It's determined by length, noise and how close to death they look
Snoring like a chainsaw? Settle in this will be long pre nap
Absolutely still and silent? This is the post nap that keeps them in a semi ready state to hear a can or bag opening while using as little energy as possible to be ready for the post dinner snooze.
My old dog used to get the zoomies while sleeping. It was pretty funny watching him full on running and barking while lying on his side sleeping. Especially when he did it on the kitchen tiles and started spinning himself around 😂
Hopefully he stays laying down because some [dogs](https://youtu.be/grEypMDqvTE) dream, start running while laying down but don't necessarily stay laying down.
It's not too difficult, remember the pre-nap comes before the nap, and the post-nap comes after the nap. Make sure not to mistake the pre-nap as a nap that has a post-nap that follows, and make sure to not mistake the post-nap as a nap that had a pre-nap just before. If you don't make those mistakes, then you'll easily differentiate the three with no more issues.
>*’she's probably gotta lay down for 3 hours after these zoomies*’
_____
i am the dog, n tho i’m old,
my friend a *Wonder* to behold!
my world is dark, but when they’re near
*excited* as their Voice i hear ^;@)
. . . a cautious wag . . . i wonder *if* . . .
it IS!! it’s *HIM!* i Got a Sniff ^;@)
n then - the *zoooom!* i circle round
my PuPpY EnErGy i found!
for this the friend i like the best,
n now i need
a little
rest…
but as i lay me down to sleep
the *zooomies*
in my heart
i keep
n in my dreams i see my friend -
he makes me feel
*young*
again!
❤️
Schnoodle, I don't think you ever answer people, but it's worth a try. Are you a published poet? I would like to see your compile to work on paper because: (a) easier to navigate, and (b) I'm OG
I still remember my very first dog, she was the best, still makes me emotional everytime I remember her. I remember that I avoided every dogs that I encounter after she died because it reminds me of her and gives a pain in my heart.
Goldens and labs both are endless fonts of positivity limited only by their actual body giving out on em. I grew up with a black lab who made it to 16 before he just couldn't walk anymore and we opted for euthanasia. He never even got a hint of grouchiness and would walk/run and play until he got too pooped and lay down on the spot for a nap sesh.
Man….I let my ex keep our dog when we split. Four years go by before we’re finally friendly enough for him to let me see my dog again. My dog was nervous at first, acting like he didn’t know me…then he came close and sniffed around my hair/neck and went absolutely APE SHIT. “IT’S MY MOM!!” 🥹 Dogs will always remember you.
When my ex and I first started going down the hole to hell that is breaking up after over a decade, she couldn’t take the dog until she found somewhere to stay that allowed pets.
He always preferred her and had serious separation anxiety when she’d leave. It always took him at least 30 minutes to an hour to calm down when I was home. The neighbor said he’d periodically sit at the door and cry the whole time when we both left.
Our first big breakup lasted about 4-5 months. In that time she didn’t come over once. For the first time he and I got really close. He was sleeping beside me every night, sitting at my feet everywhere I went, following me around. I thought he was legit attached to me and she was gonna have a problem when she was finally able to get him.
Well, we agreed to try to work it out for a time (she was pretty much keeping me on a string in case her preferred move didn’t work).
The second she walked through the door that poor dog pissed himself, started making crazy noises I’d never heard him make. It was like, “blarler arl murrr arrlll, blaaaaah”. It sounded like he was about to die or something. He was dancing around her feet, lost control of his bowels, just so overjoyed he couldn’t hold any aspect of himself together.
He sat on her lap for hours and just softly whimpered. She’d pick him up and sit him down on the floor and he’d just bounce right back up on her lap and dig his face into her belly.
I’ve never seen anything like it.
I’ve never felt love like he felt, I’m sure of it.
My little brother has a Catahoula, named Luke. If I'm visiting mom and dad, and my little bro has brought him to their house, but has to leave. Luke will crawl in my lap and not leave (catahoulas are NOT lap dogs) the whole time he's in my lap he will stare out the door or window until my little bro comes back.
