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Big Brother is watching you!

With Zuma's Epilepsy, I've never really felt comfortable leaving him alone at home. I was always wondering if he was okay, always worrying, always anxious to get home.
Obviously there is no way I can be with him at all times (someone has to be part of bringing home the bacon to afford all of his vet bills...haha), so we did the next best thing: We got a security camera! 
It's amazing! It only cost $80 and we can now watch him wherever we are by accessing it through the internet or Katie's phone. Not only that, but it has night vision and we can hear everything that's going on at our house and even speak to the dogs if need to. 
We usually lock one dog in the kitchen with access to the dog door and the other one in the living room with access to the rest of the house. At lunch time, we swap them. So when Zuma was MIA for like an hour the other day, I started to call him over the camera and sure enough, he came inside to see what's up!
I love our new toy! I always wondered what he was doing while we're at work and this picture about sums it up, I took it right from the camera while watching him at work:


Mit Zuma's Epilepsie habe ich mich nie wirklich wohl gefühlt ihn allein zu Hause zu lassen. Ich habe mich immer gefragt, ob es ihn gut geht, habe mir staendig Sorgen gemacht und wollte immer so schnell wie moeglich zurueck nach Hause. 
Natuerlich gibt es fuer uns keine Moeglichkeit, ihn staendig zu beaufsichtigen (schliesslich muss ich ja dazu beitragen, die Knete mit nach Hause zu bringen, damit wir uns all seine Tierarztrechnungen leisten koennen...haha), von daher haben wir das naechst beste gemacht: Wir haben eine Ãœberwachungskamera gekauft!
Es funktioniert super! Sie hat nur $80 gekostet und wir können ihn nun jederzeit beobachten, entweder ueber das Internet, oder ueber Katie's Handy. Nicht nur das, sie hat ausserdem Nachtsicht und wir können alles, was in unserem Haus los ist, hören und auch zu den Hunden zu sprechen, falls das nötig sein sollte.
In der Regel sperren wir einen Hund in die Küche wo auch die Hundetuer nach draussen ist und den anderen sperren wir ins Wohnzimmer, bzw. kann er auch den Rest des Hauses ausser der Kueche begehen. 
In der Mittagspause tauschen wir sie dann. Letztens war fuer ueber eine Stunde keine Spur von Zuma zu sehen, also habe ich ihn von der Arbeit ueber die Kamera gerufen und er kam sofort nach drinnen, als er mich hoerte, um zu schauen, was lost ist!
Ich liebe unser neues Spielzeug! Ich fragte mich immer, was er den ganzen Tag tut, während wir bei der Arbeit sind und dieses Bild sagt es eigentlich alles... ich habe es direkt von der Kamera aufgenommen, als ich ihn auf der Arbeit beobachtete. 



Last week, we also had to find out what else is happening while we're at work. Apparently Cosie got smart on us and decided he didn't like to be locked in the kitchen and pushed open the dog gate that separates the two areas (you can see it in the right hand corner of the first picture) and would much rather take a nap on the couch. 
You can imagine my surprise when I checked the camera and all of the sudden I had two dogs on my screen instead of one:


Letzte Woche hatten wir ausserdem die Gelegenheit herauszufinden, was sonst noch passiert, während wir bei der Arbeit sind. Offenbar fand Cosie es nicht gerecht, dass er in der Kueche eingesperrt war und beschloss den Zaun, den wir fuer die Hunde aufgestellt haben um sie zu trennen (man kann ihn oben rechts im Foto sehen), aufzustossen, um ein Nickerchen auf der Couch zu machen. 
Ihr koennt euch bestimmt vorstellen, wie ueberrascht ich war, als auf meinem Bildschirm ploetzlich zwei Hunde anstelle von einem zu sehen waren:




And remember when a few weeks ago I said that I wish I had a camera to see what the cleaning lady is doing? Well, let's just say she saw the camera and the house has never been cleaner! And we get to keep all of our toilet paper too!

Und ihr koennt euch vielleicht daran erinnern, dass ich vor ein paar Wochen sagte, dass ich wünschte, ich hätte eine Kamera um zu sehen, was die Putzfrau tut? Nun, lasst uns einfach mal festhalten, dass sie die Kamera sah und das Haus noch nie sauberer war! Und wir vermissen nun auch kein Toilettenpapier mehr! 



Comments

  1. Meiner schläft auch 22 Stunden am Tag, mit 2 Stunden hyperaktiver Unterbrechung :)
    Die Idee mit der Kamera ist toll. Ich muss mich mal schlau machen, ob das bei uns auch umzusetzen ist.

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  2. I bet you feel a bit better about leaving Zuma at home now! Too funny that the cleaning lady saw the new addition and you now can keep your toilet paper ;)
    We got a camera around a year ago and we love it! ;)

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