As Queen Kepler's aide-de-camp, I see to it that she get her morning routine started in a timely manner. Since part of the morning activities is her walk to the park, we want to get going before the heat.
One of the first things she must do at Camp Valentine in the morning is navigate down a flight of sixteen steps. While I often stand close by her as she is going up and down stairs, she does them by herself and is always very careful.
I then open the front door and Kepler will go out to the porch and down the six steps to the sidewalk. It is then over to a side yard for some quick relief.
On her way back to the front porch, she will pick up the morning paper. When she hands the paper to me I give her two biscuits. She is always expected to put an object into my hand and not drop it on the ground in front of me.
Sometimes Kep’s stomach starts growling early in the morning so she is feed in a bowl upstairs next her water dish. If that was not the case now is the time to put out one cup of kibbles next to her water in the kitchen feed zone. For the first dozen years any time food that was put out for her, she gobbled it all. She is learning that she can eat some now and save some for latter.
Kepler operates best between 20 and 80 degrees and seems to melt faster in the sun. In the summer I try to get her daily walk in early. If she has not done so already, she will take care of her morning business. (Pro Tip: Take at least two bags with you.) We find as we get older that our bodies take a little longer to respond to some events, so she might want to take a few minutes to rest.
Next on the agenda in the summertime is Kepler’s spa in Roanoke Park. She makes her way into the West Meadows and over to the cave’s spring. On the way she is expected to make an inspection of the bleacher area and anything else of interest. Our prowling style gives her a chance to to sniff anything her noise leads her to.
After she is satisfied with the spa time, I will follow her either to the soccer field north of the recreation center or up Terrace St. to 39th and back past the bagel shop. We have not gone to Bell St more than once since the start of spring. Often lately she has wanted to return to the Spa after a visit to the soccer fields.
We do not feed Kepler while she is on a walk. Often when she gets back from a good walk I will give her a couple biscuits. In a July veterinary visit Kep was observed to have lost a few pounds and that she should be allowed to eat as she pleases with little restrictions.
The other standard meal of the day is supper at 6 P.M.; she will be around to remind you shortly before. In addition to one cup of kibbles we throw in a few extras. One tablet of Cosequin, an off the shelf joint health supplement and a veterinarian's prescribed Galliprant for osteoarthritis. The two pills are often placed in the center of the kibbles and covered with a quarter cup of Nature's Domain canned dog food to encourage that they get wolfed down. 
The wolfing factor does not work quite as well with the other medicine prescribed by Kep's vet, Amantadine Tablets, 100 Mg. When the tablet is placed in the dinner dish described above, she has an uncanny knack for separating it out and leaving it behind. One night I thought I would be cute and crushed the tablet, sprinkling it on top of her food. She refused to eat that night until the food was replaced. What is working best is to cut the little pill into quarters and served with a little incentive like grated cheese, yogurt, etc.
Even when she is sleeping, Kep likes to be around people. Particularly when dinner is being prepared and during cleaning-up she will hang out eager to help. She will start nudging towards the bedroom around 9:30 but certainly needs one more trip outside which she will also let us know.