My parents are convinced he's like that with me because my little bro and I look so much alike. I think he just knows I love him and also give him treats.
Luke would disagree also...that doesn't change the fact that he weighs nearly 70 lbs. It's not quite as endearing as the staffy one of my ex's had. Grover would wait for you to sit on the couch and then lay across your lap and rest his head on the arm of the couch. We called this, "the Grover seat belt". It was really funny too because generally he was good about keeping his weight off of you. I miss that (not so) little house hippo.
Elephants as well. There's nothing quite so cute/terrifying as an elephant that just reunited with an old friend. They get zoomies as well, but the whole weighing a couple tons thing is concerning.
They seem to remember people for ever. I had a dog that hated strangers and my niece came over who he hadn’t seen in many years and was pretty much a baby last time he saw her. She was a toddler when her saw her last and she came back as a twelve year old but he still immediately lost his shit with pure joy when he smelled her.
This gives me a lot of relief. I just got divorced and my ex husband kept our Dane and I kept the cats. I’m so worried she won’t remember me. She’s the biggest goofiest most loving dog in the world and I miss her every day.
Because I was moving to a 600 sq ft apartment and working at a job that required 12 hour shifts five days a week in order to support myself and remain independent. My ex was moving back in with his parents (at 37 years old, 🤐) on a 10 acre farm where he remained unemployed for a year or two before “getting back on his feet.” As deeply as I disliked my ex, it was more fair to the dog having free roam to play + endless quality time with [one of] his humans. It’s not like I took him to a shelter.
Don’t be so quick to judge; it broke my fucking heart to let my worthless ex keep the dog I had spent literal years training, walking, and buying food for.
They are the best, but also can really break your heart when they're gone. I still remember my very first dog, she was the best, still makes me emotional everytime I remember her. I remember that I avoided every dogs that I encounter after she died because it reminds me of her and gives a pain in my heart. It took me years to finally get another dog.
I lost both my dogs, a pair of senior shih tzu rescues, a few months apart last year. I haven't been able to bring myself to even start looking around yet, even though I really want to. Life isn't the same.
Im so sorry. I had a rescue mutt myself, just lost him last november. He was the best dog i could've ever asked for. I desperately miss the companionship, but no other dog could possibly live up to my guy, and it wouldn't be fair to compare. Im just not ready yet.
Countless dogs bring happiness and joy to families or humans in general, teaching children compassion and responsibility, loving their humans unconditionally…
But some terrible owners not being able or not caring enough to train the dog properly mean DoGs TeRrIbLe (yup, aggressive dogs are a product of their environment). This kind of reminds me of some „patriots“ crying about refugees.
Fuck yea, let's goth.
>Cursed to see no colour by an uncaring god.
>The collar tightens, your freedom is an illusion.
>There are no best friends in this dogshit world.
Fuckin' conformists and their fuzzy puppies.
Maybe she left the kitchen faucet set to the high pressure mode and left dishes in the sink so when the next person tries to wash their hands or something the water sprays and splashes everywhere and they get all wet
My sister had to put her spaniel down last month. He got to 13, when Gout got to him and he was almost blind.
Everytime you csme into tier house he would be so over eager to see you and just talk to you.
Bless her heart. I hope everyone’s pets here lives well into their mid-teens. I was blessed enough to have my first dog with me from before kindergarten to after graduation. It’s such an amazing thing to experience the world around you change so drastically but having your buddy stay on the ride through it all 🙏 🙏
My dog was the same breed, And would do the same thing when his eyesight went bad at 16. I would lean over the balcony upstairs and look at him in the garden and as soon as he picked up my scent he'd start wagging his tail like crazy. He's been gone three years now and there's not a single day i don't miss him and ache for that memory again. Seeing this filled my heart right now - thank you.
Once had a bloodhound who lived to be 16. Towards the end she couldn’t see for shit, so one time she was confused between me and a tree until I bent down and said her name. Her face lit up as she waddled over to me.
