Rudy and the Shop Vac

Emme has never been afraid of the vacuum cleaner. When she was just a little puppy, I would hold her when I ran the vacuum cleaner so she got used to the sound and would not be frightened of it. Now I no longer hold her, but she is comfortable around the sound and I can vacuum with no trouble.

Inside the house, Rudy is oblivious of the sweeper. But when he is in the shop with Ken, he loves the shop vac. Ken can turn on any machine in his shop and some of them are extremely loud. Rudy never bats an eye. But when Ken turns on the shop vac, Rudy is up and right next to it. He loves Ken to run the nozzle end over his coat. If Rudy is inside with me while Ken is working in the wood shop, Rudy can hear the shop vac being turned on and he goes to the kitchen door and whines to go into the shop.

We have no idea why Rudy is so in love with the shop vac. He cares nothing for the regular vacuum cleaner but the shop vac is a different story. Rudy came to us when he was three years old, so we don't know what his early experiences were with a shop vac. It looks like someone he loved and trusted groomed him with the shop vac and Rudy is in love with that machine. Go figure.