Does the Spring time change affect your dog?

Ha! My strays hang out on the porch and anytime they hear me moving around they start making a little racket. I make them stick to the timetable, though! Gus is getting antsy as I type. I forgot I gave him his breakfast and hour "early"! I guess this won't work out so well, after all!

Sorry, I HAD to add something to this. My cat, Bean, not only wants to be fed whenever I'm heading toward the kitchen but he's especially verbal about it. Doesn't matter if I wake up in the middle of the night or if I had just come FROM the kitchen, he starts telling me that he's starving. Aren't our furry friends funny?

My smallest cat is my biggest eater. You are welcome to come in any time and chat with us all.

Yesterday was beautiful here, too, but today is rainy. I did not do anything outside because we'll probably have another freeze and perhaps even a little snow. But didn't it feel good to have the sun on your skin, warming you naturally? Being a "prepper" I don't have any clocks that depend on electronics although I'd love to have a few of those atomic clocks. Yes, I remember when "atomic" sent cold chills down the spine and it looks as if the media is pushing us into that attitude again with the trouble in Japan. But that's another subject for another time...I don't have many clocks but changing them is a pain. I have one upstairs that I always forget then just shrug off so it's right only 6 months a year!

My Schatzie is very finicky and will often not eat at all unless I coax her. Honey is digustingly greedy and gulps any food at any time. Pepi is a gentleman and seems to eat to please me. It is funny that each of them are so different.

It's nice to have an extra hour before they start begging, isn't it? All my dogs before Gus were easy--I put down their food in the morning and they ate when they needed to. But Gus will eat anything put before him at any time, as much as I'll let him, so I have to feed him at a certain time. A little for morning and then his evening meal. Cookie, on the other hand, is finicky and may or may not eat all her dinner and turns up her nose at breakfast. Your dogs sound very regular and that's nice for you both!

Parrots are notorious for being bossy and stubborn but I hear they are wonderful pets! Gus is back to his old schedule, I forgot that he went by my actions and watches me closely to tell what's going to happen next. Since I didn't change, neither did he except that one day when he got his dinner early!

Hiya dragon, Parrots are very noisy and bossy yes a bit way too much but they do make wonderful pets. This one was captured from the Wild you see so I had a bit of a Job training her she is so intelligent. Thing was she got the "call from the Wild" to look for a mate and she was not going to find it with us so when she became too much to handle as she made way too much noise and being in a Flat well you can imagine. She was also getting aggressive too. What she needed was a mate of her own to be with I knew it and in Barcelona it seemed very cold and cruel to leave her there locked away without seeing the light of Day so we eventually found somewhere in Madrid where they had a flock of various Parrots and she happily went off with those and they took care of her ever since. I cried buckets at first but I knew it was for the best. Gus really knows you inside out and reads you like a Book as my Parrot did with me there was no pulling the Wool over her eyes no chance of that. Yes I am back to the normal routine as well. Glad you are happy with Gus he sounds a wonderful character.xxx

I know what you mean, I always have trouble when the clocks change twice a year. My stomach says one thing and the clocks say another!

I like this time better than the other time, but my body hasn't adjusted yet. I'm still getting up at the same time, but it's just an hour later. I haven't taken advantage yet of the longer daylight hour in the evening, but give me another week...

Hey, welcome to myLot! It affects me, too, and I'm still not totally used to it. I like the extra daylight but if they would just leave it alone it would be better for everyone. I hope you like this place so far. You'll have fun earning as you make friends from all over the world. One thing that will help is to stay away from one-line answers. How does the time change affect you? Your appetite, your sleep, what? That will make your answer longer, more entertaining to others and you'll earn something for it because it is more than a one line brief reply. Have fun here, this is a great place to hang out!

Thanks for the welcome and thanks for the info. To tell you the truth im still a little bit confused over here. But i belive MyLot is cool and a nice source of information. And it gives us the opportunity to earn a little extra. I too feel the extra daylight, but my apetite, which you mentioned is completely gone. I have trouble falling asleep and i feel a little weak. But thats okay ill get over it somehow. I belive its also the effect of spring time. Thanks for the advice by the way. I appreciate it much.

Well, it went very well the first day but I forgot that I was not changing my own habits, which Gus gauges everything by. I quit working at 5PM as usual and he realized that he should have had his dinner. Earlier, I got up for a break around 4PM and that is his cue that dinner is only 30 minutes away! So, I shot myself in the foot, so to speak! Oh well, as long as we're both on the same schedule whatever the time is!

I envy animals their freedom from the clock, they listen to their bodies and watch the progression of daylight. Since I'm home all the time I don't go by the clock much but Gus needs a schedule or he'd be so fat he couldn't walk!

That's one of the few things I enjoyed about Arizona, the lack of time change! Gus will eat anytime and eat anything. Cookie is the one that is regular--I can't forget Gus' pills because she reminds me, mainly because she gets a little cheese at that time. I wrap his pills in cheese and she's not about to miss her one of her favorite treats!

that is so funny. coco is the same. loves cheese and thats how i wrap her meds. she even knows the word. she also knows milk, (altho she knows i dont like her having much) and if you tell her somethings chocolate, she goes away, cause she knows shes not getting any.