Wouldn't your job be so much cooler if you could have your cats with you? Planning a day trip, but sick of paying puppy sitters? Petzi Treat Cam understands. Petzi Treat Cam is there for you.

PetziConnect is the brainchild of Simon Milner and Dave Clark, Silicon Valley veterans and animal lovers. "One night while out to dinner chatting and sharing pictures from their smartphones they inevitably came across pictures of their pets," the company's Indiegogo page reads. "Next thing they knew everyone wanted to see, even total strangers. Simon turned to Dave and said, 'Ya know, why can't we introduce our pets live and in real time with our smartphones?'"

That's when the two guys found a way to not only check in on their pets, but to also interact with their pets and one-up Ivan Pavlov and his dogs. When you aren't home, your pets will hear a musical tone and know that your voice and a yummy treat are next!

"As an aside, the first night that Dave [Clark] took home the PetziConnect initial prototype, not only did his dogs respond exactly as expected to his girlfriends [sic] voice (their real master) but upon receiving the dispensed treat the dogs were immediately hooked," the creators boasted. "Zero learning curve."

(Apparently, one of the dogs even slept by the unit. Hey, one never knows when a treat might come flying out. It's essential to be prepared)!

Totally down for anything that gives us more animals, we took the Petzi Treat Cam out for a spin.

DISCLOSURE: We did receive a free Petzi to test out.

The box contained everything in the photo below: the Petzi unit, A/C adapter, two stickers (not sure what they're for), the needed materials to anchor the Petzi to avoid excited pets from knocking over the magic treat shooter (and they will!), dog and cat treats and a card with directions.

The directions were a few sentences on a piece of cardstock. We were apprehensive. A wireless device that connects you to your pets and takes video and photos you can post on social media, and the directions are only a few sentences? But it really was as easy as downloading an app and plugging the unit into a wall socket.

Within a few minutes of setting up our Petzi profile (you can share your photos with others in the Petzi community), we were ready. We went into the other room and left the cats in the living room. Itchy, per usual, was curious, but Chula was a little scared of the noise. There is a slight delay, so we pressed the treat button a few too many times and a whole bunch of treats came blasting out.

The device has some really cool features, like night vision, which allows you to see and take black-and-white photos in very dim light or complete darkness. (Oh, and if one of you are home and the other is using the camera, no worries that you'll get caught peeing with the bathroom door open or doing something else embarrassing. The same Pavlovian tone sounds when Petzi Treat Cam is turned on/connected).

The next day, we used Petzi while outside the apartment. Chula started to come around as good ol' Pavlov knew she would. Once she realized food came out of the box, her fear disappeared. "Itchy knocked it over before we even got started," said Michael Lello, HNGN's senior editor and copy chief, "but after that they reacted as you'd expect - they ate."

"It's fun to look at the video stream, especially with the night vision in the dark," Lello said. "The video quality is good, and so are the photos you can capture. My one complaint is with the app. Why is the home page the social media stuff and not the stream?"

Once we find a good spot to anchor the camera, we plan to use it a lot more, but having the camera on the floor is just an invitation for the cats to Godzilla-smash Petzi in an attempt to liberate the incarcerated treats.

[UPDATE: Day three of life with Petzi and the cats have learned that if they mess with Petzi, they spend a day sans treats. We're impressed by their restraint!]

We're big fans of the Petzi treat cam, and it's no wonder the campaign surpassed its original goal by 265 percent by September 2015. Not everyone has $169-$199 to spend on a camera to spy on your cats, and Santa only comes once a year (that's a long time to wait for a Petzi), but if you love your animals, you pretty much need this. Instead of just showing photos of your pets to strangers (like you know we all do), you can actually interact with them... so they don't get lonely.