I guess they are just like children...they have their routines too!
At night - we typically fall asleep watching TV. Once I get up, take him outside (I should say carry him outside because he is SO lazy) to have him go pee. He will then walk back into the house and will go on his bed in our room.
In the morning (if he is not whimpering like a little baby first), the alarm goes off, he runs to my side of the bed and starts crying for me to pick him up. I do, put him in the bed and he licks my husband and I to death! Then I rub his belly and it is time to go out and go potty!!!