My dog has a routine and she sets my routine most of the day, too.
1. She gets up after I get up.
2. She goes out to do her business.
3. She gets breakfast.
4. She runs around a bit and plans attacks on the vacuum. Then, goes in her tent to nap or wait for someone to open a food container.
5. At 11 am, she gets up because she knows that it is walk time. She waits at the front door until I am ready.
6. We get back and she has a small lunch.
7. We play for a few minutes. Sometimes she lays on my lap outside or on the couch.
8. She goes off to her bed in the living room to sleep or stalk us under her blanket.
9. When I make lunch around 2 pm, she jumps out of bed because she knows she will get a piece of carrot.
10. She waits beside me for my afternoon snack, where if she is good, she gets a little bit of rice cake.
11. We watch a little TV together (she loves TV). Then, at 4:45 it is time for dinner. She must "ask" for dinner before I get it.
12. Then, it's Cheerios time with Grandma after dinner.
13. She goes off to nap for a couple of hours after this. Sometimes she comes out in the evening and she watches TV with me or she gets on my lap and demands a massage.
14. 11pm and it's bedtime. She does her business, runs into the bedroom at breakneck speed, gets her bedtime snack, and goes to sleep.
In between all of this, she follows me and my mom around the house in case any food falls out of boxes or off the containers.
