mechanopuppy

noun. A robo-pooch at the height of its youth and adorability.

Real citation: “Did I ever tell you how enchanting you are? You’re going to have the other mech’s following you around like lost mechanopuppies. They won’t be able to help themselves.”
(Sept. 16, 2007, http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3787239/4/Scent_of_the_Future)

Made-up citation: “My new mechanopuppy never listens to me! He’s always chewing my slippers, deprogramming the DVR, and peeing robo-death-sauce on my futon.”