@CalamityJane,
But he's up at the crack of dawn, as they say - probably occasionally before dawn.
Do you remember all the chatter about biocycles?
All interesting to me - I'm a natural night person who by much circumstance adapted to the old 9 - 5, or 7 - midnight. Whatever has gone on with my work and home life, my natural thing is to get smarter in the afternoon. I've gotten a lot of work done at 1 a.m. or later.
So, now I have this dog, LongNose, who uses her nose to say hi at 6 a.m.
That has turned out to not mean that she wants to go out or even get her breakfast. Instead it's a relocation and nosing, before going back to napping.