Pet cameras for 3 dogs with motion zone alerts

Three dogs, three sleeping spots, and you want to know which one's actually staying put — that's a smart ask, and it's more specific than most cameras are set up to handle out of the box. Pet cameras range from basic motion-activated models to ones with two-way audio and treat dispensers, but what you actually need here is solid custom motion zone support with per-zone alert naming. Is this for three dogs sharing one room, or are their sleeping areas spread across different rooms? And are you mainly checking in passively, or do you want to interact with them too?

Good — that actually simplifies things nicely. If they're all in the same room, one wide-angle camera with robust custom motion zones can cover all three areas. What breeds are they, roughly? I'm mainly asking because size affects how sensitive the motion detection needs to be — a lurcher shifting position reads very differently to a chihuahua doing the same thing.

That's a helpful spread. The Border Terrier is small enough that you'll want a camera with adjustable sensitivity per zone, not just on/off motion detection. The one I'd point you to is the Eufy Indoor Cam 2K — it lets you draw up to four custom activity zones, label them, and get separate push notifications per zone. You can name them 'Lab 1 bed', 'Lab 2 bed', 'Terrier corner' and so on. The 2K resolution means even the terrier moving in low light registers reliably. It doesn't require a subscription for basic motion alerts, which matters if you're setting up three zones and don't want to pay per camera per month. One camera placed in the corner opposite all three beds, angled slightly down, should give you full coverage.

Yes — the Eufy Indoor Cam 2K has colour night vision up to around 3 metres in near-darkness, and standard infrared night vision beyond that. For an open-plan living room at 5am with no lights on, infrared will kick in and you'll still get clear enough footage to see which dog has left their spot. The motion alerts with zone names come through on the EufySecurity app, so your phone will tell you 'Activity in Terrier corner' rather than just a generic camera ping. That's exactly the separation you're after.

One should be enough if the sleeping areas are all within roughly a 4–5 metre arc from the camera. Mount it high — top of a bookshelf or on a wall bracket works well — and angle it to take in the whole room diagonally. If one bed is tucked behind a sofa or out of the sightline, you might need a second unit, but based on what you've described — three corners of the same open room — a single Eufy Indoor Cam 2K positioned correctly should cover it. The 360-degree pan model exists too if you want to be sure, but the fixed wide-angle version is simpler and does the job for a contained space.