![]() This drinking desire manifests every day at shower time, too, and the word “shower” must never be mentioned in his presence. ![]() Collins, Colorado, where he would entertain passersby with his antics of chasing the shooting plumes of water, drinking them head on when he could catch them, which was more often than not. This was first discovered at a shooting water display in the square of Old Town in Ft. Even beyond this addiction is his fervent desire to drink fast-moving water. He is well known for not being willing to come out of swimming holes. I have to bring water sandals to walk out to get him if two hours have passed. Sarah Bexell, who teaches at the University of Denver's Graduate School of Social Work and is a member of their Institute For Human-Animal Connection, Darwin, an Australian Shepard-Catahoula hound mix, is high-energy and wickedly smart, willing to work 24/7/365 for the person with the highest treat bid. I agree! I've seen Darwin in action countless times.Ībout Darwin the frapper, Sarah told me that Darwin has multiple fascinations, but other than for food and squirrels, water is his strongest motivator. “the water fountain dog.” According to his human, Dr. One of my favorite stories of frenetic self-play involves a wonderful dog who was aptly named Darwin, a.k.a. ![]() On these zoomies, some dogs chase their tail until they spin so fast they fall over, only to do it again and again, some dash here and there but somehow seem to know the dimensions of their body and rarely run into an object, other dogs, or people, and then there's Darwin "the water fountain frapper dog." Zoomies/FRAPS are high-energy bursts of activity in which a dog looks like s/he is possessed, after which they often lie down exhausted as if they've run a marathon or played to their heart's content and need a break. I didn't know this and really wasn't surprised that they've already been labeled because they're pretty common and lots of fun in which to engage and to watch. Jessica Pierce about dogs engaging in what I call high-energy fits, she alerted me to the fact that these are typically called " zoomies" or Frenetic Random Activity Periods, often referred to as FRAPs. Posted by Psychology Today “It's OK For Dogs to Engage in Zoomies and Enjoy FRAPs Allowing dogs to engage in Frenetic Random Activity Periods is a good idea.
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