ZOOMIES! Why They Occur? Are They Safe? (Zoomie Videos)

[@lea_the_frenchton]

When I laugh really loud, mine goes right away to her toy and brings it to me to play... so I definitely think that our energy can trigger the zoomies and I find them really funny 🤣

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[@mattdemoraes]

I've just started zooming with my Boston too. Seemed fun, turns out it is, and she goes mental when I do it with her.

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[@philippesantini2425]

Way to go! 😊👌 🍁✌

[@ginnyfromdablock7551]

This comment made my day

[@mattdemoraes]

@@ginnyfromdablock7551 yay! You should zoom with yours too. We can start a revolution

[@someguy8811]

My pugley of 16 years got zoomies every time after a bath. Even when she got older. She does zoomies in heaven now🌈💔. I have a 5 month old boston Marley now she does zoomies at random times usually when playing or going outside. I always thought it was a sign of happiness 😊. A lot of animals actually do it horses,cows,pigs,etc.

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[@robinweigle9571]

My oldest Boston, who is 12 ½, still does “zoomies” occasionally. Usually when my 7-yr-old Boston is doing them indoors. The older dogs’ sessions last only seconds.

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[@cassandras206]

Aww 🥰! So cute! I loved this zoomie video. Our Boston’s are just so much fun! 😃

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[@HairyManBaby69]

One of the main ones for mine is probably excitement or boredom. But when there's snow EVERYTIME he's outside there's at least 5 zoomies lol

[@smokinjoe3117]

I have fond memories of my grandma's Boston terrier and the daily zoomies

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[@CalvinTheBostonTerrierist]

Love Zoomies! I call it “Indoor Parkour” too!! 😂

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[@vikkizoo1]

We call them indoor parkour too.

[@CalvinTheBostonTerrierist]

@@vikkizoo1 too funny! My channel has a video of indoor parkour and a whole host of other silly Boston terrier antics that are funny to watch. Lol

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[@valeriekitlove5324]

Thank you! I LOVE the ZOOM. My 2 YO Staffordshire Terrier is 2 years old. He loves to soon. He and I have arrived at a way he can safely zoom n his leash (we live in a city with leash requirements). Often he is simply expending energy. Sometimes he’s showing off for a neighbor. Lately, I’m pretty certain he is zooming to stimulate his digestion to do his business. It has been especially cold here in Clayton, MO and there has been fewer long walks and sniff around opportunities. The movement of the zoom assists in stimulating gut peristalsis for effective bowel evacuation. Plus they are so fun to watch. Next sweet pooch I get is going to be a Boston Terrier. Precious breed.

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[@ceceb6264]

My toy schnauzer does this, sometimes it starts with his favorite toy and ends with his big brother, always at night

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[@dianeoliver9041]

I loved Zoomies! We used to say Wild Dog & ours would take off & if she was already doing Zoomies we could say Wild Dog & she’s get even wilder, she loved it & we did too, so funny. She’s 14 now and her Zoomies are going in Circles in the Living Room once in a while, she goes one way then will change & go the other way, still so funny. At her age not very playful but still has her moments sometimes when she’s ready to play a little. Love our sweet girl. 👏🏼♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️😍

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[@ProfessorUmbreon]

Zoomies = cuteness! One of my family's dogs does it all the time! She's our cute little ball of energy! Quick question, why do dogs sneeze when they're excited?

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[@philippesantini2425]

I know that quick exhales through the nose are one way of "rallying the troops" so to speak.

[@janetjohnson6897]

Growing up on a big farm we got to see farm animals do zoomies pigs cows and calves . I’ve also witnessed deer Fawn doing zoomies . I’d guess it just a big explosion of energy that’s some animals discovered to be fun ❤️

[@margaretjudice8944]

Rosie, my Boston does these. Hers are random times. Usually she is outside.

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[@lindadoran6062]

Our Boston did them for the first few years. We laughed so much. We would say "go, go" and she would run around the living room and down the hall.

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[@SusanNoulton]

My westie used to do Zoomies. Once with my 2 cats. It was hilarious 🤣🤣 Love your Bella.❤️❤️

[@Sloppyjoey1]

I have a French Bulldog (Similar breed) and literally every day at 9pm like clockwork he get the zoomies. For my dog it's a meal, a poop or a bath usually.

