Jake meets Roomba
6 Comments Published by Gussie on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 10/15/2008 12:11:00 AM.
I first heard about the Roomba over at Dog-li-ness. I've coveted one ever since. What's not to love about a robot vaccuum cleaner?
This weekend we finally cracked and bought one. Our very own robot house elf. Fantastic.
Jake mostly ignores domestic appliances and the Roomba is no exception. He watched it with very alert ears at first but when we ignored it, so did he. He's showing no signs of stress, though as with the old vacuum cleaner he prefers to give it a wide berth. The only thing that did set him off was when it finished cleaning and docked with an electronic trill not unlike our doorbell. Jake went into full REPEL BOARDERS mode and had to be shown there was no-one at the door.
I must admit we were a bit concerned the first time we left Jake and the Roomba alone in the house together. Of course we would never leave it running with Jake unattended, even so I had visions of Jake rounding on it as it sat in its charger: "So now we are alone. Who will protect you now? Die. Die. Die." But Roomba has survived to suck up hairs as fast as Jake can shed them.
In one of those interweb synchronicity moments, today Johann posted a video of a robot dog on a seesaw. If it could only mop the floor as well ...
That's cool Jack is cool with it. I would never put up with a machine like that. Bark, nip, herd, you name it, I'd do it!
Glad you are co-habitating!
i've seen something similar here... i do hope my humans buy one for me to chase
I think Booker would be fine with it, unless it made a beeline for one of his toys, and then it would be "DIE roomba, DIE" ...
We'd probably bark at it... but, we really prefer to bark at everything...
;o)
M & I
Hey Jake, If we put a furry toy on that it would keep our Chloe amused for hours growling at it LOL!
A big hell to a fellow lurcher from the 3 Hounds, Sid,Chloe and Miya
Jack isn't trying to chew it? I think I would play with it like a toy. It is very neat looking and as long as it does the job- well- that is all that matters. :)