It's all in the timing!

I got a dog.

Dogs let you know when they have to "go". Usually. Sort of. It's all in the timing though.

My dog whines to go out...I take him out... he pees... looks for his treat and is ready to go back in...
We're cool for the evening... wrong.
Dog again whines to go out... I take him out...he pooh's (nice way to say it)... he sits for treat and we go back in... NOW, certainly, we are cool for the evening... ah... the timing thing.
Dog again barks and whines... now I am sure he just wants play time... so I put him out in his 'run'. He pooh's and pee's again and I get to clean up. Can't be mad at the dog, he did warn me. I had "understood" the "timing" and knew that he had been out just minutes ago. "It's all in the timing" so he was just wanting play time. Wrong!

The thing about timing is that you are never really sure you got it until after you got it. More correctly, until after it had "got" you.
Tomorrow morning will tell. If we pass the night OK then HE (certainly not me) got the timing right.

I'm not totally a nice guy... I don't get mad at him but I will cheerfully wake his furry little butt up in two hours when I am ready for bed and take him out for a final "check up". I get to sleep later that way! I'm nice, not nuts.

Timing, like the actions of God are best (if not only) found in the 'rear view mirror', and pretty much impossible to determine beforehand. A 'given' when viewed in the rear view mirror.

Sure wish that timing thing worked in the forward facing view rather than the rear view. Then you could plan things rather than say "oh, oh... missed it again". Of course the down side is that sports and athletic events might be less exciting. Not that I personally don't care much about sports.... that's a lie... I actually don't care at all. I still would like to have a lock on that "timing" thing.

Think stock market! Of course, that presupposes that you are the only one that understands "timing".

My dog apparently understands "timing", but I'm getting no stock picks so far.

One funny things is that all those people who tell you "it's all in the timing" are just blowing smoke. Physical skill is one thing, hard to acquire, but quite possible for most. Knowing in advance the "timing" of something is quite another matter.

Maybe knowing the 'timing' of things, would just not be worth the price. You have to think about that one. The problem is not in the obvious, it's in all those other things that would go along with it. If you were someone who knew "the timing" of things, who would want to "talk" with you and how bad would they want that?


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