Close your eyes for a moment, um, after you read this.

Do you hear that dog barking and barking and barking and barking and barking again? Has your neighbor even bothered to come out and shut the dog up yet? No? So it's still barking and barking and barking and barking and barking? Can you feel that anger slowly build and your mind begin to blur? Can you still hear that dog going on and on and on and on and on with increasing relentless intensity? What are you going to do about it? Sure you could drag and leave the imbecile owner and his annoying dog out into the middle of nowhere... together... forever, but there is a much kinder, safer and gentler solution to the typical neighborhood canine yapping nuisance, the PetSafe Birdhouse UltraSonic Bark Control Unit ($60).

This innovative and cool new dog barking deterrent device is disguised as a simple, decorative birdhouse that can be hung from a tree or mounted on a fence post. When it's hidden internal microphone detects any inhuman, incessant, repetitive barking, it activates a safe high-pitched ultrasonic tone, to effectively quiet the dog down. This ultrasonic tone is completely inaudible to humans, works up to 50 feet away and has 4 settings with 3 sensitivity levels and a test mode. This is not only a great solution to finally calm your neighbor's dog down (it even works on yours too), but it's also a great training device for puppies as well.

The only real problem, is that all this new peace and quiet could be shattered by a flock of upset and noisy chirping birds who can't figure out how to use the fake birdhouse. This angry chirping could then draw a pack of neighborhood cats who begin hissing and yowling at the birds, which then unfortunately drives the dogs crazy again in an endless cycle of nature gone completely berzerk... So the real problem is still that inconsiderate, lazy neighbor and yes, you know who you are. (via Michael Kiely)