The baby monitor would work well but only if the dog is a noisy eater. lol
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Fowle Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 1:18 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Inventors ahoy! Jewel, save your printer's ink for the moment! Actually my plan from yesterday is probably too simple, it requires the dog actually lift the plate or whatever which is not likely. My colleague Bill Gerrey says no dog can be trained not to take food. but I've certainly known dogs that didn't. There are "mat switches" which are a flexible plastic mat you could put under the table cloth which would probably not be closed by the plate but might be closed by the dog's paws on the table. this could set off the alarm. Getting fancier one could make a small say foot square, mini table with foam rubber legs so it would vibrate easilly. This would be equipped with a vibration sensor that would set off the alarm. Even fancier, there are infrared motion detectors and proximity detectors that might do. Bill also suggests putting a contact type guitar pickup, essentially a contact microphone on the table. This could be hooked either just to an amplifier and speaker, or to a wireless baby monitor whose receiver you could take with you to hear the invading beast. Let's throw this idea around a bit, those with more experience of dogs than i have may have better ideas related to training techniques etc. Tom Fowle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
