A sudden mad minute

My staffy on the odd occasion will have a  minute where he goes frantic,Running that fast that he can hardly stop before he runs into things.I am frightend that he might hurt himself.Its hard to stop him.Has anyone else had this problem.

They are all a bit crazy! Daisy does this, I call it her mad half hour!!

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Darcy has this mad 5 mins too, zoomies

Never indoors anymore but she was a loon lol! Hiya from us Xx

i call it a funny half hour, my old boy Dexter used to do it and roxy had her first tonight,

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MrToast wrote:i call it a funny half hour, my old boy Dexter used to do it and roxy had her first tonight,

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MrToast wrote:i call it a funny half hour, my old boy Dexter used to do it and roxy had her first tonight,

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You forgot the round and round!

Mod wrote:My staffy on the odd occasion will have a  minute where he goes frantic,Running that fast that he can hardly stop before he runs into things.I am frightend that he might hurt himself.Its hard to stop him.Has anyone else had this problem.

Don't worry about him hurting himself, they are pretty robust

round and round made me dizzy

You mean running flat chat like a loon from one side of the room to the other, skidding under furniture, smacking his head into things, laying down then doing the whole thing all over again and again and again, taking out anything and everything that may happen to be in the way? Never heard of it before 

It is a normal .... Chiquito used to do it daily as a younger pup, called it his mad half hour ... he would literally run around like a mad thing until he fell asleep. Now he does it a couple of times a week for five to ten minutes at a time 

Yes Kell,Its the same.

Yep, Biscuit does this too. She'll get a wild look in her eye and everyone in the house will sit on something as high up as possible and watch the mayhem ensue. She's never done herself any damage.. but has taken my legs out on a few occasions. Just a dog thing :)As others have said.. they're pretty robust; I doubt she would do herself any damage.. your valuable items on the other hand.. we can't promise anything

Yep, another one here, don't consider it a problem.

The Tedster mostly does it in the garden. runs from one side to the other in a figure 8 pattern the extremes of which have raised flower beds. He has never hurt himself yet. They seem to know what they are doing.

Simon & The Tedster

Yep, Milton does it too, usually outside but if all the doors are open in the house he'll sometimes charge up and down the full length a few times. He's jumped clear over the sofa on more than one occasion and also likes to run underneath my Land Rover and out the other side. I usually just stand laughing at him, the little nutter

my 2 have never really done it like that , closest I suppose is a little lunacy from Tommy when he gets off lead in a certasin area we go to and he launches himself through the grass for 10 mins.
However , a friends Staff we were looking after at the time we got Tilly used to do the zoomies all the time , complete nutter. One day in our house , the OH was lying on the couch and she was with her (6 months old) and she just jumped up for no reason , went absolutely mental round the room , jumped back on the couch nipped my Mrs on the bum ( ) another 2 mins mental time then jumped back on the couch and went back to sleep

Diesel used to do this all the time, usually after she'd been out for a huge walk! We call them burn-outs, funny as hell...well until she makes a b-line for u as she is maniacly dartin about!! Leroy hasnt dont it yet...think hes to lazy lol

Our two do it. The older one (Sophie) starts it, going around the yard like she's found some kind of crack or something. Then the pup (Taco) stands there watching for a couple of laps, decides that it looks like fun and joins in. He's only done it on his own once so far. As far as I'm aware, it's a completely normal staffy thing.

I love watching the zoomies!!

Haha sounds to me he is entertaining himself! Im sure if he ever really did hurt himself, he might not try it again! But would be cute to watch!

Yep our two do this - we have a heavy swivel armchair that can rotate a full 360 degrees when they're in full throttle The house is slowly getting more and more Staffie-proof, ie plants no longer stand on the floor, furniture has moved so there is a clear runway from one room to the next, the cats eat on the kitchen worktops....

oh yeah perfectly normal. up and down the stairs, jump on me then out into the garden and back up the stairs. hitting furniture and doorways as they go, im sure there heads are 99% bone 1% brain lol

Nathan wrote:oh yeah perfectly normal. up and down the stairs, jump on me then out into the garden and back up the stairs. hitting furniture and doorways as they go, im sure there heads are 99% bone 1% brain lol

That is exactly what Daisy does!!

Kuchar's the same. all of a sudden he'll go round and round and round (repeat to the point of exhaustion) the living room, which is fairly big. He's pretty clever at avoiding banging into things, but will include going up and down our two staircases. He goes at 100mph and sounds like a galloping horse. We call it the zoomies or "wall of death" .

Lynda wrote:Kuchar's the same.  all of a sudden he'll go round and round and round (repeat to the point of exhaustion) the living room, which is fairly big.  He's pretty clever at avoiding banging into things, but will include going up and down our two staircases.  He goes at 100mph and sounds like a galloping horse.  We call it the zoomies or "wall of death" .  

lol sounds just like my two except they arnt as clever at avoiding the furniture., Can I borrow him to teach them how its done? lol not for fear of them hurting themselves but to stop my furniture from being wrecked.

Sapphy is same she has a mental half hour haha she even jumps and clears sofa im sure shes a gazzell in a staff body lol. Xx

Lexi did this until she ran into a wall. Didn't do it anymore.

We have this pretty much every day even once he's had a good walk and play outside he'll run under beds and run all over the garden and run through the bushes it is amusing lol.

Nathan wrote:

Lynda wrote:Kuchar's the same.  all of a sudden he'll go round and round and round (repeat to the point of exhaustion) the living room, which is fairly big.  He's pretty clever at avoiding banging into things, but will include going up and down our two staircases.  He goes at 100mph and sounds like a galloping horse.  We call it the zoomies or "wall of death" .  

lol sounds just like my two except they arnt as clever at avoiding the furniture., Can I borrow him to teach them how its done? lol not for fear of them hurting themselves but to stop my furniture from being wrecked.

Sorry Nathan, I don't think Kuchar could teach your guys a thing about avoiding furniture. He just goes brain dead when he does his wall of death routine and tbh it's just luck that the only furniture up against the walls is soft and has "channels" behind it.

Isn't it cute to see though?! Daft beggars.

Mine all do it.

yep Molly does it too..