Sofie waiting on the step
Sofie keeps an eye on the front door waiting for me to come home. She likes to watch the world go by from this vantage points (and she has also figured out that it is an effective blocking strategy so that the cats can not get up the stairs). I think it is interesting how dogs react when their humans return whether from a 20 minute trip to the grocery store or a 5 day trip out of town. My dogs greet me with great joy and the feeling that I am the most important human in the world. Sometimes I wonder how dogs perceive time. They appear to have a rhythm to the moon cycles but do they perceive time as the period between sleep? Is a day maybe one feeding to the next? If a human has gone away is the day over when the human returns (no matter what the length)? How long is a dog day? Just another DogDaz morning back home with my zoo ❤
DogDaz Zoo 
bonesdiary
February 3, 2012 at 06:35
An interesting question, and one I haven’t really thought about. I suppose that as time is a relative concept it should be irrelevant to us dogs. We walk, we eat, we sleep, we shhhhlip outside for toilet and we chew stuff. Whether it’s night or day, winter or summer we are alive and that’s all that counts. Yet you are right in that we always know when it time to do such things. Me and Alf always know when mom is due home and wait for her on the windowsill, don’t know how we know – we just do.
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dogdaz
February 3, 2012 at 11:00
Bones – You are exactly right. It is probably the humans that get caught up in the time thing. To animals, it is about now or now or now (if you know what I mean). Thanks for your thoughts. – DogDaz
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Bongo
February 3, 2012 at 13:58
I always know when it’s time to eat. I think that’s all the time – now if I can just convince my people.
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dogdaz
February 3, 2012 at 18:51
For me it is always time to eat too, but they keep me waiting until I slobber all over the floor. – Lulu
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barb19
February 3, 2012 at 15:33
I’ve pondered on this question myself, but come to the conclusion that dogs live in the now, that’s the only thing that matters to them. We could be gone from them for 5 minutes or 5 days, it makes no difference to them – they react in exactly the same way when we appear!
They get used to routine within the household though, so they always know when its time for walkies,feeding, or bedtime!
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dogdaz
February 3, 2012 at 18:52
Barb – I think you are right. The only thing that matters to them is NOW. – DogDaz
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2browndawgs
February 3, 2012 at 21:50
You might find this interesting. Since we got the pup one of us has to go home and lunch and let him out. I usually put the big dogs outside in the morning. When I come home at lunch they rarely get out of their dog houses because they are asleep. But if I come home at the “after work” time, they are jumping in their runs and Storm is barking waiting for me. I think they have a pretty accurate sense of time.
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dogdaz
February 4, 2012 at 08:00
Browndawgs – So when you come home for puppy, that is big guys sleeptime, even if you are there? Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. – DogDaz
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Bassas Blog
February 6, 2012 at 06:44
Ah, the mystery of dog time 🙂
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Chancy, Mumsy and Crew
February 6, 2012 at 09:39
All us dogs don’t seem to care about time around here but for when it is time to eat. 🙂 Hugs and nose kisses
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