a dog figure having a torso and rotatably movable front legs, wherein said legs partially support said animal figure upon a surface;

a motor located within said animal figure and mechanically coupled to said front legs; and

alarm clock electronics and communicatively coupled to said motor;

wherein arming said alarm clock causes said motor to rotate said front legs in a first direction such that said animal figure moves into a position which simulates the dog figure sleeping; and

at a preset time, said motor rotates said front legs in a second direction opposite said first direction such that said animal figure rises into a sitting position, and a speaker produces an audible wakeup sound comprising barking.