19. Vacuuming With Your Dog Present
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This is another case of dogs having trouble around loud noises. It doesn’t help that the dogs can see the source of the sound, but they can’t understand it. Dogs have difficulty grasping the concept of machinery, animals are hardwired to think of everything that moves and makes noises as another animal that is either predator or prey.
But that’s just the start of it! Dogs have a heightened sense of smell that we can hardly understand. In a real sense dogs “see” using smells, and when the vacuum is on it is sending all sorts of molecules flying through the air. You might not smell anything different, but to dogs it’s like being in a room with a rave going on, only instead of pulsing lights it’s swirling smells.
Oddly enough, you can help the dog by acting calmly as you vacuum. If you don’t do anything to suggest that something dangerous is going on, then the dog will understand that there’s nothing to fear. Remember, you’re the leader, and the dog is the follower.
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