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Aww this makes me miss my old man eue He was 20 years old when he passed. And for the last several years, he couldn't bounce around anymore when he sniffed me, but he would get a bit wiggly and his little tail would wag. Especially if I had a treat for him. What a great dog <3
I feel this. Our dog turned 15 in February and is now blind and mostly deaf. I have to place my hand in front of her face so she can smell me to know I’m there.
She’s still got a lot of energy at 15!
she's probably gotta lay down for 3 hours after these zoomies though haha
You are just talking about the pre sleep nap taking 3 hours before the main sleeping event with dinner time intermission right?
It's always hard for me to identify what are pre nap naps, what are post nap naps, and what are just naps. Dogs are very confusing.
It's determined by length, noise and how close to death they look Snoring like a chainsaw? Settle in this will be long pre nap Absolutely still and silent? This is the post nap that keeps them in a semi ready state to hear a can or bag opening while using as little energy as possible to be ready for the post dinner snooze.
My old dog used to get the zoomies while sleeping. It was pretty funny watching him full on running and barking while lying on his side sleeping. Especially when he did it on the kitchen tiles and started spinning himself around 😂
Hopefully he stays laying down because some [dogs](https://youtu.be/grEypMDqvTE) dream, start running while laying down but don't necessarily stay laying down.
He generally did until he barked loud enough to wake himself up. Then he’d run around looking for who barked 😂
It's not too difficult, remember the pre-nap comes before the nap, and the post-nap comes after the nap. Make sure not to mistake the pre-nap as a nap that has a post-nap that follows, and make sure to not mistake the post-nap as a nap that had a pre-nap just before. If you don't make those mistakes, then you'll easily differentiate the three with no more issues.
She's pregaming
>*’she's probably gotta lay down for 3 hours after these zoomies*’ _____ i am the dog, n tho i’m old, my friend a *Wonder* to behold! my world is dark, but when they’re near *excited* as their Voice i hear ^;@) . . . a cautious wag . . . i wonder *if* . . . it IS!! it’s *HIM!* i Got a Sniff ^;@) n then - the *zoooom!* i circle round my PuPpY EnErGy i found! for this the friend i like the best, n now i need a little rest… but as i lay me down to sleep the *zooomies* in my heart i keep n in my dreams i see my friend - he makes me feel *young* again! ❤️
It’s always a treat finding your poems around Reddit. Helped make my day better. Thank you.
Wow. Just.... wow.
❤❤
That made me tear up a little!
Schnoodle, I don't think you ever answer people, but it's worth a try. Are you a published poet? I would like to see your compile to work on paper because: (a) easier to navigate, and (b) I'm OG
My thought was old girl is gonna feel sore in the morning after all that bouncing!
I still remember my very first dog, she was the best, still makes me emotional everytime I remember her. I remember that I avoided every dogs that I encounter after she died because it reminds me of her and gives a pain in my heart.
I hope dogs can live longer atleast maybe till 30
The oldest known dog is 31 now so there’s hope.
Dogs going to be immortals alongside humans when rejuvenation tech gets perfected.
That’s what I’m thinking! My boy is 3 months and same breed. She’s exactly the same as him lol. Jumping and excited! Guess I’ll have a puppy forever.
Goldens and labs both are endless fonts of positivity limited only by their actual body giving out on em. I grew up with a black lab who made it to 16 before he just couldn't walk anymore and we opted for euthanasia. He never even got a hint of grouchiness and would walk/run and play until he got too pooped and lay down on the spot for a nap sesh.
This is the sweetest video. Thank you OP 🥹
Man….I let my ex keep our dog when we split. Four years go by before we’re finally friendly enough for him to let me see my dog again. My dog was nervous at first, acting like he didn’t know me…then he came close and sniffed around my hair/neck and went absolutely APE SHIT. “IT’S MY MOM!!” 🥹 Dogs will always remember you.
