How do they know what time it is?

[Natasha]

Even though we're not good at feeding Rouser at exact times (we feed him three times a day), he comes out of nowhere and "reminds" us that it's time to eat.

 

He wakes us up at the same time every morning.

 

I work from home and I can count on a nose thunking down on my keyboard exactly at 12:01 every day.

 

Repeat - same process at 6:00 every night.

 

It's now 6:15 and he continues to try to flip up my hand as I'm typing and he's been circling my chair like a sharkr. 

 

Goodness! How in the WORLD does he keep such an exact schedule?

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Adorable! Our Zach used to to the same thing....every night at exactly 9PM he would come find us from wherever he was to remind us it was walk time. We giggled about that every time for 14 years.....Daisy is still figuring time out but while I am getting ready for work in the morning she sleeps (in the closet, I guess cause it's dark in there) and 5 minutes before leave time she is behind me and ready to go....funny.

[Linda and Murphy]

Murphy knows when it is 10pm our bed time...or his bedtime at least. Earlier is okay. Later isn't He looks at me, with his stuffed duck in his mouth ready to go upstairs. If I tell him (and I do tell him...how can you not?) that I want to watch the news or another program, he lays down with his duck and gives this HUGE sigh.
He continues to lift his head and sigh every 10 minutes until we go to bed.

[Susan, Coby & Chloe]

I used to teach Lamaze classes out of my home on Tuesday evenings. At the time, I had my yellow lab, Casey, who loved greeting the couples when they arrived before she was sent upstairs. I started noticing that she got very excited - tail wagging, bouncy, a little yippy - along come Tues. evening when I mentioned "Lamaze class". I finally had to issue a ban in my household on the words Lamaze and class. But even after doing so, that dog would just know -- so apparent in her mannerisms -- that it was class night.

Since dogs are now used as companions/therapy/alert dogs (I'm unfamiliar with the correct term) for people who suffer from seizure disorder or unstable diabetes as they can detect those early changes in odor -- they've even been known to detect cancers prior to diagnosis - they must be able to detect changes perhaps in our sweat glands as we get anxious/rushed/tired/etc.

Although what's harder to figure out is how they're able to react similarly to our homecoming when we're not even close to being in their presence.

[Melissa & Porter]

Porter too. If I stay downstairs later than usual, I get the doggie chin pressed into my leg, the soulful gaze, then the flop to the floor and sigh, repeat every 10-20 min.

[Dot, Maggie and KoKo]

Maggie knows when its time to go to bed too. Being one who immediately falls asleep if I try to watch TV in bed I sometimes stay up later than usual if I really want to see a particular program. Maggie paces around, gives me her "look" and generally is a pest if its beyond her bedtime. Don't know how doods can tell time, my granddaughter can't. LOL

[Donna K & Quincy]

At 10:30 Quincy will stand by the stairs and bark to go to bed.