7:30-8:00 AM - Wake up and go outside to potty
8:00-8:15 AM - Have breakfast (currently 1.75 cups of Canidae and half cup of cooked rice - Irene still needs to gain weight)
8:30 - Another potty break before we leave for work
Somewhere between 12:00 and 3:00 PM - Dog walker stops by to walk Irene for 30 min
Somewhere between 6:00 and 7:00 PM - We come home from work and let the dogs out to potty
Immediately After That - Dinner (1.75 cups of Canidae and some rice again)
~9:30 PM - We go for a 30-45 min walk
Just Before We Go To Bed (anywhere between 10 PM and 12 AM) - Another potty break
Irene, like most animals, likes structure and lets us know if we've hit 'snooze' on the alarm clock too many times. Frankly, I've never been a morning person so I'm grateful for another reason to force myself out of bed.
The walk in the middle of the day is likely not necessary and can be easily replaced by a morning walk. As I mentioned, we are complete zombies in the morning and just can't get it together to fit a walk in before we're headed off to work. I think Irene would normally be okay without a midday potty break on a typical workday schedule.
I forgot to mention this earlier: we took Irene to an Open House last weekend and she charmed the pants off of everyone. She leaned into anyone who even brushed up against her and stood there until the person got tired. Irene even enjoyed a visit from a toddler whose "petting" was more like smacking. She happily endured the toddler's "loving," which answers our question about how she would act around small children. There were a few children at the Open House, and Irene appeared to be very pleased to be around little humans.
We will be attending Mighty Healthy Pet this Saturday from 11AM-1PM, which is located in College Park.
