Daylight Savings Time on the farm

As the annual debate on daylight savings rages, I thought a moment of perspective from the farm might be useful.

Tomorrow morning when the rest of America is sleeping in I'll be up in the dark as usual. The dog is the first one that I can't seem to explain the concept to. She doesn't seem to appreciate the purported energy savings. The whining will begin at the normal time regardless of what the clock says. While alpacas are fairly forgiving where time is concerned, I've taken the precaution of leaving the pasture gate open. So if I'm able to placate the dog maybe I can catch a nap! I shudder to think what Holstein cattle think of arbitrarily changing milking time!