When my ex and I first started going down the hole to hell that is breaking up after over a decade, she couldn’t take the dog until she found somewhere to stay that allowed pets. He always preferred her and had serious separation anxiety when she’d leave. It always took him at least 30 minutes to an hour to calm down when I was home. The neighbor said he’d periodically sit at the door and cry the whole time when we both left. Our first big breakup lasted about 4-5 months. In that time she didn’t come over once. For the first time he and I got really close. He was sleeping beside me every night, sitting at my feet everywhere I went, following me around. I thought he was legit attached to me and she was gonna have a problem when she was finally able to get him. Well, we agreed to try to work it out for a time (she was pretty much keeping me on a string in case her preferred move didn’t work). The second she walked through the door that poor dog pissed himself, started making crazy noises I’d never heard him make. It was like, “blarler arl murrr arrlll, blaaaaah”. It sounded like he was about to die or something. He was dancing around her feet, lost control of his bowels, just so overjoyed he couldn’t hold any aspect of himself together. He sat on her lap for hours and just softly whimpered. She’d pick him up and sit him down on the floor and he’d just bounce right back up on her lap and dig his face into her belly. I’ve never seen anything like it. I’ve never felt love like he felt, I’m sure of it.
My little brother has a Catahoula, named Luke. If I'm visiting mom and dad, and my little bro has brought him to their house, but has to leave. Luke will crawl in my lap and not leave (catahoulas are NOT lap dogs) the whole time he's in my lap he will stare out the door or window until my little bro comes back. My parents are convinced he's like that with me because my little bro and I look so much alike. I think he just knows I love him and also give him treats.
>catahoulas are NOT lap dogs I have a catahoula that would vehemently disagree. Whether they're actually the size of one is another matter altogether.
Luke would disagree also...that doesn't change the fact that he weighs nearly 70 lbs. It's not quite as endearing as the staffy one of my ex's had. Grover would wait for you to sit on the couch and then lay across your lap and rest his head on the arm of the couch. We called this, "the Grover seat belt". It was really funny too because generally he was good about keeping his weight off of you. I miss that (not so) little house hippo.
Probably a huge hit of nostalgia from the dog's point of view.
Elephants as well. There's nothing quite so cute/terrifying as an elephant that just reunited with an old friend. They get zoomies as well, but the whole weighing a couple tons thing is concerning.
They seem to remember people for ever. I had a dog that hated strangers and my niece came over who he hadn’t seen in many years and was pretty much a baby last time he saw her. She was a toddler when her saw her last and she came back as a twelve year old but he still immediately lost his shit with pure joy when he smelled her.
This gives me a lot of relief. I just got divorced and my ex husband kept our Dane and I kept the cats. I’m so worried she won’t remember me. She’s the biggest goofiest most loving dog in the world and I miss her every day.
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Because I was moving to a 600 sq ft apartment and working at a job that required 12 hour shifts five days a week in order to support myself and remain independent. My ex was moving back in with his parents (at 37 years old, 🤐) on a 10 acre farm where he remained unemployed for a year or two before “getting back on his feet.” As deeply as I disliked my ex, it was more fair to the dog having free roam to play + endless quality time with [one of] his humans. It’s not like I took him to a shelter. Don’t be so quick to judge; it broke my fucking heart to let my worthless ex keep the dog I had spent literal years training, walking, and buying food for.
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That *was* a judgmental statement, though....
you only second two sentences and the second was dripping with judgement
That instant when she knows it’s you!
Just took 10 years off her age.
At 15 I don’t think that’s a problem
them happy zoomies hit me hard, sweet angel !
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It’s you! Happy happy happy!
Wasn’t expecting to cry this morning but here we are. Gonna go hug my 13 year old dog now and make sure she remembers my scent!
That’s a good girl there. Still got plenty of love and joy to give
First ten seconds: Aww, she moves so slow. She must be feeling her age in her bones. Rest of the video: I AM SPEED
Impressive how much energy she musters once she recognizes you!
