animal electricity?
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Ummm, dogs are not artistic, and are unlikely to draw anything. (Sorry, unable to resist.)
More seriously, there is some evidence that dogs are sensitive to household current in their environment, and high levels of exposure could disrupt breeding cycles. (1)
If you are asking about dogs attracting lightning, then the legend of the Black Dog - aka Barghest, Galleytrot, Hell Hound, Padfoot, Shuck, Snarleyow, Striker, Trash, Wish or Whist Hound, Yell or Yelp Hound - is your myth. (2)
Dogs struck by lightning are more likely to be seriously injured, as reported in the 2002 Annals of Emergency Medicine:
"For unknown reasons, the dogs in the tent appear to have been more susceptible to the effects of the lightning than the human beings. The 4 dogs that were killed were all adjacent to the sides of the tent (Figure). Three were German Shepherd–size, one in the northeastern corner, another on top of the foot end of R’s sleeping bag, and a third almost opposite the southern main pole and close to lightly-injured W and X. The fourth was a medium-sized dog in the northwestern corner next to L, who also had relatively light injuries. All 4 fatally injured dogs were further from the stricken northern tent pole than nearer girls who survived." (3)
In general, lightning strikes the tallest thing around. However, the ground can be a conductor of electrical charge ("ground potentials"), and pressing one's body down to the earth during an electrical storm can result in injury. Dogs normally crouch when frightened - such as by thunderstorms. (4)
To summarize:
Dogs are very sensitive to electricity.
Dogs and lightning are connected by legend.
Dogs hit by lightning are more likely to be hurt or die.
Dogs are more likely to suffer ground potiential injury due to lightning.
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