Popular belief says that dogs are color-blind, and can only see in two dimensions. Dogs DO see in color… just not the same way that people do. There are fewer cones (color vision cells) in a dog’s eye than in a human’s eye. However, dogs have many more rods (light and motion detectors) than humans do. So they may not perceive colors as well as humans do, but they can see far better in the dark than we do! Dogs can also spot much smaller motions than humans — probably a leftover from the days of hunting their own meals, … Continue reading →