Puppy crazy zoomies, how long does this last?

[Anonymous]

Our beloved Great Dane had periods of zoomies until her last months. I miss watching that gal stretch out those long legs or polar bear her face into new snow.

The constant high energy will likely diminish, OP, but if you're lucky, the lust for celebrating life when it strikes, won't.

[Anonymous]

My golden is 7 months and still have the zoomies every day. It's frightening and adorable all at once.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our beloved Great Dane had periods of zoomies until her last months. I miss watching that gal stretch out those long legs or polar bear her face into new snow.

The constant high energy will likely diminish, OP, but if you're lucky, the lust for celebrating life when it strikes, won't.

+100 re our dear little beagle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they are either in crate or zooming we found that more time out of crate-paced activity-helps. Once at 4 months when they start zipping it is fun and practical to put on the leash and practice walking/heeling/sitting staying etc with treats.

Tires them out and becomes fun-also work on catch, bring, drop.

My post above. We saved plastic water bottles and rinsed out 2 lliter empties. Don't squish them - out single boottles in long socks -little water on the sock-freeze. Also knot ends of the socks -wet-freeze. Helps the teething.

We never had sleep to zoom as the only behavior.

[Anonymous]

My almost-7-yr-old chihuahua gets the zoomies once in a while, and I love it. She tucks her hiney under and takes off in big circles. She plays with/ shakes her toys while I am making her meals, and that's very cute too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they are either in crate or zooming we found that more time out of crate-paced activity-helps. Once at 4 months when they start zipping it is fun and practical to put on the leash and practice walking/heeling/sitting staying etc with treats.

Tires them out and becomes fun-also work on catch, bring, drop.

My post above. We saved plastic water bottles and rinsed out 2 lliter empties. Don't squish them - out single boottles in long socks -little water on the sock-freeze. Also knot ends of the socks -wet-freeze. Helps the teething.

We never had sleep to zoom as the only behavior.

what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My almost-7-yr-old chihuahua gets the zoomies once in a while, and I love it. She tucks her hiney under and takes off in big circles. She plays with/ shakes her toys while I am making her meals, and that's very cute too.

PP (beagle poster) here. Your chihuahua sounds adorable!!

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Anonymous wrote:A long time, and double it for labs and lab mixes. A year at least.

Yikes!

You were clearly unprepared for dealing with a puppy if you think a year is a long time to calm down. It's very normal.

What a typical DBag DCUM response. Someone asks a question and gives an honest reaction and then some DB writes a condescending response. It's different for every dog, although most generally have two speeds - 11 and sleep. My Westie was insane for 18 months and then transitioned into a well behaved, albeit high energy, adult. Our current is a PWD and at four months she is calm most of the time, with an hour of the "crazy zoomies" in the morning and evening.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they are either in crate or zooming we found that more time out of crate-paced activity-helps. Once at 4 months when they start zipping it is fun and practical to put on the leash and practice walking/heeling/sitting staying etc with treats.

Tires them out and becomes fun-also work on catch, bring, drop.

My post above. We saved plastic water bottles and rinsed out 2 lliter empties. Don't squish them - out single boottles in long socks -little water on the sock-freeze. Also knot ends of the socks -wet-freeze. Helps the teething.

We never had sleep to zoom as the only behavior.

what?

None of our dogs had 2 operating modes only as puppies- sleep or zoom. It's like your volume on a remote : 0 is asleep through 30 at zoom for example. Sometimes cuddle, quiet play, fetch play, etc. Then there was/is just following around the house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My almost-7-yr-old chihuahua gets the zoomies once in a while, and I love it. She tucks her hiney under and takes off in big circles. She plays with/ shakes her toys while I am making her meals, and that's very cute too.

PP (beagle poster) here. Your chihuahua sounds adorable!!

Thank you! She is the cutest ever, and I'm not biased at all.

We had a beagle for 15 years, got her as an adult, and she would take off around the yard in her earlier years, we couldn't catch her. As the years progressed, I really missed that, and now appreciate the youthful energy whenever it appears.

[Anonymous]

My Great Dane is almost 3 and while she no longer zooms in the house, she will run in circles or back and forth like a crazy dog if she is off-leash. About a month ago we did a 9-mile hike and she was still running toward the end. We walk her at least 3 miles a day and she usually still wants to play, but she is in no way hyper and settles down after dinner. I thought by getting a giant dog we were getting a couch potato...

[Anonymous]

I have a Frenchton (Boston Frenchie mix) and at a year she is still nuts! I take her out to the park almost daily to fetch and wear her out, and once a week to daycare for the same. Still has energy to burn!! She tears around the house grabbing at everything she can get at and chews it up unless I intervene.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol, my 6 year old scruffy mutt still does this a few times a week It makes me happy to watch her zoom and ounce and play like a puppy.

My eight year old havanese still zooms a couple of times a week. The good news is it only lasts a few minutes and then he is done.

[Anonymous]

I never knew there was a name for this. I am on my 3rd dog and they have all done this daily, usually in the evening. I'm glad we have a long central kitchen in the house for them to have their straightaway.