An enterprising family member could get me this thingamajig for Christmas. OK actually I’m kidding, though I could see this being useful if you had a fenced in yard and left the dog at home during the day. Depending on the breed it shouldn’t be too hard to train the dog to dump the ball in the bin again too. It’s a dog toy that automatically plays fetch with your dog, for those of you too pressed for time to click on the link, goes for around $150.