Anyone's yorkie not afraid of the vacuum cleaner?

[Bridget's Mommy]

Bridget doesn't like the vacuum at all. She'll run and hide until the noise stops and it's safe to come out.

[butterfly]

My Mari is so afraid that she runs and hides under the bed. It is so bad that I have to put her downstairs in the family room with my husband with the door closed and she is still shaking!!! I put her afterward in her front pack for a litttle nappie and then she is fine.

Does not bother the Chihuahua, although he does not like the noise and doesn't care to be in the room.

With my yorkie Ginger that passed this summer, didn't bother her at all. The vacuum or the lawn mower! In fact if she was laying in the way of either, I would have to stop and move her. Nothing bothered her, she was just so mellow. God I miss her, although, I had a good 15 yrs with her.

[Deber]

My pups all run when I turn it on...except for our 15 wk old Biewer. He, like V-'s girls, crawls on top of the dumb machine and rides it. If I leave it on long enough he actually goes to sleep on it! I e-mailed the breeder in Germany cause I thought it was so funny I wanted to share it with her. She told me that one of her adult females was so terrified of the machine it almost made the pup sick. So she started leaving the vacume cleaner right next to the baby puppies and turned it on at various times during the day. The pups learned the sound and learned to play "by and on" it. Said she had never had trouble since with the babies. She didn't want that "fear" transmitted to her other dogs. Guess it works, but its hell to try to vacume with a 3 lb dog "riding" on it. We go from room to room with him jumping on and off of it. Cute now...wonder what it will be as he gets bigger and heavier?

[crystalsmom]

Originally Posted by Deber

My pups all run when I turn it on...except for our 15 wk old Biewer. He, like V-'s girls, crawls on top of the dumb machine and rides it. If I leave it on long enough he actually goes to sleep on it! I e-mailed the breeder in Germany cause I thought it was so funny I wanted to share it with her. She told me that one of her adult females was so terrified of the machine it almost made the pup sick. So she started leaving the vacume cleaner right next to the baby puppies and turned it on at various times during the day. The pups learned the sound and learned to play "by and on" it. Said she had never had trouble since with the babies. She didn't want that "fear" transmitted to her other dogs. Guess it works, but its hell to try to vacume with a 3 lb dog "riding" on it. We go from room to room with him jumping on and off of it. Cute now...wonder what it will be as he gets bigger and heavier?

So cute, I can just picture that. Puppies at nine weeks (a fear period) have
to be handled with care because I understand lots during that week that
has frightened them can stay with them for a long time.