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[quote=Anonymous]So I was reading the thread on morning zoomies and saw a lot of people saying the zoomies are adorable and why would you try to medicate or train your dog out of them?

Our dog is totally unmanageable when he gets into this mood. It mostly happens on his walks after he meets another dog, or another dog barks at him from across the street, or he picks up a stick. I can visibly see a surge of excitement run through him and he starts acting like he suddenly has a bee in his bonnet: racing around, jumping at me, play biting (which in his excitement can be harder than it should be), grabbing at his leash with his teeth and trying to get a game of tug of war going. It is cute to see him that happy but it’s also incredibly annoying because he is unmanageable in this mood.

Has anyone BTDT and trained a dog out of behavior like this?

We’re working with a trainer and she advised me to turn my back on him whenever he starts this but that hasn’t been working. He jumps at my back, bites at my coat, and tugs the leash out of my hand. The most frustrating thing of all is that he doesn’t do this with my husband. When he tries to start up, DH tells him “no” and he supposedly stops right away. Of course, I also tell him no in a form voice, command him to “drop it” (the leash), make him sit still for a treat, and tell him to “settle” but it doesn’t work like it does for DH. He just starts up again when we get going back towards home.

He doesn’t see me as his leader, like DH, I guess, but I’m not sure how to change that. Help?[/quote]

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