Stevie Ray Webb knows the blessings of having a pet. He has an Easter Basset named Taz. Taz is the family watchdog and all around family superhero. And like any proud parent, Stevie has a website devoted to their family friend and his many adventures. "Taz has been known to howl at the moon." Stevie told us. So you see, Taz lives a full and exciting life.

But like all superheros, Taz has a nemesis as well. Several of them actually. Varmints who like to sneak into the back yard and steal his dinner. Usually, like all bad guys, they wait for the cover of night when they can move about undetected in the darkness.

However, Taz has a friend in Stevie, and Stevie has a friend in X10 Wireless. Stevie also has the gift of reasoning, and that opposable thumb that has been so coveted by every other creature for centuries since we split from our ancestors. Armed with these special powers, and for the sake of his canine friend, Stevie enlisted the help of technology to help his canine friend conquer evil and save the back yard. He set up the HawkEye Motion Sensor to turn on the backyard lights the minute anything wandered into range. Then, to get a picture of whatever it was out there, he set up the XCam2 for the video, and XRay Vision to upload pictures to his Webb mail so that he could look in on his friend when he was at work. "I call it the Webb Critter Catcher!" Stevie says.

On one particular night, as Taz was out making his rounds, checking the yard keeping it safe for his family, the HawkEye Motion Sensor tripped the yard lights, and notified him that he had company. Stevie was working on his computer when he heard Taz’s warnings, and could see the images on his computer of an opossum who had snuck into the yard. But not to fear, Taz was on the job. He kept the creepy critter cornered until Stevie could come out and "relocate the ugly critter to a better habitat."

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