A man believed to be in quarantine on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus has come up with a novel way of preventing his beloved pet being cooped up.
Vakis Demetriou posted a video to his Instagram account last week showing him using a remote controlled drone to walk his dog Oliver while he watches from his "locked down" balcony.
Oliver doesn't cover much ground in the 20-second video and it's unlikely Demetriou is actually recommending other people use a similar method to walk their dogs.
It probably wouldn't work if you were to try it with a proper-sized dog as the consumer-grade remote controlled drones wouldn't be strong enough to stop them running off.
![The video shows a dog being walked with a lead attached to a drone. Photo / Instagram](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/I5JV6VZBFW5QKGFJ74R6NMLYFA.jpg?auth=c8fbf631e774e2d8cb80632bd2fbd3e3c6d3875ea63af0f504b530bdda38ac7a&width=16&height=15&quality=70&smart=true)