What every control in Your controls does, with tips for setting it up for your dog. Click any control name in the panel to jump straight to it here.
How fast things move, how big they look, and how much is going on.
Speeds up or slows down everything that moves in a clip: balls, birds, fish, bunnies and the pups. The far left is about a quarter of normal speed; the far right is double. Sounds keep their own speed (see Sound speed).
Tip: Puppies and high-energy dogs often stay interested longer at Normal or faster. Older dogs, or dogs who get worked up, usually do better slower.
Zooms in on the action. Normal shows the whole scene, Bigger zooms in 25%, and Biggest zooms in 50%.
Tip: Use Bigger or Biggest on phones, tablets and small TVs, or if your dog watches from across the room.
Sets how many balls, birds, fish and bunnies are on screen at once, and how often new ones appear. Fewer is about half as many, More is about 70% more.
Tip: Fewer suits calm or easily excited dogs. More keeps busy dogs engaged.
Adjusts the picture for your screen and your room. These change how the video looks, not what happens in it.
Dims or brightens the whole picture, from 40% to 130%.
Tip: Dim it for evenings so the screen doesn't light up the room.
Makes the difference between light and dark parts softer or bolder, from 60% to 180%.
Tip: Turn it up if characters look washed out on a tablet or an older TV.
Changes how strong the colors are, from gray (0%) to extra vivid (160%). Every clip uses blues and yellows, the colors dogs see best.
Tip: If your TV looks oversaturated, bring it down a little.
Four volume sliders, one for each kind of sound. Each goes from off (0%) to double (200%). The volume button in the player still controls the overall level.
Squeaks, boings, pops, splashes, seal barks, rocket whooshes and crowd cheers: the sounds that go with the action.
Tip: These are the sounds most likely to make a dog tilt their head. Turn them down if your dog barks at the screen.
The soft chime melody in Play clips, and the guitar and drums in Rock Show.
The ocean and wind background, loudest in calm clips.
Tip: A gentle background sound can mask noises from outside, like doorbells and traffic.
The low, soft hum under calm clips.
How the sounds are played, rather than how loud they are.
Plays sounds slower and lower, or faster and quicker, without changing the picture. The ocean swell and chime tempo follow it too.
Lower, Normal or Higher. Higher squeaks grab attention; lower sounds are more relaxed.
Tip: Try Higher if your dog ignores the sounds, and Lower if they get too excited.
Fades every sound in gently instead of starting sharply, and makes them quieter. Splashes, barks, fire and cheers are softened the most.
Tip: Turn it on for nervous, noise-sensitive or older dogs.
For tablets and touch screens.
When your dog taps something on screen (a ball, fish, bird, bunny, rocket, football and more), it squeaks, bursts or runs off. Works in Play clips; calm clips have nothing to catch. The number caught shows in This session.
Tip: Lay the tablet flat or low and turn on the Paw-proof lock so taps can't pause the video.
Ignores every tap so paws and noses can't pause, skip or leave the page. Touch-to-catch still works while it's on.
To unlock: hold anywhere for 2 seconds, or tap with two fingers at once.
Tip: The lock button in the player bar does the same thing.
Built-in pauses so screen time stays healthy.
When on, the video pauses at the end of each 5-minute clip and reminds you to toss a real toy, so your dog gets to finish the chase. Choose how long the break lasts: 15, 30 or 60 seconds. Skip it anytime.
Tip: To let your dog tap characters without pausing, use Touch-to-catch instead.
Stops playback after 30 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours of playing. The picture and sound fade out over the last minute. The countdown starts again each time you press play.
Tip: Use it with the While You're Out channel so the screen doesn't run all day.
What's happening right now, plus quick ways to change the mood.
Shows how many things were caught, how many clips played and how long your dog has watched. It counts from when you opened the page; watched time only runs while a clip plays, so pauses and catch breaks don't count.
Reset session saves the session to your history and starts a new one. Leaving the page saves it too, if at least 30 seconds were watched.
Calm down now jumps to the next calm clip. Play time jumps to the next playful clip.
Tip: Handy when your dog gets too excited, or needs waking up.
Your last few saved sessions and this week's total. See all stats for watch time by day, favorite clips, streaks and more.
A Premium feature.
Tap ♥ under the video (or next to a clip in the lineup) to add that clip to your Default Playlist, along with your current controls. When the playlist plays that clip, those controls come back.
Each playlist has ▶ to play it and ⋯ to edit: rename it, change or reorder scenes, use ↻ to save the current controls to a scene, remove scenes, or delete the playlist. ＋ New playlist starts a fresh one.
A Premium feature. Help decide what Head Tilt makes next.
Personalized and custom scenes are added to your account. We reply within 2 business days to confirm the details with a payment link, and you're only charged if you go ahead.
Tip: Describe what your dog loves to watch out the window: the mail carrier, squirrels, a neighbor's cat. The more detail, the better.
For homes with more than one dog.
Type your dog's name and tap Save to store every control under that name. Tap a name to load it. Changes save to the loaded profile automatically. Remove this profile deletes it.
Settings are saved on this device. Members who sign in keep them on every device. Questions? hello@headtilt.tv