Daylight Savings Time

One really bad thing about Daylight Savings Time: dogs don't understand it. I have tried to explain it to them, but they just don't get it. Can't say I blame them though, since I don't really understand it myself.

The dogs are used to eating at 6pm every day. 6pm, not a minute later. So, imagine how life is now that we have set the clocks BACK an hour. From the minute I walk in the door at 5:05pm (now) they are driving me bananas. Their stomachs are telling them: hey, we should have eaten 5 minutes ago!

Then I make them wait, after all, it's not 6pm yet! But they are bouncy and jumping on me and barking. They want to eat NOW! They say: don't you know it's PAST our eating time?! So, we have to slowly adjust them to the new eating time. It takes some work. I can usually make it to about 5:45pm before they drive me absolutely insane. Last night it was 5:30pm.

We will aim for 5:30pm for a few nights, then 5;45pm for a while and then work our way to 6pm. Probably by the time we get them adjusted, it will be time to spring forward and then they will wonder why we are feeding them early. But I have a feeling I won't hear complaints then!