X10 equipment has also taught our customers so much about what’s going on in their homes and with their families while they’re either away, or simply not looking. Well, here’s another family that had the opportunity to learn a little more about one of their family members who really doesn’t say to much on his own. And what he does say usually doesn’t make sense. After all, he’s a dog, the only thing he can do is bark.

Stevie Ray Webb of Austin Texas set up the XCam2 on their playscape so that they could keep an eye on the kids while they were playing. But they learned something else that surprised them.

A playscape is a setup that includes monkey bars, a slide, a tire swing, and various other gadgets that the kids can play and climb on. The favorite is usually the slide. It turns out, though, their dog Taz likes to play too. One day while watching the kids at play outside, they caught Taz heading up the ladder of the playscape to the loft just above the slide. Once he reached the top, he lay down on the slide, pushed a little with his back paws, and down he went. Front paws first, and the back paws trailing behind him. After all, why should the people be the only ones to have all the fun?

That’s right, Taz considers himself one of the kids. He likes to slide too. "We wanted to have a view of the kids on the playscape" Stevie said, "but we found out what the family dog does while we aren’t looking!" Or at least when he suspects they’re not looking. But he doesn’t know about the XCam2 Video camera that’s been watching him play.

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