Oh, Igloochic, only you would actually do that . . . and, I'll bet he loved it!! He's probably still LHAO about it, too. Good for you! Declansmom, what a great picture of you and Eddie! I'm so glad that you figured out how to get it off your cell phone for us. I'm envious of you're being able to attend one of his seminars and hope that he'll make it to Santa Fe or Albuquerque someday soon. Lynn

It is my understanding that different animals not only have different visual systems, and different color perception, they also have very different prioritization of their senses. While humans get a lot of their environmental feedback from our sense of vision, other animals might not. From what I have been told, dogs are not particularly influenced by visual information, whereas cats are more so (although movement is probably more important than static colors) and birds are extremely visual. I am sure, somebody could do more research and find more data on this question. But my initial impression would agree with what everybody else in this thread seems to think as well. There is no such thing as the equivalent of a "stop sign red" room for a dog. To think that there is would be a failed attempt to treat animals as if they were humans. But there are, of course, lots of other things you can do to make the room comfortable for a dog. Smells and accessories/toys would spring to mind. You probably already know from your own experience with your pets which things are important to them.

I still don't want to do laundry but I'd be happy to pull up a chair and plop down my laptop there. Very nice!

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