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[@luvzdogz]

Our 1 year old boxer lab mix has zoomies daily, sometimes 2-3 times. It's hilarious to watch and hard to catch on camera. We call her Hurricane Sadie when she's zooming! LOL

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[@joannc3373]

Our pups do the zoomies whenever I get home from work and I am greeting them 🙂 it's the best thing ever! Makes me feel loved and that they missed me. Hubby works from home these days and so they tend not to greet him much like this. Only me ❤️

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[@Blaqity]

Yeah I work from home. He usually does it when my bf gets home from work. Gets me every time 🤣

[@anitagulfin3705]

This was the nightly entertainment for my family and myself when our three Bostons would do it. Yes, each of our three stopped doing it as they got older. Oddly enough, Bodie the Chihuahua I’m currently baby sitting, shocked me when we came back from a short walk around 6:15pm yesterday. He is 8 lbs. and not a youngster anymore, but maybe the fact that this is only the second day in a row that I have actually been taking him outside to walk instead of vegging out on the recliner, could have been a release of pent up energy. He went wild for about 5 minutes, jumping on and off of the recliner and zooming around the room.

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[@michaelmadsen1774]

Thanks for your videos. I'm new to Boston having adopted a 7 yr old male 1 yr ago....He's very smart,lovable and is my very best friend......

[@michaelmadsen1774]

My 7 yr old Boston doesn't do full zoomies.He does let off steam daily by trying to have me catch him bye running at me and then away...He grunts and acts tough while he's doing this.Its adorable...

[@anonomous1546]

4 and a half year old Brad starts biting his leash when he gets that burst of energy!

[@ericjeanneret9972]

My Rizzo is 4mo old and does zoomies occasionally but decided at 4:30am this morning was a good time to do them. Fortunately he only woke up my 5yr old daughter. Zoomies are hilarious to watch!

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[@solarsystemwulf96]

I love how Bella's zoomie time was 9:00! Brandy (my boston puppy) zooms at 8:30 XD

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[@hopedewitt9143]

My boston Max loves to get the zoomies when he knows he has something he's not supposed to have, and makes you chase him around until I can catch him and take whatever he has that he's not supposed to have, or there are some nights where its before my husband and I go to bed that he'll just run around the room in a huge circle to tire himself out. It doesn't happen as much now that we have a new pug for him to play with, but the chasing zoomie does still occur. Its very frustrating because he'll try to eat glass or something and if its in his mouth, he'll make you chase him until you catch him.

[@tritiumrecords717]

My reggie does mad zoomies after bathtime and a zoomie spin or 2 everytime he needs to go out for poop,

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[@janabug68]

I know the last time my parents Boston did a zoomie was when I was home and I told her to get her toy. She took off running around the living room in excitement

[@scapelaine4529]

Lol my dog does whiz bangs but I think that it's the same thing as Zoomies , I didn't know they were called zoomies so I named them wizbangs cuz they're so cute as they do the twirling thing and then zoom off so I can see where they're called Zoomies too ! 💜

[@molissaallen80]

Mine does it when it’s a nice day outside and she’s just super excited to be out.

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[@victorialoveday9998]

My Tessie is 6 months old and she’s zoomie crazy every time she goes outside!

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[@alexandreviejo4599]

Emma has zoomies at least once a day, usually when playing outside with her Husky brother!

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[@frederickdick1907]

My boston only does a zombie if he poops inside. If he starts zooming start looking for the poop

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[@MultiCassie12345]

This is an interesting comment. Our boston did zoomies like clockwork every night UNTIL she learned to use the doggie door to GO. That was at 6 mos and the inside accidents, along with frequency of zoomies, decreased noticeably. She is a year now and zoomies has toned down to 9pm hyperexcitement rather than blind, crazed zoomies. Her eyes turn sort of bloodshot during these high energy and demanding playtimes. I think she looks like a demondog and take cover. One note is that our boston has several outdoor, vigorous play times every day with people and other dogs in our community dog park. The time of day IS the trigger. Our boston can tell time!

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[@Martin-ol4uq]

Both my Bostons were completely bonkers until they were about 4 years old. Excitement, a bath, new toy or just letting off steam. I'd just sit back and enjoy the energy and the wild look in their eyes as they hurtled around the house. It's been a while....so I really enjoyed the zoomie clips at the end. Thanks!