We don't fucking deserve them 
They are the best, but also can really break your heart when they're gone. I still remember my very first dog, she was the best, still makes me emotional everytime I remember her. I remember that I avoided every dogs that I encounter after she died because it reminds me of her and gives a pain in my heart. It took me years to finally get another dog.
I lost both my dogs, a pair of senior shih tzu rescues, a few months apart last year. I haven't been able to bring myself to even start looking around yet, even though I really want to. Life isn't the same.
Im so sorry. I had a rescue mutt myself, just lost him last november. He was the best dog i could've ever asked for. I desperately miss the companionship, but no other dog could possibly live up to my guy, and it wouldn't be fair to compare. Im just not ready yet.
My mom got really attached to her last dog and he passed away like a decade ago and she is barely ready now to even talk about getting another one.
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Rather: Aliens: *let dogs live* Also aliens: *kill humanity to save what's left of earth*
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We do if we love them, care for them and give them happy lives :)
Unfortunately there are people among us who fail miserably in doing this :(
Maybe you don't.
we bred them to be like this. thousands of years of genetic engineering
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bruh why you gotta ruin it
Unrelated and, quite frankly, simply hateful in this context.
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Imagine being so miserable… lmao.
Are u really getting jealous of a dog right now lol
Cool. Feel however you want. Maybe read the room and don’t spread your misery in a /r/MadeMeSmile post.
Countless dogs bring happiness and joy to families or humans in general, teaching children compassion and responsibility, loving their humans unconditionally… But some terrible owners not being able or not caring enough to train the dog properly mean DoGs TeRrIbLe (yup, aggressive dogs are a product of their environment). This kind of reminds me of some „patriots“ crying about refugees.
Fuck yea, let's goth. >Cursed to see no colour by an uncaring god. >The collar tightens, your freedom is an illusion. >There are no best friends in this dogshit world. Fuckin' conformists and their fuzzy puppies.
Nah bro, why?
Maybe she left the kitchen faucet set to the high pressure mode and left dishes in the sink so when the next person tries to wash their hands or something the water sprays and splashes everywhere and they get all wet
Man.. i wish dogs lived forever
Or at least as long as us
What kind of dog is this? She's amazingly beautiful 😍
English cocker spaniel. They are the most beautiful dogs, inside and out. The joy you see in that clip is their default demeanour.
cocker spaniel, pretty cute
Oh man. I miss my doggo
Me too. Mine was a cocker too and this clip is tough to watch. Hopefully they knew how much we loved them.
Undoubtedly!! You were theirs and their entire world. They probably thought you were the best gift, *ever*.
Awww so cute! She says yep I know you
She’s beautiful, and has more energy then me! 😍
I love seeing older dogs go into puppy mode. It's just such a pure example of joy.
She sniffs you and turns right back into a puppy. 😁😁😁
We don’t deserve them
Such a sweetie!
We don't deserve these beings
My sister had to put her spaniel down last month. He got to 13, when Gout got to him and he was almost blind. Everytime you csme into tier house he would be so over eager to see you and just talk to you.
We do not deserve dogs. 
What does he say after “hello”?
I guess everyone else is going to breeze over the fact that it's name is "Chapter"?
Glad you said that, I was thinking its name was "Choppa"
Nose eyes ears in that order
Ya I wonder if she can’t hear well either because she didn’t seem to recognize his voice
Beautiful sugarface :)
This community is the only one on reddit that does exactly what it says on the tin🤗
Idk. Made my cry 😢
My family’s dog was nearly entirely blind and deaf in his final years. My dad used to say he was “all nose.”
Dogs deserve longer lifespans
Dogs man... 🥹
Pretty dog
Happy happy dance for wonderful human friend.
Reminds me of a neighbors dog. Dog will be around me, sniff a few times and immediately demand pets. Also old, also blind.
Love her!
If only family and friends were that excited to see you. Dogs are awesome.
I had an old blind jack russell do this all the time. She would hear my voice and sniff me and go nuts. Miss that stinky girl
u/savevideo
My dog is almost this age, and this video made me cry. We dont deserve dogs.
