I used to have one of my parents' dogs named Brutus live with my husband and I for a few years. He was petrified of the vacuum when he first got here!!!!! When I would get it out, I would tell him to go in the other room. I worked with him for a long time! I got him where he would be in the same room with the vacuum, then I would call and have him come over to me when I had the vacuum right by us, next I would just turn it on, lastly I got him to let me vacuum him with it! He loved it so much, that when I would get the vacuum out he would be trying to sit on it and wait for me to get the hose out!!!! One time when I was using the shampooer, he got all mad because I couldn't vacuum him with it!!!!! It was a cool transformation to watch!!!! 
-Michelle
