I'm with Julz- I think that they understand time, but not like we do. Olivia knows the difference between a short amount of time, a long amount of time, and a really long amount of time. I take my lunch really late, and she's just as excited to see me when I get home from work at 5 as she was to see me three hours before when I came home for lunch. If I run to the store, she's excited, but's it's not the same. However, say you have to crate your yorkie all day- I don't think they know that they were in the cage for a 1/3 of the day. Since, as most YTers have said, their yorkies sleep when they're gone, I think they lose track of time- they could be in there 4 hours or 8 hours and not know the difference. They know they were in there a while, but I don't think they would notice a variation in time from day to day unless it was significant.
My mom said that her dogs are getting thrown off schedule because it's getting darker so much earlier. They usually eat dinner around 5:30, and she said that now they start getting antsy at around 4:30. Anyone else experiencing this? |