how come my dog doesn't seem to react to barking dogs on the tv/in video games, but freaks out every time someone on TV rings a doorbell?
Probably because it is excited because it knows that when the door bell rings, it means someone else is at the house in which it can get attention from, and someone will always open the door for them.
So the dog is conditioned to know that the bell illicits the owners to respond by bringing over new people to interact with. Plus it's loud.
Or something completely different, so many things could condition it.
It probably doesnt bark at barking dogs on a tv because it probably knows it's not real or won't hear it if it does bark.
If it is a problem, search up dog conditioning and counterconditioning/behavior extinction.
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