The Morning Routine

5am-ish:
Casper gets up and sits next to mom's bed and waits for her face to be next to his (luckily she sleeps on her sides). Then he paws her face a few times until she wakes up. She knows this means we want a treat but she usually doesn't respond right away. I hear this activity so I make my way next to Casper and jump up and kiss her face a few times and we wait... and paw/kiss... and paw/kiss...

5:30-amish:
Finally we get some treats and mom checks email and/or logs in to work. Now that first treat just made us want more so we cycle back to beg.

6:00-amish:
Mom gets out of bed and heads for the shower - if she doesn't, that means it's a weekend day and we can start begging for a walk. If it's a weekday we wait right outside the shower for her. Casper usually goes and gets a toy and puts it in front of the tub and I scrunch up the bath rug and/or lay right where she has to step out.

6:30-amish:
This is wash/exercise bike time so downstairs it is for me. Casper heads to the cupboard where the (dog food) cans are kept and stares at it to remind mom we need a can for breakfast... when mom gets upstairs we get our cans after she preps my shot.

7:00-amish:
I don't like shots so I head either outside or upstairs to sit in the bathtub. Mom usually tracks me down and we head for the bed or couch where I get my shot and eye drops. Then mom fills our water dish for the day.

7:30-amish:
Mom gives us our "workie" treat and leaves for the day or if it's the weekend, she makes this stuff called coffee - pretty gross if you ask me! After coffee we follow her around to see if she's planning to take us out for a walk/ride - repeat every couple of hours...