Bobby Jo is a big fan of her dogs, four of them to be exact. She has rescued all four of them from certain death. In fact, in addition to the dogs she has adopted herself, she has saved another forty by getting other folks to adopt them. Some had as little as half an hour left before they would have met the Big Sleep.

Bobby Jo wanted a way to look in on her dogs when she was at work. Though she had solved most of their issues, occasionally she still came home to big mess. She felt if she looked in from time to time, she could see who the troublemaker was, and what started the fracas.

Since the dogs were only allowed in certain areas of the house, she opted for a four channel system wireless surveillance system. This type of surveillance system allows you to install up to 4 wireless cameras to digitally record all activity. The DVR has full networking capability and uses a GeoVision DVR card which allows Bobby Jo to view live video on the Internet. This type of video recording system is perfect for smaller areas like a home.

Finding the right surveillance system can be very frustrating from the type of security cameras you need, to how you will record the video to what cables and components will make it all work.

The most obvious benefit of purchasing a complete surveillance system is that all of the guess-work is taken out of the equation.

There are many uses for complete surveillance systems including restaurants, retail shops, child care centers, warehouses, private investigators, animal kennels, boats, your home, vacation homes, construction sites and offices.

Bobby Jo's system took only a couple of hours to install, and everything went fine.

On Monday Bobby Jo opened up her laptop and dialed in for her first look at what was going at Doggywood. They were all powernapping, and not a tail stirred. After lunch she dialed in again, and they were in the kitchen. The biggest, Bork was in the process of tipping over the trash can, and the three others were waiting anxiously for it to happen.

When Bork got the can tipped over, Brad, the smallest dog, went straight into the can. All you could see of him was his tail, which was wagging heartily. The other dogs didn't like this, and started nipping at him, trying to get him out, but he wasn't budging. Bork jumped on the can, and this did move Brad out. Then there was a big hullabaloo involving all of them.

That night Bobby Jo childproofed the lock on that cabinet door, so they couldn't get in.

They next day she looked in, and Bork was in the kitchen, and try as he might, he couldn't get that door open. Since there was no prospect of getting food, the other three weren't interested, and had retired to their quarters.

Another check found them all snoring in the afternoon.

It's what dogs do best.

Bobby Jo checks in every few hours with her hounds, even though they have no idea that she can see them. She has managed to control them very well by observing them, and then making changes that thwart some of their most unruly aspects.

But most of all, she just likes watching her babies.

If your prepared, you'll never be surprised.