Depending on how the dog or cat is with other dogs I first take my dogs outside to a dog park, the car,or just in my apartment courtyard to meet. I then take take your pet into the house with my dogs coming in after. I wake up and feed my dogs and, depending on the pets feeding schedule, your pet in the morning at around 8am, then at night at 8pm. My dogs are taken out by them telling me they need to go by walking to the door, so your dogs schedule will work for your dog will work for me. My apartment has alot of sidewalk to cover and I usually walk around the conplex twice before going inside. If the pet is a cat, I check and clean litter every 2-3 hours. When I go to bed, my dog and my roomates dog go to separate rooms, your pet can find a comfortable place or sleep on the bed with me.