She Knows the Routine

For months, Emme has known our morning routine. Ken and Rudy get up first, about 6:00. After they are done in the bathroom, they both go downstairs to let Rudy out and for Ken to start coffee. Emme stays quiet in her crate and never fusses or makes a sound until I wake up about 6:30. Then I turn on the bedroom light, get up and let Emme out of her crate. I thought that was so smart of Emme to understand the schedule and wait patiently to get up.

Now she knows the going to bed routine as well. Each evening, after we take the dogs outside for one last time, Ken goes to the cabinet and gets his night time medicine, goes to another cabinet to get a biscuit for Rudy and to a container on the counter for an Emme biscuit. Emme knows what he is going to do before he does it. She goes to the first cabinet and points her face up to the spot where Ken gets his pill container. As soon as he has done this, Emme rushes over to the cabinet with Rudy's biscuits. As Ken is picking up the biscuit, Emme is dashing over to point her face to the container with her biscuits in it. She knows the routine and goes to each place before Ken gets there. What a smart puppy!