Dog behaviour

[Dr Jekyll]

Is it common for dogs to occasionally do a mad charge? Relatives dog will suddenly run out of the back door, round the garden, back in and round the room jumping over things, then races upstairs and back down again. Then he settles down for a few more hours.

[SlowcoachIII]

Completely normal but our dog tends to run outside and go crazy when he gets excited but he loves running!

[CAPP0]

Yep, my 3 year old GSD will do that occasionally. Tear-arses round the garden, runs behind bushes, looks behind to see whether he's chasing himself or not, and then eventually looks slightly embarrassed and comes back in as normal!

[227bhp]

Called a 'mad half hour', kids do it too. Kids and dogs do it together!
We used to have a dog who hated water, after she'd had a bath the relief was so much she'd run round the garden like a lunatic grinning all over her silly face.

[Petrol Only]

Called the zoomies in our household.

Often seen when shouting. WALKIES!

[Konan]

Yup - Misty does laps of the house up and down the stairs and landing until she collapses on the floor with her little lungs heaving away.

The cat has similar episodes, in which it can move up to 5ft before going to sleep again

[dhutch]

Our lurcher will run like a mad thing if you let him out, but thats because he is half greyhound, as long he has several walks a day he doesn't tear around the house unless you deliberately wind him up. He isn't allowed upstairs. The only time he has behaved as you describe if after falling into the canal on a cold day, presumably to warm up and maybe due shake of the adrenaline.

Daniel

Edited by dhutch on Tuesday 26th December 00:21

[Pesty]

You mean like this?


They still do it. Favourite is runn8ng full speed length of hall then jumping on bed and sliding until they bash into the head board.

Zoomies

https://youtu.be/iTYPZtVTpXc

https://youtu.be/rcbXNUdtyaY

https://youtu.be/_TX-aP25otk

Edited by Pesty on Monday 25th December 23:32

[MOBB]

Our 2 littleuns go mental up and down the stairs often. And in the garden

It's hilarious to watch

[garythesign]

Our two do this, particularly after a walk.

I have many a clip on my ipad

The ones in the snow always make me laugh

[King Herald]

I’ve seen other dogs do it, but glad ours don’t, at over 100lbs each.

It could be painful...

The big guy ran into the conservatory door once, not noticing it was shut as he charged out for a pee one morning. Very surprised there was no damage to him, or the door.

[magooagain]

We had a grotty old ral when we were kids"Nicky". He would charge about all over the house and garden,he even used to jump through an open window whilst doing it.

Mum called it "50 fits".

[juice]

Here's Oscar exhibiting classic Zoomies - just after a bath !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEwACNizP7M

[Pesty]

[carinatauk]

You need a young Cocker Spaniel to experience the wall of death syndrome. And the hammer round the garden like a mental bumper car, then going into the house for the wall of death mode, hoping that she misses all the dog poop that I hadn't managed to clear up Now she is a bit more sensible I have managed to decorate the lounge and repair the circle in the garden. Just a shame I don't have it on film

[smudgerebt]

Bullie Runs!

Nothing like 35kg of muscle going mad (be it indoor or out).

The bullie now is old but she she does the odd one.

The RSD is learning how to, being small(ish) 15kg and nimble she is getting good.