Schedule Dog and Noodlepoleon

Steve and I have come up with new names for our dogs. IO is known as Schedule Dog and Napoleon is Noodlepoleon. Why?

IO's biological clock is driven by food. At 6:30am, he starts getting up and shaking (loudly) in the crate until he's let outside and fed. At 4pm (an hour early, may I point out), he's begging for dinner. By 10pm (usually, this starts around 9pm), he's begging to be let outside one final time so he can go in the crate and get his treat. And if we ignore his wants, he becomes a complete nudge (on the couch, off the couch, on the couch, off the couch, frantic movements) until we do what he wants or we effectively scold him for being a pain.

Napoleon is a noodle. If we're sitting on the couch, he noodles us for attention until we're exasperated. He noodles the neighborhood by barking incessantly at whatever he fancies requires barking. He noodles all visitors by jumping up on them and insisting that they pay attention to him and pet him (I recognize this is a training issue on our part).

It's so interesting how much their personalities have come out in the last 3 years. Geez, we've had these two for 3 years on Thanksgiving. How time flies!