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How to Stop Zoomies in Agility

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I am new to this forum. I have a seven-year-old Bichon/poodle mix with a zoomie problem. Molly is the first dog I've trained and she loves agility. Previously I did Rally with her, and she has her Advanced title in AKC. I thought she was cured of her zoomies because the last trials I went to she didn't zoom at all. She had UKC trials in January and did eight runs with no zoomies, qualifying in 7 out of 8 runs. But now in class she's been zooming every week. I have a very good teacher who has given me some good suggestions, but the problem persists. Fortunately, Molly has always zoomed more in class than at trials. Classes are in the evening, and that's usually her favorite time for zooming at home too.
I'd be interested in hearing from other people who have dealt with this problem.
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I've heard dogs find zooming as a way to get out of the moment, and it's most common when they're stressed out. My dog used to have the zoomies at agility a lot, but I gave him some time to individually meet each dog and play with them which seemed to help ease up the stress. Since then, he doesn't seem to have any more stress zoomies and only the occasionally, "Let's go crazy!" terrier zoomies! :)
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