The Neighbor’s Dog

June 19, 2001 - Walter Drury’s neighbor has been an ActiveHome user for several years, and during that time has regaled Walter with stories of his ActiveHome system and how much fun it was, and how easy it was to use. One night, not long ago, while Walter and his neighbor were talking, and his neighbor was again telling him how great the X10 system was, Walter suddenly heard a vicious dog barking. And that barking was coming from his neighbor’s house. "It startled me," Walter said, "because I knew that he didn’t own a dog."

But when Walter questioned his neighbor, Walter’s neighbor went on to tell Walter that he had gone to the pound that day, and found him the meanest dog there and brought him home. He told Walter that he felt it would be good for additional security when he wasn’t home. Then he asked Walter if he wanted to meet the dog.

Well Walter was a little nervous, but he agreed. "I didn’t want to hurt his feelings" Walter said.

And with that, Walter’s neighbor reached into his pocket and pulled out a small remote control (the keychain remote), and handed it to Walter. Walter looked at it trying to figure out what to do with it. Walter’s neighbor helped him figure it out. "He pushed the button and the vicious dog started barking." He pushed the button again, and the vicious dog stopped barking. It was the perfect pet. A dog that they didn’t have to feed, didn’t have to be walked, didn’t have to be housebroken, and most importantly of all, a dog whose barking could be controlled.

The dog Walter was talking about of course was RoboDog.

"Needless to say" Walter continued, "we are now the proud owners of our very own ’vicious’ dog." And this dog will never be in the news for attacking and hurting anyone, (unlike other ’real’ vicious dogs) but instead will wait patiently at home, acting as a great deterrent for any prowlers.

We have just one more thing to say about RoboDog, if you will pardon the pun... His bark is definitely worse than his bite.

Walter also got his own ActiveHome system. And it’s worked out well for him. "We are extremely happy with the products," Walter said.

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