Daily morning routines?

[Cookiebaker]

Do you have a daily routine with your pets?? I was just thinking about this this morning, and though I never really planned it out, we definitely have a set schedule.

First we eat breakfast, and then Malone gets his breakfast chompos. Then Mark takes him out for a short walk to go potty and get a few minutes of exercise.

Then I rush around getting Willow his green & pellets, and sweep around his cage.

Then it's down to feed & water and give millet to Rilla, and feed the fish. Check the kitty food, water, and peek in the litterbox to see if it needs emptying (scoop if necessary).

Make a special treat kong for Malone; put him in his kennel and then *whew* rush off to work.

Are we the only ones with an insane schedule every morning???

[Pam]

Yes mornings are crazy aren't they! My first duty is to let the dogs out. Next thing is to feed the cats which, by now, are meowing and rubbing all over my legs. This is a little more tricky these days as I have to separate the kitties because Trevor was diagnosed with diabetes and is on a special food. Then the dogs come in and they get fed. While they are eating I have to put the little masonite "flap blocker" over the kitty hole so Trevor doesn't come up and get their food. After about 10 min. or so I go down and take up the kitty bowls and allow them to mingle once again and also do a morning litter box scoop. Then it's back upstairs to take up the dog bowls . Whew! Of course in between all of that there is coffee to be poured for the humans! It's all played over again around 6:00 PM as all four of mine eat twice a day.

[slleipnir]

We don't really..other then food. I get up, and first thing I do is feed them. They know it too lol and infact will do anything to get me up so I don't miss their breakfast They then go outside.
They know when all their meals are. for dinner or whatever, Josie will come and stare at me till I feed her (litterally, she won't stop till you get up)

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

Not really, I get up at about 6:45, wake up the dog (she sleeps later than I do..) and let her out before people start going to school because they are mean to her, I have never caught them hitting her, but let me tell you, if I ever do... I can tell they are rude to her because I watch. She wanders around, then if she sees someone coming, she cowers on the porch, ears down and waits for me to let her in.

But otherwise, not really. My mom feeds her before she leaves... I feed Eggroll in the morning... Tang and Crayola too... other than that, nope!

[binka_nugget]

Mine's not as complicated as everyone elses.

7:00 - alarm rings..stumble out of bed to grunt at the alarm clock, turn it off and go back to bed
7:45 - wake up and curse because I'm running late. Take Kai out for a pee right away
7:46 - Gather everything for school and cram it in my bag. Feed kai when done w/gathering things.
8:00 - Dash out the door to make it just in time for my bus

[Kfamr]

I get up around 5:00 am.
Simba and Nala continue to sleep while I take a shower.
When I'm done taking a shower, I get dressed and brush my hair.
I then let them outside. While they're outside, I snoop around on PT for a while. I let them back in.

I give Simba his pills and ointment. I roll around on the floor with Simba, rubbing his ears and getting kisses from him. While Nala normally waits and stares at her bowl.

Then I feed them. Depending whether or not i'm late, Nala either eats in her cage or I let her eat then put her in her cage.
I put fresh water in her cage every morning when I put her in there.

At around 6:15 I..
Walk off to the bus stop to meet my friend Megan and we ride on the bus to school, Normally talking and singing songs that make us seem like total crackheads. (Cartoon theme songs, and so on... We also talk aobut the beautiful cones on the way to school, as well as on the way home ;x) YIPEE!

[Twisterdog]

I let Pepper and Wishbone out the crates. (I have a doggie door, so they all let themselves out to potty, and they free-feed.)

I feed the fish.

I give food and water to the birds, and move Little Bird's cage in front of the door, so he can see outside during the day.

Then I wake up my grouchy son, and he has to: give food and water to his birds, feed his fish and tadpole and shrimp, spray some water on his snake's plant and his venus flytrap.

Then it's off to work and school!

I'm NOT a morning person!

[lovemyshiba]

Our routines vary, but on days when my husband works early and I don't, it goes like this--he wakes up, dogs go out for potty, then they come back and sleep with mommy--not until he leaves the house though!! We sleep in for a while, and then get up, more potty time, and then food.

When I have to work in the morning, it is crazy--I get up, dogs go out, food gets dished out, I get showered and ready, dogs go out again, I dash out the door, after making up 4 kongs for them!!!


