Anyone who has a dog alarm clock?

SARGE

Yeah our dog always acts like a human. He always let's you know what he wants and if you don't get it for him he whines. It's really funny. He also always seems to know what you are saying to him and he reacts to things you say to him just like a human would. Like when we say "outside", he knows that its time for pee and poop, he will run to the door and bark. If we will repeat the question "outside?", his barks means "yes". I can't even count how many words/commands he knows. Although, Jon is not a fan of small dogs (sarge is a mini-schnauzer), he claims that he is one of the smartest dogs he had.

Sarge was a little puppy when my husband bought him to his friend who has a dog that recently gave birth to six puppies. Sarge is the only boy and gray color, all his sisters were black. My husband's friend told my husband if he wants a dog because that time he is alone in the house, I'm still in the Phillipines. So, they were bonded for 1 year before I came, that's the reason Sarge seems more loyal and affectionate to him. He even protects him, when he hears the word "ouch" he will barks at me thinking I'm hurting his master.


The most amazing things he does for me is waking me up every morning at exactly 7:30am on the dot! It's so weird how accurate his timing is. He sniffs my hair, push his mouth to my head many times until I wakes up. I just don't know how he does it at the exact same time everyday. Well, its good for me because I don't need an alarm clock anymore (it can wakes my husband up if I do). But its not good if its Saturday and Sunday coz' its time of the day that I don't want to get up early but Sarge makes it a habit everyday.

When anyone of us about to leave, you will hear him crying. I always see him running on the window and jumps on the couch looking at the window to see my husband heading to his truck. And my husband told me he does the same way with me. It's so sweet to think that he cares for me too. When I get back from work, he wags his tail and jumps at me.

We make sure we gave him treats everytime he do his job(pee and poop outside) or after every baths. Or after I brush his hair. Oh and his hair, this kind of dog needs grooming every month. We take him to the dog grooming salon monthly. And this winter time, I make sure that he keeps warm too, he joins me in my heated blanket. The last time we went to Walmart, I saw a cute winter coat for dog and bought it. He has dental chew treats too and chew bone. All these things are worth for, he's a good stress reliever for us. It's fun playing with him. Rubbing his soft hair feels good. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I'm pretty sure dogs understand you, maybe not in the way you think, they associate different actions with words and remember them. Like when you ask them if they want a treat over and over everytime giving them a treat they remember that sound means theyre going to get a treat, run over to the spot where they know they got it last time and wait. I'm also not exactly sure that they hear the words the way we do because i can say a word that sounds like "outside" and my dog will run to the door.

By the way, Sarge was named after my husband who is a Sarge in the US Army. People in the neighborhood call him Sarge.

Happy relationships

How specifically happy and strong marriages might be influencing our actual physical health? Do you believe that a happy and solid relationship can alleviate stress? Our day to day lives as a working mom or wife is very stressful but with a happy marriage which is good in our health, we can recover quickly from stress. We know that stress is associated with more health problems, if you don't learn ways to deal with it.

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I believe that our bodies respond to what is happening in our daily lives. This is really true, everytime I have a fight with my husband or misunderstanding, I tend to become weak and feel sick, got a headache, stomach ache, etc. We have this stress hormone cortisol, which normally rises and falls throughout the day, followed different patterns depending on gender and the state of the marriages. But women in less happy marriages rebounded more slowly, indicating that it took them longer to shed workday stress. Women in unhappier marriages also had less variation in cortisol levels throughout the day which links to more health problems.

There are studies found that married men tend to live longer and recovered from illnesses than single ones. My message is, for your well-being, having a good relationship is as important as eating your vegetables and doing your exercise.