Who taught these guys to tell time?

I mean seriously I would very much like to meet the entity that gave my dog the ability to tell time. ... With a very dull spoon.
Am I the only one who experiences items being dropped on me, thrashed around like a nutbag or drug to the door because the clock just struck the top of the hour. Every hour. Mom has to potty? No time, it's walkies time. Mom has a dr apt? Nope it's ball time. Mom wants me to stay up later? Nope it's bedtime NOW! And if I tell her to wait or later or whatever it may be, I am told this is unacceptable...With these yelpy screams that make your heart drop cuz you think she's hurt herself, only to find she's fine. Just an asshole.
The demanding thing I know can be trained but her trainer had a heart attack, then heart surgery so she's just gotten back to work, waiting on her to call me back to set up more training but omg. This dog is gonna give me a heart attack or my crippled but is gonna be more crippled falling trying to make sure she's ok
Just a little random rant. I whine about it because it's annoying sometimes but she is my queen, my world and I loves her so much....which also might be a downfall because I give into her a lot? But...how can you not?
Were about to get dumped on with snow and I tried to keep her up so she could see her favorite thing, but nope. It's bedtime she's gonna wake up with snow to her shoulders (hopefully) and I can't wait to see her enjoying it. Anyway. If you're in the storm path stay safe & warm. Any suggestions you've got I'd be welcome to them! Wanna add to the whining? I'll listen and probably agree! And pic for tax of course

They manipulate you with their cuteness. The head tilts!!! It’s not fair. When it’s daily light savings, the first month is misery with them. They don’t care about time changes. 28 degree weather, layer up because it’s time to play outside. They are cute demonic creatures

1000%! Only here it's roughly 0,°F with a wind chill of-10 or so & she's all like BALL MOM! But also "noooo I'm not going out there to pee unless you go with me it's cold" then 2 min after backing away from my butt pushes trying to get her out she's attacking her harness cuz it's walkies time and my shoes aren't on I love her but I don't know if I'll survive this winter with her lol. At least she's got my grave(s) pre-dug in the back yard I guess speaking of that too damn cute head tilt. She *demands* being hand fed sometimes (I hand fed when I brought her home) she'll stare at me. Then once she knows she has my attention? She looks at her food & back at me, tilts her head as if you say "how's the food supposed to get all the way to my mouth?" (And like a good queens servant, I oblige )

Literal storms… ball? He did at one point start pouncing on the falling branches. All I wanted was for him to go potty so I could go to bed

The real answer? Their sense of smell.

They can smell when certain scents fade and they use that to tell time.

This is how Murphy reminds me to take my meds at the same time every morning.

Murph sounds like an very intuitive dog. That’s awesome!

Patterns. Same reason you’re hungry or tired or need to do XYZ at the same time even if you’re not beholden to a clock.

murph said:

The real answer? Their sense of smell.

They can smell when certain scents fade and they use that to tell time.

This is how Murphy reminds me to take my meds at the same time every morning.

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If you're interested in learning more about this, Inside of a Dog and Being a Dog: Following the Dog Into a World of Smell by Alexandra Horowitz are great reads. She was one of the first to study dog cognition and runs the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College. It's fascinating stuff.