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Eight years ago, when our Golden Retriever, Miel, was still a young puppy, we wondered what he was up to when we were out working all day. I felt bad having to leave him home alone, with all that energy and social craving. A part of puppy training included bench training, but was he all right with that? Did he try to break out a lot? Was he barking all the time? We didn't know.
Eight years ago, when our Golden Retriever, Miel, was still a puppy, we wondered what he was up to when we were out working all day. I felt bad having to leave him home alone, with all that energy and social craving. A part of puppy training included bench training, but was he all right with that? Did he try to break out a lot? Was he barking all the time? We didn't know.
Until I cooked up a tiny Node application that periodically takes snapshots using the embedded webcam of my MacBook, streamed to a URL via a websocket. The project [websocket-webcam](https://github.com/wgroeneveld/websocket-webcam) meant I could check up on Miel while at work.
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![](../nightcam-hondje.jpg "Busted, Miel! What are you doing there?")
Until we deployed a night-cam to check up on him. It turns out that the rascal crawls onto the couch at 3AM and gets back out around 4:30. Miel is getting old, and joint issues, especially the hips, are starting to become a problem, which is typical for Golden Retrievers. That's another reason to take it easy and avoid the needless jumping.
Until we deployed a night-cam to check up on him. It turns out that the rascal crawls onto the couch at 3AM and gets back out around 4:30. Miel is getting old, and joint issues, especially the hips, are starting to become a problem, which is typical for Golden Retrievers. That's another reason to take it easy and avoid the needless jumping. Luckily, it's not yet bad, but at this age, we have to be mindful.
But I could never be angry with Miel. I love the hairiness, smelliness, happiness, playfulness, slackness, and oldness of him. And I'm fairly certain he loves us right back. Compared to our two cats, I feel fairly comfortable writing this. With cats, you never now if they're using you or if you're using them. With Miel, you know.
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The reason for the purchase of the night-cam was actually trying to record that ruckus at night above our heads on the attic (which is between the timber frame and isolation). It sounded like a bunch of muskrats, or perhaps a beech marten. Kristien once had the isolation of her car ripped out thanks to those furry animals.
The reason for the purchase of the night-cam was actually trying to record that ruckus at night above our heads on the attic (which is between the timber frame and isolation). It sounded like a bunch of muskrats, or perhaps a beech marten. Our car once had the isolation ripped out thanks to those furry animals.
The answer was much more mundane, yet as annoying: