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Tip #1: GoDogGo Ball Launcher

Karl Woll| August 1, 2008 5:19 pm

Our first tip to offer you is a doozy. If your child is running around, screaming such nonsense as “Hey daddy, look at this picture I drew for you”, and all you’re trying to do is catch the 4th quarter of a close game, then look no further than to GoDogGo Automatic Fetch Machine. This great product will automatically launch a basket of tennis balls at your kid at intervals of 7 - 15 seconds. Best of all it comes with a remote control. Turn this baby on and watch the magic as your kid will be captivated, tirelessly running around after the balls!

Some people will point out that this is a product designed for dogs, not small children. We say phewy! It works great, and we think the marketing people at GoDogGo are missing an entirely new demographic here. As an example, they have a great quote on their website where they could easily replace the word ‘dog’ with ‘child’ and they could sell thousands of more units:

Go[Child]Go™ is the first, and still the only, Automatic Fetch Machine for [children]. Yes, now [little Jimmy] can play fetch by himself. Really! The Go[Child]Go tennis ball launcher was designed to provide hours of healthy exercise and enjoyment for your [child]. Think of Go[Child]Go as your [child]’s own personal playmate that’s ready to play whenever he is!

Most [children] love to play fetch. LOVE it! Long after they’ve tired their [parent] companions out, most [children] are still ready to play–play more fetch! Go[Child]Go is ready to play with your [child] for as long as he wants. After all, unlike your big ball of energy pooch, we [parents] do get tired and bored after playing fetch over and over and over and over. Lucky for your [child], Go[Child]Go never tires out.

Go[Child]Go was designed to let you choose how much or how little interaction you have with your [child] while he’s playing with his new favorite [child] toy. From the remote control, you can set Go[Child]Go to any one of three modes.

Honestly, I’ve used this one before and my son loves it! Aim it so it shoots in your backyard or down the longest hallway in your house and you’re set. Your child will run back and forward collecting tennis balls and putting them back into the launcher basket while you are free to enjoy your own time. This also works great to help tire that little rug rat out, inducing early bedtime. There is a slight cost to this method of lazy parenting for the machine, batteries and tennis balls, but you won’t be disappointed with your investment.

As of yet, no one has posted a video of their children using this wonderful device on YouTube, but here’s a video of a dog to illustrate exactly how it works:


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