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[@vivianlee4848]

My 12 week old BT, Buster, already does Zoomies practically every day. He's got a lot of energy and since he's too young to go to the dog park yet, it's a fun and hilarious way to get his ya-yas out! It makes me laugh every time. Sometimes he'll run through the house, behind the couch and around a few times. Very funny!

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[@sabrinahammond9465]

Love these..we call it his booty run. I think ours is triggered from excitement. We try to get him to do it at least once a day because it makes us laugh so much! I’m glad it’s not bad for them.

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[@SONIA1]

Thank you for all the info . I thought my Raider was the only crazy one

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[@alannowak734]

My bostons do zoomies everyday! Usually after a good nap they are ready to go! And they both do it!

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[@lfevery14661]

We always called them tantrums when Buster did them- he was the boston we had when I was a teen. He would mostly do them when we were playing- we would roll him over continuously until he would get mad and start running. He had a specific route he would do every night- and when we took the furniture away years later, we could see the marks where he would bounce off the walls. My current Boston, Polly, does it when she plays with specific toys- not sure why.

[@robertwood1226]

LOL i didnt know what it was till now! My Boston of 5 years Claude, only does it after i have to clean his bottom when he does a number 2 lol

[@Babyfaceref]

Our little save=age does them at least twice a day. When he comes back in from the backyard after he poops. And about half an hour before we go to bed. We love them!

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[@mrmoon747]

My plumber terrier is the zoomie boss, after a walk or bath, very easy to calm down though if I pick her up and and stroke her chest talking to her calmly she calms down quickly, worse thing you can do is laugh, the more you laugh the faster they run lol

[@aalok.pramilavidyarthi6617]

Our 13 weeks Amigo always has before he goes to sleep.. in the night

[@richardwiesenthal9533]

Our dog is triggered by laughter. If he is doing some thing and I start to laugh he looks at me and then he breaks into zoomies and he particularly likes if I put my hands down towards the floor and make a circle with my arms he will jump through them and jump back the other way.

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[@dianenelson3535]

Boomer used to do them at least a couple times a week (we love them) usually when I would get home from work. He's 14 now, and I'm semi retired so he maybe does them once a month, but to our delight after taking him shopping with us today, when he got out of the car he did a bunch of zoomies in the from yard-Never tire of them

[@johnfowler6189]

Zoomies are pretty funny until you take your Boston out to the agility course for a lesson and halfway through the lesson they get the zoomies. You may as well grab a chair, have a cool drink etc. and wait until they get it out of their system. 😭

[@ms_vannary99]

My BT is 5 days post op from neutering. I’ve noticed he’s more aggressive and constantly pulling when we are walking. Any advice? Also, he’ll stop midway as we are walking to bite my feet/shoes. I get so embarrassed in public lol. I’m just waiting for him to officially heal and we can return back to the dog park so he can socialize again.

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[@MUST-TRT]

I love that you guys call this phenomenon ZOOMIES! Cracks me up! One of the finer things in life to observe. Our Boston Terrier Iven does ZOOMIES all the time! He's gonna be 7 in April and still does them on the regular! My wife gets so sad about Bella and the fact that you say she doesn't or hadn't done them in years. Literally, makes her cry thinking of this happening to Iven - because he's getting older - but so far shows no signs of lack of youth. Which reminds me - we had a beloved Pit Bull named Tasha...she was amazing all around. Did ZOOMIES most of her life - like clockwork and like Iven (still everyday), ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS AFTER EACH DUMP! ALWAYS! It's fantastic and hilarious. Whether we stay in the yard, or go back inside the house, right after the #2 business is done: 3,2,1...ZOOMIES!

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[@kathykriebel2034]

My boston boy is almost 10 and still gets the zoomies on a regular basis. It can be when he is excited to see someone or when its time to eat and yes, he often gets a case of the zoomies after doing #2!

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[@godmadecowstoo]

Love zoomies! What kind of monster doesn't?!? Our Pebbles does them more outside in the summer (hard to do in winter in 2 feet of snow) but occasionally does them inside too. But one thing she does every single day is frolic on the stair landing (the one spot where we have carpet in the house). She'll just roll on her back and push herself around in circles... It's even more amusing than zoomies!

