Uncanny valley for dogs

[Bauch373]

We once had an automatic bunny rabbit that would bounce around and squeak when activated... our dog completely freaked out!

[johnclavis]

That dog showed that robot who's boss! LOL! Thanks for posting this!

[TropicalZephyr]

(continued from last comment) She also started yelping and growling when I turned on another sort of realistic looking robot dog, called Big Scratch or something like that. It should be noted that she did not react with yelps and growls to other, less realistic robot dogs, like Poo-chi. I wonder if a cat would have a similar reaction to some of those more realistic looking robot cats, like those Furreal Friends or whatever they're called.

[TropicalZephyr]

This is really interesting. I remember when I was little, I had a lot of those robot animal toys, and I've been finding them recently while cleaning out the basement & what not. I usually turn them on & have them run around or whatever, & my dog usually comes over, sniffs them, & walks away. However, I found one that was fairly realistic looking (looked sort of like a walking stuffed animal) called Me & my Shadow or something, & when I turned it on, my dog started yelping & growling hysterically