loves cat videos and will sit on my lap and watch them. I downloaded a cat fish game on my phone but she wasn't interested in that.

I always have until my electric bill went so high now I try to keep it off when not at home.

I trained a cat to use the toilet. Was great except for the gross factor in finding the toilet unflushed, but compared to a litter box, no problem to flush it once a day. I used a toilet "liner" sold at the pet store. In the beginning there were a couple of "misses" - one sink and one bathtub.

Yes we always leave the TV on. Not just for Mia, but it looks like someone is home. We never leave her alone for more than a couple of hours though.

Can't STAND a TV being left on when no one is watching! The house that is partly behind mine has had 3 owners since we moved here - all always left on the LR TV all the time - I could see it at night - just the screen glowing.

I will leave on a TV in a hotel/motel room if I have pets with me. If they hear voices in the room (the TV), they are less likely to bark if they hear voices outside the door.

I do not have pets, but my son leaves one of the TVs on for his dog.

No cats for us. Four Westies. Only one watched TV. We had a small set on a server near our dining room table. Around the corner in the family room was a larger set that was a foot off the floor. Pip would see a horse or other animal on the small set and race around the corner to try to the lower set to try to 'catch' it or scare it away. He also did this when he saw bearded men. (He never had a bad experience with any man, but DH is clean shaven. I think Pip lumped unshaven guys in with the animals.)

A friend who was expecting her first baby trained their poodle to use the shower stall in their high rise apartment.

My daughter has a dog. Whenever they leave him home alone, whether for work, school, or weekend travel, they have Alexa play iCalm:Through a dog's ear, on Spotify. I heard it playing last time they were away for the weekend. Nice piano music.

The first color tv we ever bought was a Zenith. I can't remember the year...but it was a good tv and the few times we had it worked on, it wasn't as nearly as much as buying a new tv, so we would have it fixed. However, one time I left a votive candle burning on it. The case was plastic, and the candle melted the case and fell down inside the tv. I know....I know.....lucky I didn't burn the house down....but what happened was the glass votive went down inside the tv enough that it messed up the push button that turned the set off and on. In order to keep the button pushed in, so the tv would work, we had to jam a toothpick in next to it. As a result, we never turned the tv off. Years passed. Finally, we put the place up for sale, and had to divide the property to sell it. The six acres that the house was on, we sold last. Meanwhile, we moved down the street to my mother's old house and lived there a year while waiting for our daughter to graduate. Until the day we emptied the house and moved away....the tv was on. My husband disconnected it and gave it to his deckhand, but once it was turned off, he never could get it to come on again. I know that tv was in use for at least 20 years.

We leave the tv on for the dogs, not sure why. They are usually in another room! If we are gone for more than a few hours someone comes to watch them. Never trained a cat to use the toilet,but, had one that used it.

Tony the Tiger doesn't care about what is on TV. Until the Olympics ice skating was on. The missus was watching and Tony seemed transfixed. Never saw him pay attention to anything like that. My guess was the music, but what do I know.

Otherwise, no TV nor radio. Lights on timers so that it almost appears as usual in the house (for the neighbor's sake more than anything else).

I may leave lights on, including one for them. But I never leave the TV on. I don't even leave it on for me... (grin).

There are three cats, all of whom get along with each other, and they are quite capable of amusing themselves and interacting with each other without any help.

Years ago, I had a cat who got fascinated every time there was a bird on TV, making bird noises of course. He'd jump up on the TV, look down and bat his paws at the bird. (This was before flat screens.) He loved nature shows. But none of any cats I've had since have given a TV a second glance.

A few lights only, for the dog to get around in the house. We don't hesitate to leave her up to 8 hours at a time when need be, she seems to be okay with it. For a longer period or an all day and into the evening absence, we'll let her do a sleep-over at the place we board her when we travel.