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Post by iamkristinl16 on Mar 14, 2023 15:11:08 GMT
We have a 5 month old puppy, so her schedule and moods are not always consistent anyway, but usually I can take her for a walk between 8:30 and 9:30 and then she will sleep while I start my work video calls. Yesterday was off because of a doctors appt but today we came back inside and during my 9:30 call she was acting horribly. It got me wondering if the time change affects dogs and their schedules as well, and if you notice that, how long does it take your dog to get back on track?
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peabay
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Post by peabay on Mar 14, 2023 15:21:37 GMT
A couple of days - he definitely noticed the change with his feeding time. He's not a great eater to begin with so that's stressful for us.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Mar 14, 2023 16:36:28 GMT
Yep, our cat esepecially, he does NOT give a shit if its DST, he wants to eat when he expects to eat! (during the spring its not bad in the morning, but when we fall back, it sucks ass bc he eats at 6am)
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Post by casii on Mar 14, 2023 16:44:11 GMT
Yes, our dog Sadie is seriously mad about it. Food does not appear when it should, her potty schedule is off. It'll take her several days because she has a touch of dementia and schedules are very important for her.
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Post by Basket1lady on Mar 14, 2023 17:06:20 GMT
Yes. When the kids were little, I used to change the schedule by 15 minutes over the course of about 2 weeks and did the same for the dog.
Now that the kids are grown and Emma (the lab) is older, we just keep the same times. So she gets fed when we get up (she’s lazy and sleeps until we wake up), but gets dinner at 7pm in the summer vs 6pm. Potty breaks and her Kong at 2 pm are just shifted to an hour later.
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Post by papersilly on Mar 14, 2023 17:11:11 GMT
no. he can't tell time. 5:3026ab32 o'clock is all the same to him. LOL
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Post by Patter on Mar 14, 2023 17:55:24 GMT
Yes, my boys take a few days.  |
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Post by Basket1lady on Mar 14, 2023 18:39:22 GMT
no. he can't tell time. 5:3026ab32 o'clock is all the same to him. LOL That’s interesting! Emma can tell time down to within 5 minutes. She eats at 6pm daily (now 7pm) and goes out at 9:30pm for bedtime. You could literally set your watch by her. Somehow she just knows. |
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Post by Zee on Mar 14, 2023 18:48:50 GMT
They generally "know" what time of day it is by the light, so when it's adjusted, yes it takes them a couple days to catch on. I can't say they appear to be stressed. They get fed a half hour earlier or later one day and on to the next day we've adjusted.
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Post by chlerbie on Mar 14, 2023 18:54:57 GMT
Yes, although she was more strongly affected in the fall. She slept in for the last two days and seems a bit confused that things are out of whack. She's become deaf as she's gotten older and being on a schedule is really good for her. She knows exactly what time walks, etc. are and this has thrown her a bit. It took her about a week in the fall to get used to it.
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iowgirl
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Post by iowgirl on Mar 14, 2023 19:10:20 GMT
Not so much pets, but livestock do not give 2 poops about time change. Chore time is chore time, no matter what the clocks say.
Don't ever think that Daylight savings time is something farmers wanted or like. It just makes the day longer. If the livestock was fed at 7 am regular time, they get fed at 6 am DST.
With that extra hour of daylight, that just means a longer day. Start chores at 6 am. Normally (not during busy times) would stop working around 6pm or 7pm , now 8 pm. 7 days a week!
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Mar 14, 2023 19:35:22 GMT
My two GSDs aren't on much of a schedule anyway. There's a range of time both morning and evening when they might be fed. Same for walks. And they get up when I get up -- it's almost non-existent that they wake me to go out. I don't know that they notice the time change at all.
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Post by papersilly on Mar 14, 2023 19:37:38 GMT
no. he can't tell time. 5:3026ab32 o'clock is all the same to him. LOL That’s interesting! Emma can tell time down to within 5 minutes. She eats at 6pm daily (now 7pm) and goes out at 9:30pm for bedtime. You could literally set your watch by her. Somehow she just knows. our dog tells time by our movements. we're pretty routine people so when i come home from work, he knows i change clothes and then make my way to the kitchen to feed him. when DH gets out of the shower in the morning, he knows it's breakfast time. routine is his clock. |
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Post by 950nancy on Mar 14, 2023 19:42:42 GMT
My female is hyper sensitive to where the sunlight is every day and what time we feed her. She carries her bowl around starting at 4 pm and that lasts until 5 when we feed her. In order to keep the madness to a manageable level, I just feed her at 6 now and still give her that hour to show her inner she-wolf. If one bowl doesn't work, she'll get her big brother's bowl and toss that too. the fun part is when I won't feed her until she brings back the bowls and then she turns into a bird brain because the can't remember where she left them. The process can take a good five minutes. Neither of them care when we get up or go to bed.  |
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Post by Basket1lady on Mar 14, 2023 19:53:53 GMT
My female is hyper sensitive to where the sunlight is every day and what time we feed her. She carries her bowl around starting at 4 pm and that lasts until 5 when we feed her. In order to keep the madness to a manageable level, I just feed her at 6 now and still give her that hour to show her inner she-wolf. If one bowl doesn't work, she'll get her big brother's bowl and toss that too. the fun part is when I won't feed her until she brings back the bowls and then she turns into a bird brain because the can't remember where she left them. The process can take a good five minutes. Neither of them care when we get up or go to bed. View AttachmentI love this! We call it "campaigning". Emma wakes up and sort of hangs out until it's dinner time, giving puppy dog eyes whenever we look at her. But she can be in a (seemingly) sound sleep and wake at 5:58pm--just enough time to go potty before she eats. Our other dogs were good with the time too, but Emma is incredible with her timing. |
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Post by disneypal on Mar 14, 2023 20:10:10 GMT
Only their eating schedule gets a little off...I feed them twice a day (5:30 am and 5:30 pm) and usually a couple of weeks before the time changes, I will slowly adjust their times for the anticipated new time, so by the time change does happen, they are already used to it.
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