Souraya - your day sounds a little bit like mine, except Tess isn't a dog you take for a run, a walk to the mailbox and back is a marathon for her little legs. You people that have 8 and 9 a.m. waker uppers are really lucky. Tess has the 2 or 3 in the a.m. wake up call, although she's getting better. The last 2 mornings she didn't wake up until my alarm went off which is 4 a.m. I'm at work around 5, which is good since I get off at 2 p.m. Go home and take Tess for her marathon walk to the mail box