it is called dog tv. how this actually started and whether or not it could help your pet. watch. reporter: who would sit and watch three minutes of a dog running through a corn field. not ginger. look! it looks just like you. look! just like you. no wonder it s just like her. it s dog tv. the first television network for dogs has just gone national on directv. what s the target demo? wherever there s a dog who s home alone we feel this is the perfect babysitter. been there, done that. been there, done that. don t let your dog get lonely. dog tv. reporter: the creators say they did three years of research onning to behavior, watching video from surveillance cameras set up in 38 apartments to see what dogs do when they re alone. and how they react to tv. we learned a lot of dogs were not too happy with the barking noises. some of them got irritated and
dogs, too. japanese researchers studied 25 dogs including a mix of papillons, pit bulls and poodles. look at that little cutie right there. all of them. and you may want to wake up that tired pooch. the first network designed just for dogs is hitting the airwaves. cnnans jeanne moos explains. reporter: who would sit and watch three minutes of a dog running through a corn field? not ginger. look, it looks just like you. look! just like you! no wonder it s just like her. it s dog tv. the first television network for dogs has just gone national on directv. what s the target demo? wherever there is a dog who is home alone, we feel this is the perfect baby s-sitterbaby-s.
good news for dogs. there is a channel just out for them. here is jeanne moos. reporter: who would sit and watch three minutes of a dog running through a cornfield? it looks just like you. look. just like you. no wonder it is just like her, it s dog tv. the first television network for dogs has just gone national on direct tv. what s the target demo? wherever there is a dog home alone we feel this is the perfect baby sitter. been there, done that. don t let your dog get lonely. dog tv. reporter: the creators said they did three years of research on dog behavior watching video from surveillance cameras set up in 38 apartments to see what