When Daylight Saving time arrived in November, we turned our clocks back one hour. Stella showed us, once again, how routine based she is. Between 3:30 and 4:00 P.M., she repeatedly requested to “eat.” This would have been 4:30 or 5:00 before the time change, which was completely normal for her. But I did not want to feed her dinner so early and throw her off for our workweek ahead. I gave Stella a couple of treats to tide her over but kept saying, “No eat now, eat later.” Fifteen minutes passed. “Help eat,” Stella said then barked. “I know, Stella, good waiting. Eat later.” Stella sighed. She
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