Feeding Time

We all have internal clocks in our bodies. It is what helps keep us on track and periodically wakes us up mere seconds before our actual alarms go off in the morning. I believe that dogs share a similar clock... and theirs is controlled by their stomach.

Dinner is one of, if not the most, consistent things that happens in Apollo's day. I'm sure he looks forward to the next meal as early as the instant he has finished devouring the last bit of his current dinner. However it wasn't until only over the last couple of years has his dinner "time" become consistent - as I've had the luxury of working from home and not subject to the fluctuation of traffic patterns which affect my arrival home at the end of each workday.

Such consistency results in various rather humorous "reminders" from my dog that it's that time of the day. I've had him make grunting/whining sounds near me, to him giving me one of his patented "shoves", to him walking onto my lap and climbing onto my chest to say, "Hey, time for me to eat. Make my food."

I've started to look forward to his reminders each day. It's the only alarm clock I've ever wanted to see or hear in my life.