Leo’s inner Clock
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Even though I never taught Leo how to read a clock, he still
knows what time it is. during the week, Leo’s routine doesn’t change much. He
gets breakfast and a walk at 7 am, goes
to work with me, gets dinner and a walk at 7 pm, then gets a last potty break
before bedtime between 10 and 11 pm. While at work, Leo and I take a lunchtime
walk usually around 12 pm and he also gets a quick potty break at 5 pm when we’re
leaving the office to head home.
For the most part Leo’s routine doesn’t change much, but
when it does, he lets me know. If I am working on a project or am not paying
attention to the time for our lunchtime walk, Leo stops what he’s doing and
tries to get my attention. If he’s napping, he’ll wake up. If he’s playing with
a toy, he’ll drop it. To let me know it’s time for his walk, Leo will start
panting and staring at me. When I finally take a glance at him, he’ll switch
between staring at me and staring outside the gate, while panting. By this
point, I’m usually trying to finish up something that needs attention. If I’m
not moving fast enough for Leo’s liking, he’ll walk over to me and put his head
on my arm or on the desk and just stare at me with his goofy little smile.
The first couple times he pulled that move on me, I immediately
got up and took him out because I thought he was telling me he needed to potty
that second. The joke was on me though, he didn’t need to go that badly because
instead of right away going potty, he would go and play with sticks or sniff
out lizards.
Leo also likes to pull those moves when it’s time to go
home. For the days I stay at work past 5 pm, he gets restless for about half an
hour and then seemingly gives up and settles in until I finish up and we head
home.
His internal clock is scarily accurate, most of the time he’ll
start his act at 12 pm or 5 pm on the dot, even if he was fast asleep the
minutes beforehand.