> > But I don't mind waking up early as long as I can go back to sleep.
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> If I wake up early for no reason, it's usually because I'm having a bad night's sleep. On the off chance I do manage to get back to sleep, I probably won't feel rested in the morning. That's the start of a bad (and long) day.
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> > Grandpa spent a lot of time trying to set his rooster to go off at 6:00 a.m. instead of 5:00. But he never had any luck. So they ate the rooster. This is not recommended for people who depend on an alarm clock.
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> Our schnauzer is set to go off around 6:30 AM. He's not usually as loud as a rooster. He sounds more like this:
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> THUMP! [jumping off our bed] clickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclickclick click click click click click click ... click ... click ... click ... click [rate of footsteps inversely proportional to distance from bed for some reason] crumplecrumplecrumple (sound of dog peeing) click click click click click laplaplaplaplaplaplap.
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> He's so dedicated that as soon as he wakes up he immediately gets down to work. His main job is (apparently) transporting water from the fountain on one side of his room to the newspaper on the other side.
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> If you catch him during the fast-click phase, you can say "Grimmy" and he'll wait a few minutes till you have time to get him outside. This is his "schnauz button" feature.
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> If he goes off early, he usually sounds more like BARKBARKBARKBARKBARKBARK! and he can't be turned off. It doesn't happen very often, so we don't anticipate getting rid of him anytime soon.
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> ^v^:)^v^
> F"just one of the many household appliances that can be replaced for one low price by a single schnauzer"B

I'm at my daughter's house in Georgia and they have one of those here. He's a Corgy, and for a little dog, he really has a loud bark. Nobody has to ring the doorbell. He goes off before they can get to it.
Howard