Ask HN: Are there any computer interfaces for not humans?

I have a large amount of different animals living around me (pets and cattle) and I want to set up some experiments where two familiar to each other animals are supposed to contact each other via wire. I want to do this to dogs and chicken because these species are the easiest to obtain and to live with.

Are there any researches about how to interest a dog to stare in a monitor like we the humans do with smartphones? I am interested in: preparing monitor in comfortable for animal manner, input device (how many buttons does it need), output device such as reward giver etc.