Routine?

[sparky]

Mocha has a routine. We get up at 6:00am, out to TT & poop, breakfast, kennel, treat and daddy goes to work.
Crafther took the red eye form CA and I waited for her. Mocha is so confused. His routine is messed up. He just does not know what to do. I put him in his kennel and he laid right down. All is right in his world.
Do any of your fur kids have a routine?

[Berna]

Yep, we have a routine. Cookie knows the exact time when walks and dinner are due, he becomes incredibly annoying.

Sometimes we have to make minor changes in our routine (winter and summer routines are not the same), with no problems.

[SoapySophie]

Absolutely...

545 - get up: take Sophie for potty time
600 - breakfast
630 - quick potty outside, then placed in crate
645 - we leave for work

I go home to take her for potty/exercise at lunchtime, then back into the crate

1645 - home from work: potty and walk/exercise outside
1700 - dinner time
1730 - quick potty break, maybe a short walk if the weather's not brutal
Figure out how to keep her entertained in the house when she's awake...chew some bones, practice catching ball in mouth
2145 - last potty break before bedtime (crate)

[POPTOP]

Routines are important for dogs. If DH or I are off by even al little bit, the furkids are certain to remind us. They also try to push mealtimes up, LOL.

[BaconsMom]

Bacon definitely has a routine. My alarm goes off at 6, I shower and get dressed, at 6:30 Bacon goes outside, 6:45 Breakfast, 6:50 Mommy leaves for work, so he goes back into his kennel. At 7:15 Daddy's alarm goes off. Bacon chews from 7:15-7:45 AM, Fetch outside from 7:45-8. Daddy leaves for work at 8AM. Kennel for nappies until Mommy and Daddy get home from work.

[sparky]

It's funny but on the weekends he lets us sleep in! He won't make a peep till I wake up. I swear he can hear my eyes open and then he starts whining!

[MightyThor]

5 am husband's alarm goes off: breakfast time while coffee is made.
5:10-5:30: hop back into bed with me, usually dropping a toy or two on my head.
5:30: 'help' me make coffee
5:45-9:00 Nap on dog bed in my office while I work.
9:00 ish: walkies (this time varies based on my meeting schedule, but at 9:00 he's awake and annoying, expecting those walkies!)
10:00-3:00 ish: naps on couch or in one of our offices, playing with his toys on his own, etc.
3:00 : outside in the shop with my husband, usually with a raw bone or treat.
4:30: a bit of playtime/fetch in the backyard before the best part of the day....
5:00: dinner!
Evening usually is a mix of playtime, cuddles on the couch, and playing with the neighborhood kids.
Around 9 pm we have to keep the bedroom door closed since he'll hop in and hog the bed before we have a chance to get in there too!

No specific potty schedule since we work from home and he has a doggy door to come and go as he pleases. That gets tricky sometimes when we travel!

[doubledip1]

Luna is extremely routine oriented. She's up when DH's alarm goes off, but will sleep in if he's away.
She knows what time dinner is, but sometimes I work late and DH is out of town so she knows it'll be later when I give her a snack before I leave.

She knows when the mittens go on, it's time to play. She knows when she's going to the dog park, golf course, other park, swimming etc. She also knows when she has a playdate with a friend scheduled.

[Archie]

You know, it's funny, I would have said "yes" but the more I think about it, the more I think Archie mimics my schedule.

He stays in bed with me til I get up, no matter what DH is doing (weekdays I get up at 7, weekends anywhere from 8-10). He wants breakfast as soon as he's up, then follows me around with mopey eyes until he figures out if it's a workday or not. He seems to spend the morning watching me and hoping it's a weekend lol.

He doesn't bug for dinner either. One time I forgot until 9 pm, he didn't seem to care. Now you guys have got me thinking...

[shelly]

Definitely! If I am running late for work in the morning Gibbs our Lab will come into the bathroom to remind me that I am late with his before I leave for work snack.