Regardless of what day it is, apparently I have some kind of magical power over the dogs. If I wake up at like 5am to go to the bathroom, as soon as one toe hits the floor, they're all up with me. When my husband gets up, they all keep snoozing

[Cookiebaker]

If I wake up at like 5am to go to the bathroom, as soon as one toe hits the floor, they're all up with me. When my husband gets up, they all keep snoozing

That is sooo cute! It made me smile. They love their mommy better!

[Pam]

Originally posted by lovemyshiba

Regardless of what day it is, apparently I have some kind of magical power over the dogs. If I wake up at like 5am to go to the bathroom, as soon as one toe hits the floor, they're all up with me. When my husband gets up, they all keep snoozing

LOL! Dogs are no dummies!! I can TOTALLY relate to this!!! I would like to feel that the dogs just adore me and that's why they follow me around, but since I am the one who feeds them 99.9% of the time I am sure they are interested in my whereabouts in case I am planning to get out their bowls or something! LOL!

[Logan]

Our routine is the pretty much the same every morning too!

I am always the first out of bed, usually around 6 am. As soon as I'm up, every dog gets up (they all four sleep on the floor in our bedroom). Everyone goes out for their potty break, then come back in for breakfast, although Honey is usually fed outside on the deck so she doesn't have to compete for her food (the others are chow hounds). The kitties just swap places. One usually spends the night outside and one inside (their choice, not mine), and since they are "free fed", there isn't a big deal about feeding them, but Butter always wants to share breakfast with Helen!!!

[ChrisH]

I live alone and also don`t go out to work so, obviously, I don`t have to rush around as some of you all do. Nevertheless I do have morning routine with my Bob and Ebby.

Sometimes I awake to the radio-alarm, sometimes not, either way Bob is nearly always there to hurry me out of bed. He can tell when I am grumpy and will go downstairs but otherwise he will either stand with his front paws on the bed nudging and pawing (going to the other side if I pull the covers over) or stick his head under the duvet and lick my toes!

Once I am up it is downstairs and let him out, first out the front (unless it is wet/muddy out there) then out the back. Make myself a cup of tea, bring Bob back in -if he isn`t in already- put him in his crate and, taking my tea with me, go see to Ebby.

Ebbs is nearly always waiting at the door so I am careful opening it, then I get her jar of food and go within reach of her dish and sit on my heels (can`t bend form the waist too much else my back goes ). Put some food in her dish and then she does her morning greeting, going around and around me purring and being stroked. This is one of the things I love about Ebby, she always does this before going to eat her food, no matter how hungry she is....well, except for when she is getting tuna! Check and clean out the litter tray then go get washed and dressed.

Dressed and clean it`s back downstairs and time for Bob`s walk. Sometimes Ebby is down by then but it is not really a problem when letting Bob back out of the crate, he knows it is walk time and couldn`t care less if where Ebbs is, he just wants to be gone!

Once back home, after checking where Ebbs is and giving Bob his breakfast Bonio, I get to eat my breakfast.....at last!

[cubby31682]

Originally posted by lovemyshiba

Regardless of what day it is, apparently I have some kind of magical power over the dogs. If I wake up at like 5am to go to the bathroom, as soon as one toe hits the floor, they're all up with me. When my husband gets up, they all keep snoozing

Lol. That is my cat.

My morning starts out with hubby getting up, which Cubby gets up to see him off to work after hubby wakes me up a few dozen times. Cubby comes back to bed, sleeps until I get up, some days he keeps sleeping. He goes potty and hangs around me for a while before he decides to eat. He is free eating as well. An hour or so after I wake up, I check and make sure he has plenty of food, with him having 3 cat food dishes its kinda hard for him to run out. Give him fresh water in the one dish the other water dish is automatic.

[PJ's Mom]

Bailey has a routine. Since she's a morning dog and I'm not a morning person, it's all her routine. Not mine.

She jumps up on the bed with me and licks both my hands, then my face. I've already had a shower by the time I get out of bed.

Peej is not a morning dog. His routine is to roll over and let me have the honor of scratching his belly.

[RubyMutt]

Well the very first thing I do when I get up in the morning is come on PT (like I am right now)

In a few minutes I'll start getting ready for work while Ruby sleeps some more

When I'm showered, dressed, etc... I feed the fish, Ruby, and Blinky, and give Ruby & Blinky fresh water

If I have any time left I get some breakfast for me, but usually I don't have enough time so I have to grab something I can eat in the car