He gets absolutely ballistic when I run the vacuum. Poor fellow, he runs and hides under the bedspread and won't come out for quite some time.
I've tried merely leaving it standing in the living room, hoping he'll see that it's not going to do anything to him. Unfortunately, he simply creeps around the edges of the room looking like he wishes it would leave. I put it into the corner of the room and he won't go past it.
I have no idea how he got like this; he's had no bad experiences with a vacuum cleaner other than listening to it. Nobody's ever chased him with one.
How can I get him over this fear or at least to where he does not seem so terrified when I run the vacuum cleaner?
I've tried merely leaving it standing in the living room, hoping he'll see that it's not going to do anything to him. Unfortunately, he simply creeps around the edges of the room looking like he wishes it would leave. I put it into the corner of the room and he won't go past it.
I have no idea how he got like this; he's had no bad experiences with a vacuum cleaner other than listening to it. Nobody's ever chased him with one.
How can I get him over this fear or at least to where he does not seem so terrified when I run the vacuum cleaner?