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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe I'm not understanding something, but what's wrong with him doing zoomies in the backyard at night? Does he come in when called? Is he calm once he's inside?

My previous foster used to do this. He'd go outside and do mad zoomies. Once he was done, he'd come inside, and was fine. He was a young dog, and that's how he was managing his energy, because the walks (5 miles/day) were not enough. I don't find anything particularly wrong with it, and pretty much every one of my dogs have done zoomies from time to time (around 30 dogs).

My current foster will grab whatever he thinks will make us chase him around (shoes, dish towels, random pieces of paper). I call him, ask him to drop, and give him a treat. I usually play trading games, instead of keep-away, which is great fun for the dog, and not so much fun for the human.

If you feel that he is wound up/over tired/unable to settle, by all means enforce crate rest during the day. When I have had dogs like that, I toss them in the crate with a sturdy chewie for them to take their frustrations out on, and 20 minutes later, they'd be passed out.

One other idea for you. Some dogs really need to play with other dogs. If yours is dog friendly, it might help to have playdates with a friendly dog, or have him spend a day at doggie daycare once a week. It really helps them get their yayas out in a way that is acceptable among dogs, but not so much among humans.[/quote]

I’m Op and my dog has two kinds of zoomies: safe, normal zoomies (we call him, he comes over to us, he goes inside, he chills) and witching hour zoomies.

His witching hours are spontaneous, crazed, and frankly dangerous. His body gets rigid and the whites of his eyes will show. If we call him or step into his field of vision, he’ll come toward us and pull at our clothes and snap his teeth in the air and growl. It’s an overstimulated, scary state but he seems to snap into it with no trigger save for the hour of the day, and that’s why we are overwhelmed and confused by the behavior. [/quote]

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