Cow Mat solutions
OK so Isaac is still choosing to chew on 1 of the 3 cow mats. There are a couple ideas floating around that may solve the problem.
- Tabasco Sauce on the one he’s chewing (will he just move on to a less spicy mat?)
- Steve Romard suggested the Tri-Tronics (I’ve got the Dogtra 2300NCP). The issue with this is that he’s a sneaky little fur ball and it’s hard to catch him in the act.
- Jen brought up a good point. Maybe it’s not Isaac’s fault, maybe it’s a defective mat and I should return it.
Since I’m a dork I looked into video survalance. I don’t have a webcam, but I do have a Digital Video Camera and found a niffty little DVdriver from TrackerCam that will allow me to use my expensive DV as a webcam. I signed up @ www.stickam.com and have embedded a feed into a page on this here blog.
Now if I really want to use a little electrical stimulation I should be able to monitor from a remote computer for chewing. I would of course want to physically see him doing it before I introduced stimulation due to possible lag time, but at least I wouldn’t have to stare out the window for hours on end. Seems like a lot of work, but the little test I did in my office worked and only took about 20 minutes to get up and running.
Here are a few images of Isaac enjoying his cow mats…
