christinepi Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) A few nights ago, on a full moon, clear skies, Tracker requested to be let out at night not once, but twice, something he has never done before or since, ca 3 hours apart. The crazy thing is that he ran zoomies each time (after relieving himself)! Nothing at all had been different during the day, normal exercise etc. We were wondering whether the moon had anything to do with it?? (not that any other full moon ever inspired him to do this...) If not zoomies, has anybody noticed some distinctly different behavior on such days/nights? I'm not particularly serious about a full moon connection at this point, since it may all have been coincidence, but who knows... now if he ran zoomies in broad night light the next full moon, then we'd be talking for sure! Edited March 10, 2012 by christinepi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartdogs Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I have 2 girls here that think the full moon light means let's play & chase bugs. The full moon also causes Noelle to have several seizures a night rather than just one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest giantsfan Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Something similar happened here on the full moon night a few days ago too. One dog asked to go out twice, the other once, in the middle of the night and each time they were trolling the yard like it was noon playtime....which they never do on the rare occasions they need to go out at night. The weather was a little warmer that night, so I had chalked it up to spring fever, but maybe the full light of the moon added to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zombrie Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Full moons seemed to trigger Manny's seizures. Other than that, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeofNE Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 My Mom swears my father, who has late-stage Alzheimer's, is even worse during full moons. But I have read that studies show that people PERCEIVE things differently during the full moon because of the mythology of the full moon. And yet--the stories persist! As to my dog, no. The full moon does nothing to him (or me). My cat is always a lunatic, so ... Quote Susan, Hamish, Mister Bigglesworth and Nikita Stanislav. Missing Ming, George, and Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeh2o Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 No weirdness with my hounds, but yesterday at dusk my friend was walking her greyhound in Griffith Park when 5 coyotes ran in swift progression by she and her dog in a sort of fast single file. They ran to the area where there were people and traffic. Very very weird and un-coyote like behavior. As for humans, I work in a health clinic and I can vouch for unusual behavior manifesting/clustering around full moon phases. My friend's daughter is an RN in an ER in Indianapolis, she swears it's weirder then, too. She says the psych unit is always filled to the brim during the full moon. Quote Sunsands Doodles: Doodles aka Claire, Bella Run Softly: Softy aka Bowie (the Diamond Dog) Missing my beautiful boy Sunsands Carl 2.25.2003 - 4.1.2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feisty49 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 I wonder if the full moon combined with the intense solar flares had influence on your pups? The full moon affects kids in a classroom...ask any teacher. They're a little bit more looney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverhound Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 At the inner-city public library where I work, the wackadoos always come out at the full moon. We have lots of arrests, bathroom "painting", and invisible friends at that time of the month. My dogs seem fine, though! Quote Masterful Joe and Naughty N Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazehund Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Nope I notice no difference in my hounds. The pack of coyotes running across the back pasture are easier to see though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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