Ant and Dec's team apologised as a feature returned to Saturday Night Takeaway this week, and dog owners were not happy. The Ring My Bell feature sees the show air live footage from doorbell cameras across the country.
Dec explained: "You know how this works now. We're going to go live to doorbell views belonging to our lovely audience. If it's yours, get up on our feet and shout," as Ant replied: "Ding dong, that's my doorbell."
But viewers complained that the sound of the doorbell was triggering their dogs, reported BirminghamLive. Taking to Twitter as the feature aired, the official Saturday Night Takeaway account posted: "We would like to apologise in advance to all the doggos across the country who don't like this part of the episode #SaturdayNightTakeaway."
Viewers share pictures and videos of their pets running around the house due to the sound of doorbells going off on the TV show. Some called for the game to be scrapped.
Lenny James wrote: "#SaturdayNightTakeaway cheers, dogs gone bonkers. #RingMyBell"
Hayley Lee said: "This ring my doorbell game is setting my dog off thinking it’s our ring doorbell #SaturdayNightTakeaway."
Alison O'brien said: "Omg everytime the doorbell goes on @antanddec #SaturdayNightTakeaway the dog goes nuts and runs to the door barking."
Victoria Wilshaw wrote: "This ring my bell game is sending my dog nuts #SaturdayNightTakeaway."
