Cuthbert and the vacuum cleaner.

[Gaelle]

How do I stop him eating the vacuum cleaner? Well not exactly it's more when the vacuum is out he barks at and tries to charge at it, that I can out up with/ignore BUT when he runs behind me and tries to eat the flex, that I can't ignore and I'm unsure of the best way of dealing with it. It SEEMS like it's attention seeking as he only does this if I've not reacted to rest of the behaviour but it's obviously dangerous and can't be ignored.
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[Janis]

crate him while you vacuum gaelle!............that's what i used to do when i had a dog years ago that didn't like it!..........after that every time i got the vacuum out he headed for the crate and never said a word til it was put away!

it cuthbert is trying to bite the cable it would be far safer for him crated!
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[Jack]

My Rosie attempts to physically attack the hoover - she gets told "NO" in "the voice" and if I need to I back it up with a jab (Cesar stylee BUT I didn't get it off him, I've been doing it for years so HE copied me! ) to her chops or neck area to get her to re-focus on ME then carry on hoovering saying the odd "NO" when she regresses. She's not much bother now to be honest......FINALLY my little Dumbo is learning! BUT if I get the hoover attachment out off we go again!

Whoever said having dogs was boring?
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[Gaelle]

[Janis]

you're the boss gaelle..........the pack leader!..............cuthbert should do as you say!

albeit you might have to start it off as a game to go into the crate but he is not in charge of where he goes!
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[jackdeb]

God when my 2 esp Oscar see the vacuum they run a mile and hide in a corner .......Don't understand why as they have been used to vacuum since they were young

Debs
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[tricia]

HEY Rubys the same.. hates the hover!.. and I have hovered around her since she was 2 weeks old..???

[Suzanne H]

I couldn't work out why Otto was scared of the hoover until I caught the Teenager chasing him with it so he got an earful from me.

He's not scared of it now, but follows at a distance.

Gaelle, can't you get him in the crate with a kong? Thankfully I just have to say "in your bed" and in he goes. But in the past he got a peanut butter kong if he went in.

[John Thomson]

Take control Gaelle.......long line and prong......one of you on the end of the line and one with the hoover....correct hard and if done correctly for the rest of his life her will avoid hoovers..........going for the flex could kill him!
This is what I would do.
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[Jack]

My Rosie has a penchant for hoovers too and will physically attack if I don't correct her (the hoover not me!). Trouble is Rosie has the memory of a Goldfish which means we have the same ritual pretty much every time I hoover If she's going for the front of it I use what I will call the "Cesar jab" to the neck/shoulder area backed up with the word "NO"! If she's too over excited to respond to these I stand the hoover upright and leave it running then walk at her, herding her to an area I want HER to be in, reinforcing the fact that it is MY hoover and MY space I am trying to clean. She gets the message but it's a laborious process and I often have to repeat it countless times but I NEVER back down because dogs only have to have 1 sense of weakness and they'll take great advantage of that

If I'm tired and just want to get on and can't be bothered "reclaiming" my hoover and my space I just shout at her to "GET ON YOUR BED" until she gets the message - if I do this she KNOWS without doubt I mean business and cannot be bothered with her game playing and packs up pretty sharpish.

God I sound like a right old shrew don't I? But I promise THAT one is the most effective. If EVER I shout at them to get on their beds they ALL scuttle there straightaway because they know mummy doesn't usually lose her rag and they've never pushed me beyond that point.....usually they are guaranteed I'll laugh at them and good naturedly correct them but if "the voice" comes out they all run for cover
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[Suzanne H]

Yup, I am a great lover of "lie down" - whether it's his basket or just a bit of vet bed, he knows to go and lie there out of the road regardless of where we are.

[kirsty]

Don't have this problem. Big tough dodge turns into a quivering wreck if I get within 6 foot of him with the hoover, so does a runner!. And I have to almost ram the hoover into Bob to get him to move his lazy ass.

Sounds very dangerous though. Common sense tells me, if nothing else, lock him in another room if you don't feel able to tackle him or as janis said put him in his crate
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[Gaelle]

[Suzanne H]

When Otto was scared of it he ran away from it, he didn't attack it. He tried it with the mop once, but was turfed in another room and hasn't bothered again.