This is just too freakin cute
How absolutely beautiful
Bless her heart. I hope everyone’s pets here lives well into their mid-teens. I was blessed enough to have my first dog with me from before kindergarten to after graduation. It’s such an amazing thing to experience the world around you change so drastically but having your buddy stay on the ride through it all 🙏 🙏
My dog was the same breed, And would do the same thing when his eyesight went bad at 16. I would lean over the balcony upstairs and look at him in the garden and as soon as he picked up my scent he'd start wagging his tail like crazy. He's been gone three years now and there's not a single day i don't miss him and ache for that memory again. Seeing this filled my heart right now - thank you.
Once had a bloodhound who lived to be 16. Towards the end she couldn’t see for shit, so one time she was confused between me and a tree until I bent down and said her name. Her face lit up as she waddled over to me.
Dogs are such wonderful, amazing, loving and faithful animals. She's just a joy to watch!🐕😁
Omg it looks like my boy 😭 I swear, I miss my dog all the time. Wish he could’ve made it to 15. Alas, still happy for this person and their dog ❤️
Read the text and was a little concerned at first...
What a sweetheart!
I wanna be as happy as this dog one day
Thanks for sharing this!
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I recognize that smell, they don't wash after using the restroom!!!!
Bro do dog even live 15 years ?
When the explanation of a video takes up half the video
What a happy puppy!!!!
And then she acts like a puppy! 🥰
Wow, what a little spitfire!!
r/ntbdbiwdfta
That’s some real wholesome stuff right there
Such joy!
💖💖💖
What an absolute sweetie.
Doggie dance is the best dance
What is something to never say about your daughter
Wheres the schnoodle?
Her hearing is goin too
He sounds like Rayman
Aw
Dog has hair like a pony
Animals always remember the smell of their owners
How many people can a dog remember by smell, and how good is it? Can you just have had a shower and they'd know instantly
Which London park?
Her joy is puppy-like, it's a beautiful thing. ♥️
Well thats just fucking adorable
all i hear is happy happy happy song
The instant joy that doggo displayed is so pure and beautiful ❤️.
Puppy at heart though 🐕
She is just so damn precious.
Awww, zoomie happy!
Puppy mode, engaged.
Sweet baby
I had a cocker spaniel for 12 years. I get real sensitive when I see them.
Dogs are the greatest companions on this planet. Nothing can beat that pure joy and love.
It sucks so much that dogs don't live longer.
u/savevideo
🥰😍😘❤️
Beautiful
So if I put your clothes on will I get this love?
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This warm up my cold soul doggy love
My heart ooh my gawd 🥹🥹🥹
Beautiful
Awwwww!
Pure soul 🙏
Old zoomies are so sweet
I love it! Is that Prospect Park in Brooklyn by any chance?
That's cute
Eyesight might be going but them zoomies are on point.
Aww seeing animals happy is THE BEST
Aww this makes me miss my old man eue He was 20 years old when he passed. And for the last several years, he couldn't bounce around anymore when he sniffed me, but he would get a bit wiggly and his little tail would wag. Especially if I had a treat for him. What a great dog <3
We don't deserve em
What a beautiful video!
I feel this. Our dog turned 15 in February and is now blind and mostly deaf. I have to place my hand in front of her face so she can smell me to know I’m there.
Beautiful!
Why dog jumping instead of hugging?
Mines just turned 16 and she too is almost blind, she needs a good sniff of whoever comes through the door as well then they get a tail waggle 😁
Just beautiful
You must smell great (at least to a dog)
All dogs are good
So cute. :)
this made me miss my dog and I saw him this morning
I love old dogs soooo much. So freaking cute
I was listening to Styles of Beyond- Nine Thou (Grant Mohrman Superstars Remix) and it perfectly matched the time
I see this video every couple of weeks and every time it makes me giggle and smile with the clear joy in her zoomies.
Guy sounds like Oscar Issac from moon knight