Fido might have a new favorite pastime when he’s home alone. If his owners are DogTV subscribers, he can watch videos specially designed for bored or anxious canines. That could include footage of a puppy in space, a dog on a train rolling through alpine mountains, or even just swirls of color set to electronic music—all of it recolored, edited, and scored for a colorblind, easily distracted, and narratively challenged audience. Millions of Americans adopted pets during the pandemic, and now, as more workers return to the office, their dogs are dealing with intense separation anxiety. So DogTV is producing content custom-made to help them—and their guilt-ridden humans—feel better. It may be working: A Tufts University study commissioned by the company found that dogs were more likely to watch DogTV than Animal Planet or CNN. Owners have noticed it too. Whenever subscriber Kate Senkier goes upstairs to work, her two dogs, Piper and Puddles, are ready. They “sit on the couch,” she says, “and look at me and wait for me to turn the TV on.”