It's not that hard to put up 1 or 2 cameras, but the more cameras you add, the difficulty increases exponentially, when I got to 8 cameras that's when the difficulty became much harder with CPU bottlenecks and storage problems and Im not even running AI software. Ive got 3 field of view cameras in both the front and back, and 2 cameras by the front and back door and it's taxing the heck out of my PC.
Comment about the dogs is interesting, good insight there.
"If it was of no significance why didn't he walk next door to retrieve it?" When you're on bond everything is significant, look at Fotis Dulos, he stopped on his way home to remove some flowers near his house and that led to an increase in his bond and his suicide. You're tracked 247, I would damn near be calling my lawyer to ask if a trip to the bathroom is ok.