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Nestle Tempts Dogs With High Frequency TV Ads
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| 9/30/09
Posted on 09/30/2011 7:10:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The world's biggest food company Nestle is seeking to conquer the dog food market with special advertising targeted at men's best friend.
"Nestle Purina has created the first-ever television commercial especially for dogs," it said in a statement.
"The TV commercial to be screened on Austrian television uses different sounds -- including a high frequency tone -- to capture the attention of four-legged friends and their owners," it added.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dog; doggieping; dogs; nestle; television
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To: Joe 6-pack
To: nickcarraway
I don’t want them screwing with my dogs. I’ll be flipping the channel to avoid letting them tease my dog.
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posted on
09/30/2011 7:12:22 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
To: nickcarraway
Don’t let the dog near the credit cards and the phone.
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posted on
09/30/2011 7:12:52 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(I can only be series in a parallel universe.)
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
09/30/2011 7:18:12 PM PDT
by
FrdmLvr
(culture, language, borders)
To: cripplecreek
My GF’s dog goes nuts just seeing another dog or small animal on the TV screen. If the critter runs off screen to the left, the dog runs to the window on that side looking out to see where it went.
And yet when you call it or give it a command it just stares at you. If there are idiot savant dogs, this is one of them.
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posted on
09/30/2011 7:21:03 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Cain/Rubio?)
To: nickcarraway
Sounds like a “dog whistle.” Obviously racist.
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posted on
09/30/2011 7:23:15 PM PDT
by
Martin Tell
(ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it)
To: Rebelbase
Mine's a frog hunter lately.
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posted on
09/30/2011 7:36:58 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: nickcarraway
This is interesting, considering the human hearing range is from 20 - 20k hz. A dog can hear up to 60k hz. I do not believe this high frequency commercial aimed at dogs is credible, considering that most audio systems do not include frequencies above 20k hz, since it would be unnecessary.
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posted on
09/30/2011 8:09:12 PM PDT
by
Ranger Warrior
("To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men." - Abraham Lincoln)
To: nickcarraway
Oh, great. Now Helen Thomas will be sniffing flat screens while Michael Moore bowls her over for chow. Not good.
To: nickcarraway
“The Swiss food giant has been seeking ways to tempt man’s best friend. In August it said it had developed an ice-cream for dogs, which are lactose intolerant and which are unable to digest regular dairy products properly.”
So feeding your dog sugar-laden garbage isn’t enough cruelty, they had to add an ear-splitting noise, too?
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posted on
09/30/2011 8:29:01 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Alice Cooper hit me with a stick.)
To: nickcarraway
No big deal. I'm not worried about Fido watching commercials until he gets opposable thumbs, an atm card, and learns to drive to Petsmart. Then I'll worry.
Mark
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posted on
09/30/2011 9:08:14 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: Ranger Warrior
Most audio sets are rated at 20-20Khz, but that does not mean they will not carry the higher notes. BTW, higher tones are far easier to reproduce than the lower tones. If you don't believe me, just listen to Sheena Easton some time; her harmonics have loads of screechy higher pitches that have got to be around 40KhZ, which irritates the stuffing out of me and gets the dog howling.
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posted on
09/30/2011 9:09:40 PM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(The Obama voters are dumber than you think, meaner than you can imagine)
To: Fester Chugabrew
Oh, great. Now Helen Thomas will be sniffing flat screens while Michael Moore bowls her over for chow. Not good.
Did I Hear My Name??
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posted on
09/30/2011 10:37:06 PM PDT
by
freejohn
("Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." --- Mark Twain)
To: nickcarraway
in totally unrelated news, depends undergarment is featuring a loud “brown noise” during their forthcoming ads
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posted on
10/01/2011 12:04:17 AM PDT
by
Mount Athos
(A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
To: Ranger Warrior
You are right. There is no way any TV speaker is will reproduce the tone for Fido.
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posted on
10/01/2011 4:19:39 AM PDT
by
TalBlack
( Evil doesn't have a day job.)
To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; Shannon; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; ...
WOOOF!
The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.
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posted on
10/01/2011 7:31:52 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: freejohn
To: freejohn
Enough with the pix of HT. I don’t like her either, but it is not right to make fun of someone’s appearance. Just wait until you are that old and have worked as many years as she. Then, we’ll post pix of you and point fingers and make rude comments and see how you like it.
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