My question is "How do You handle evening zoomies?"I currently have a 23 week old Catahoula Puppy that I'm working on raising & sometimes it would be nice to have someone to get advice from concerning training.
jameswfloridanative
@jameswfloridanative I've moved your post to a new thread as it's a separate question.
Zoomies often happen when a puppy is over-tired, so making sure he gets plenty of rest periods and naps in the day might help.
Zoomies often happen when a puppy is over-tired, so making sure he gets plenty of rest periods and naps in the day might help.
When my dog gets the zoomies I just direct them outside where it is safe for them to run off that energy and let them go for it.
9 Reasons Dog Get Zoomies & What They Mean
9 Reasons Dog Get Zoomies & What They Mean
My question would be, in what way is the event of evening zoomies a problem for you?
Is the dog tipping things over or otherwise being accidentally destructive? Maybe let the dog outside if your yard is fenced. Or, take the dog out on a very long leash and let him run around and around you. I do this with my young dog, who has learned to love it.
Do the zoomies go on too long? Train your dog in a "calm Settle" (see Kikopup's video on this on YouTube. It's excellent. Once you have trained that, you can let your dog have zoomies for as long as you can stand it, then ask the dog to settle, and rewrd the dog for that.
Are the zoomies happening too late in the evening and you need to get to bed? Try inducing zoomies earlier in the evening.
Is the dog tipping things over or otherwise being accidentally destructive? Maybe let the dog outside if your yard is fenced. Or, take the dog out on a very long leash and let him run around and around you. I do this with my young dog, who has learned to love it.
Do the zoomies go on too long? Train your dog in a "calm Settle" (see Kikopup's video on this on YouTube. It's excellent. Once you have trained that, you can let your dog have zoomies for as long as you can stand it, then ask the dog to settle, and rewrd the dog for that.
Are the zoomies happening too late in the evening and you need to get to bed? Try inducing zoomies earlier in the evening.
Ours is almost three years old and often displays those late in the day zoomies. Its usually after eating her final meal of the day, so we speculate, maybe its a protein high. Regardless, we have a doggie treadmill, and when she goes bonkers rearranging all the rugs in the house I will say lets run, and she will run onto the treadmill and wait for me to start it. For a normal workout its about 4MPH for 15 to 20 minutes, for the zoomies its just under 7 MPH for 3 minutes. She loves it, and so do I as its a great outlet for her. I don't want to stop her, just use that energy a little more constructively. With our high energy girl, I would not want to not have that treadmill, and fortunately she took to it right away.
All of my puppies have had the evening zoomies. It happens when they are tired enough that the brain and impulse control have shut down, but they aren't physically tired enough to go to bed. This time of day can be a little dangerous; a dog that is running around without thinking is more likely to have a clumsy accident. I usually put my guys outside and encouraged them to do a few laps around the backyard. After they ran out their yeehaws they were usually willing to come in for a bedtime snack and a snooze.
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