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[@debrasycks1423]

My Bella does zombies all the time. At least four times a day always she like to do zombies outside with her other puppie Stella. I think they get excited playing together and love there zombies and pool time too.

[@brettleecubbage]

My Boston does zombies before she poops. Lot of times. I don’t know why. But it’s funny.

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[@ninaj3927]

Zoe, my 3 year old Boston has zommies 3 times a week outside in the back yard right after she goes potty before bed time.

[@leticiashiflet7424]

When our female has a zoomie we say she’s broke lol.

[@frenchmi]

My Boston (Baxter) does Zoomies on command, funny as hell

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[@gaylenut]

Hazel does zoomies every single day! We walk daily and I take her off the leash she gets a treat and off she goes! Often it’s showing off for another 🐶

[@jamescook4881]

We must create a safe space for zoomies to happen guys. Although, I'm a little worried. My dog has nonstop done zoomies all day everyday for the last 4 years. She's even doing zoomies as I'm typing this. What should I do?

[@scapelaine4529]

Oh my gosh it's so hilarious watching these other Boston to do the same thing that my shaemus does! I've had two other bosses and they've all done wizbangs or as everybody else calls them Zoomies!

[@janetjohnson6897]

Justlike Donnie says anything can cause a zoomie. Some of mine do it after a particularly good poop.

[@mdpink55]

9 pm is the trigger!

[@susieharbaugh8159]

The 8 o'clock hour. Count on it every evening. Through the kitchen, into the family room, around the sofa, back through the kitchen, into the dining room, then the living room, up and down the stairs......rinse and repeat. lol Then Festus heads to bed. Of course, by that time, OUR eyes are bugging out. lol

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[@GrubWarp]

my mini goldendoodle has a specific obstacle course he designed for himself. every single night

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[@tonyaaikens5487]

Georgia does it and I love them

[@nicestep27]

My dog Rocky do zoomies every night at 9 o´clock, I don´t know why but is part of his routine :)

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[@Autarkierous]

My Frenchy Zoomies too ^^

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[@vikkizoo1]

Our Boston does them sometimes. Our 14 month old Frenchie does them everyday. Always around bedtime and Occasionally at another time of day. 🌈🌈🦋🦋

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[@lescocat1501]

I thought my dog was nuts the first time.

[@elainemorse7319]

My BT does zoomed in the afternoon and night time my problem is when out in front I use a 25 foot leash and he has literally lassoed me off my feet! Which is pretty scary.. Any suggestions on what I can do?

[@heisensaul5538]

My Boston will do them later at night, probably just getting some energy out b/c it's a little too cold for her to go outside at the moment. Before we had our Boston, we had a Puggle and she would do zoomie every now and then. it would last for about 2 minutes. My Boston will do it and it will last for the same amount of time. But I feel like my Boston does this more often than my Puggle did.

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[@bettysams8559]

I think zoomies are a terrier thing. We had a toy fox terrier, and miniature pinscher they both did zoomies.

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[@onlyallegra]

We had a toy poodle that always did zoomies until he got older and had hip problems. 90% of the time he did it to get rid of energy over something he was excited about. If you mentioned going to grandma's, he would do 5-10 zoomies around the dinning room table until he stopped and hyperventilated. He was more excited about getting to go to grandma's than people who just won the lottery jackpot do. In my experience, it was the only was to get out that much energy.

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[@kenrigby355]

My Boston is 7 years old and she Does zoomies every other day like clock work around 9pm-10pm

[@b.bernal6151]

My daughter’s BT does way more than mine, but I exercise my BT on a regular basis and she doesn’t. I think they just need to release built up energy.

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[@joce_vlogs16]

my Boston does that after pooping and she is funny but my other Boston chases her tail also both of my Bostons do zoomies when ever they go out into the backyard because my backyard is really big

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[@earljackson2338]

When Chandler was 1-3 years old, she would do zoomies every morning when she first got out of her house. She was like the cartoon Tasmanian devil - just a whirlwind. And the an internal switch would get flipped and she'd crash and wait quietly for breakfast and usually look for my lap to rest up from it. She's 7 now and zoomies are very much a thing of the past.

