Julie k- you have interesting replies. I like your style. I wanted to start a new thread so I can stop taking over sarahdees.
I like how creative you are about redirecting the zoomies. I had started teaching Rocky leg weaves but I did not keep up with it. He is a very fast learner and loves to do shaping exercises. I think he may be mixed with a working breed. Problem with his zoomies etc. Is it can be very rude. Particullarly to men. I have tried the advice of keeping him on leash but when he calms and I remove the leash you never know when he is going to decide to let it all out. For example there was one time a male visitor came and sat on the couch. Rocky had already calmed. When all of a sudden he came zooming through the living room up the couch and ran across this mans back. So rude. Lucky he understood. Rocky seems to know who he can and can not do this too. He is usually quite calm at home with ocasional zooms. except when visitors come he gets so excited he cant controll himself. So I am wondering how do I know when he will zoom or do you just go right into showing off the can to trash game etc as soon as visitors enter? Do you have any other crative ideas for the zoomies episodes and also Im curious do they do this forever or is there an age they kind of stop? I actually think it is kind of funny to watch him zoom but not up someones back. Maybe when I get rid of the carpet which could be this fall he wont zoom as much the first time he slides across the room.