I have created a housing for my sensor and managed to get the values working to create the desired movement in flash. I have used a dog bowl to represent a dog eagerly awaiting to be fed. I have filled the bowl up with a dried fruit to represent dog food. The sensor is just a basic photocell.

If i had more time i would have made the food change the state of the dog. I would have used different inserts into the bowl to change the resistence and therefore the values and the reaction in the dog. It would have been nice to use a thermostat and have him pant and then have a water insert to change his reaction. Anyway i got this working smoothly and i'm happy that it shows one reaction within a dog.