[@BluePlanet470]

I have 2 BT's. The male has them daily for any random reason and the female maybe 3 or 4 times a week. A bath sets both of them off into SUPER ZOOMIES when you take them out of the tub.

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[@zyonsdream]

My dog has poop zoomies. Does her business and then runs in the house going crazy.

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[@donclarke431]

Ours does it too. But we call it Super Dog!

[@Remindelilah]

my boston does zoomies when ever the family is all in the same room watching tv togetter . and when she knows she is going to get a bath

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[@keoni37]

Every night between 9-9:30 pm.

[@Russian_photographer]

Squirting the feet. When I squirt my dogs feet she goes completely psycho. It’s so cute!!!! She also does it before bed, even after a 8-10 mile walk/jog day.

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[@nanidogmomstevens6386]

I call it the puppy scrambles! I think it’s part exercise and part joy, just happy to be alive!☦️👩🏻‍🦳🇺🇸

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[@philliplapointe7753]

My Bostonterrier is 1yr. Old now and doesn't do it so much now but when he was smaller he would run and purposely put his head down and roll completely over from his shoulders to his back like a human does a forwad roll has any of you out there Bostonterriers done that is it a boston thing?

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[@MultiCassie12345]

Mine does that with her boyfriend, a dachshund mix--both 1 yr olds. They body wrestle and bite and wiggle around each other, but my boston is much more agile and does incredible pretzel and body rolls!

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[@donnettahuffman8818]

Our Roxy is 11 She still gets zoomies once in a while but not like she did.

[@JJMM33]

We called it, “The puppy runs.”

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[@stvincents2007]

In England, we call em nutty 5 minutes,

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[@ryanwilson2909]

I’ve never had a dog (different breeds) that hasn’t “zoomied”. It seems they are trying to impress and to draw me into playing with them. This is one more reason why I love dogs. They are fury little people that need attention and give you loyalty unconditionally. If only women were half as loyal.

[@toddspaulding8822]

I have a Boston that eats anything cloth. She even likes to chew her toys through cloth. She then tries to eat it. She had to have surgery one to remove her blanket from her belly. I cannot leave her alone with a blanket or anything cloth. I hate it bc I crate her when I have too but I feel bad she cant have anything with her. Anyone else experience this.

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[@mr.sourcreamsupreme2180]

My Boston does zoomies on good grass

[@ms_vannary99]

Also, yea! Boba does zoomies everyday before bed or nap time. He’s 10 months old and we don’t mind it. We do stay out of his way and keep the door open lol

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[@mollidunckel9658]

My Boston Oliver likes to do zoomies when he's getting ready to 💩💩💩

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[@kerrybeesley6957]

Mine gets zoomies after he poops!! Lol

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[@Zepp2922]

Zoomies at 7 almost everynight

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[@TheGrimmy]

You do yourselves a favour and get a teaser toy and have controlled zoomies! They can be dangerous if they fall or jump off somewhere high...

[@philippesantini2425]

👈Roxy got them randomly &...LOL...I'm pretty sure I remember having the zoomies myself a few times as a kid. It felt like a sudden onset of happy/manic energy that must be released immediately. A full body, mind & spirit, form of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). 😊🍁✌

[@kathysemrau2301]

Loved the zoomies!

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[@mikedrop4421]

Not for anything in their path. Gotta hand it to them though, watching a dog run head first into a coffee table and shake it of is impressive.

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[@MultiCassie12345]

Our boston is in a dog park with other dog owners who drive their golf carts and dogs down to socialize. My boston is very, very active and often chases and is chased by other dogs and has crashed into golf cart tires several time. I think her head has become bigger and flatter as a result but crashing doesn't slow her down!

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[@mikedrop4421]

@@MultiCassie12345 I feel like we are on the exact same page about this one lol. My mom says Polo is literally and figuratively hard headed. He gets so excited about going outside that sometimes he gets past me in the hallway and literally runs DOWN the stairs which is a problem because the front door is only about 4 feet away from the bottom step and since he's running by the bottom he's moving so fast he jumps past the last 2 or 3 stairs and lands then slides headfirst into the closed door. It looks as horrible as it sounds. The first few times I was sure he broke his neck but he's been doing it for 3 years now and he always just shakes his head and makes a "haarumph" noise and carries on.

[@stanley1198]

Zoomies always happen after a poo.......

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