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Upgrade Your Dog
ptorrone writes "Engadget has glimpse in to the future, a future where your dog has a cell phone, webcam and electronic tag, and maybe even talks to you. Maybe. Some of this dog-tech isn't available yet, and some of it is (in Japan, of course). The overview includes some interesting iterations of pet technology, and they even made their own version of a dog webcam along with the first ever canine photographer's photo gallery." I'd rather see more of these things applied to infants.
...Yellow Dog Linux, maybe?
Of course, every few years, when you upgrade your dog, you can use some parts from your previous dog, and sell the rest on ebay.
"Come on, let's go drink till we can't feel feelings anymore."
I like dogs because they're lovable, cute, loyal, and a pleasure to be around. Not because they're functional. Those Japanese will never learn...
My dog already seems to be fairly well equipped...
Oops, I promised the producer I wouldn't say anything.
The University of Georgia has been putting a camera on their mascot an english bulldog named UGA (pronounced UH-GUH)for years and broadcasting it up on their Jumbotron
I'd rather see more of these things applied to infants.
Let us know how it works out.
maybe even talks to you.
Thet do that normally after a while. Be patient.
As a parent, I can honestly say that I would NEVER EVER put an electronic leash on my 3month old. Who are these paranoid fuckwad parents who are lining up to chip their pets and unwilling children in the name perceived orwellian safety?
It's they who are to blame for the starting the slide down the slippery slope. "Oh, but this RFID comes with a cute camera and a crude baby-to-human universal translator! ahhh! how cute! and SAFE too!" Die you braindead soccermom fucks. Get some personal responsibility and learn to live with the fact that shit happens despite your best efforts to nerf the world.
I always wanted to attach my GPS to my dog just to see where he goes. Probably around in circles chasing squirells and such, but might be interesting.
Don't Tread on Me
This sounds neat and interesting....until you realize (afterwards, of course) that the dog was in the room watching you have sex.....
-- Fugacity: Confusing chemists since 1908
I was just reading about how nerds will rule the world because "A nerd, ...is someone who concentrates on substance.".
And then I read this. And I think to myself... is there more than one definition for "nerd"?
I have no problem with your religion until you decide it's reason to deprive others of the truth.
...and find lost packets all over the floor!
I'm a proud parent of a newborn young girl. The first thing I did after getting her home from the natural birthing center was to install a subdermal electronic tag so she can't escape. Second, since I'm a good dad, I bought her a cell phone (an N-Gage even!) with a 700 minutes/month plan. Third, I enrolled her in ESL classes, cause she sure damn can't speak English yet. I don't understand a word she says!
Until later,!
Letter
I already get tons of e-mails telling me they can upgrade my "dog" by adding a few extra inches.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it dissolve.
I'd like to see many of these things applied to adults.
In a world where billions don't have enough to eat, we are now giving our dogs cell phones.
Truly sick.
Intolerance for ambiguity is the mark of the authoritarian personality.
Two weeks now and he still shits and pisses on my computer...
It's probably because he has pissed on it before that he continues to do so. Once they mark a spot with pee, they continue to use that spot because it has been marked with a scent, even if you clean it up well. I think there are pet products that you can use that counteract that smell. If not, vinegar and water might do the trick. There are other tips online about training puppies.
Then again maybe he's telling you to get a better computer.
from the cats-are-superior dept.
'Nuff said
*Ducks!
Monstar L
from the cats-are-superior dept.
ahem
Perhaps you meant "from the no-cat-will-ever-drag-your-sorry-ass-out-of-a-burn ing-building dept."
With both of my puppies, I took them outside whenever they would need to go. That's not so hard to figure out. A puppy will need to pee:
1. Within a few minutes of waking up from ANY duration of sleep.
2. Within a few minutes of drinking ANY water.
3. After playing for a little bit, and after they stop playing.
They'll have to poop within 10 to 20 minutes after eating any amount of food, and after waking up from sleeping.
At those times, take the puppy outside. Wait until he goes. IMMEDIATELY (within 1 second) give him a reward.
If it goes in the house, make a noise to interrupt it, pick it up, take it outside, let it finish, and when it does, IMMEDIATELY reward it. Don't hit it, swat it, rub it's nose in it, or anything else.
I can't tell you how many puppies I've seen that work like a MIRACLE for - but only if YOU are consistent.
Dogs instinctively won't go in their "den". The trick is that you need to help the dog realize that the entire house is a den.
I've also seen people trying to crate-train that achieved near instant success the day after they started letting the puppies sleep on the bed - that just helped the puppy learn that the house was the den, not the crate.
steve
Oh, you're not stuck, you're just unable to let go of the onion rings.