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bazza10
 
Reply Sun 2 Oct, 2011 04:44 am
why does a dog attack a lawn mower when its going and run away from a vaccum cleaner
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Linkat
 
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Reply Mon 3 Oct, 2011 10:52 am
@bazza10,
My dog when I was a kid used to attack the rocking horse we had. All you had to do was touch it and he'd go crazy and attack the face of thing. It was quite funny to ride the rocking horse while the dog would go ahead and try to rip the face off the horse.

Maybe his tail once got caught in the suction of the vaccum cleaner so he terrified from it?
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Mame
 
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Reply Mon 3 Oct, 2011 02:04 pm
@bazza10,
I don't know. But why don't dogs like it when you blow in their face, but in the car, they have to have their head out the window?
Rockhead
 
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Reply Mon 3 Oct, 2011 02:05 pm
@Mame,
care for a breath mint, mame...?
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Ragman
 
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Reply Mon 3 Oct, 2011 02:05 pm
@Mame,
halitosis?
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Questioner
 
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Reply Mon 3 Oct, 2011 02:06 pm
@bazza10,
My dog will growl at the mower, but the high pitched sound of the vacuum engine drives her bonkers. She doesn't even have to be in the same room, if she can hear it she goes crazy.
tsarstepan
 
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Reply Mon 3 Oct, 2011 02:16 pm
@Questioner,
You probably got something there Questioner. Something in the vacuum noise probably hurts the dog's ears while something unnoticeable to human perception is upsetting about the lawn mower. Maybe he/she thinks this machine is growling at him or the person pushing the mower.
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BumbleBeeBoogie
 
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Reply Mon 3 Oct, 2011 02:16 pm
@bazza10,
Is it because the lawn mower is in the house and the vacuum cleaner is outside?

BBB
Roberta
 
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Reply Thu 6 Oct, 2011 05:38 am
@BumbleBeeBoogie,
BBB, You mow your rug and vacuum your lawn?
BumbleBeeBoogie
 
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Reply Mon 10 Oct, 2011 02:15 pm
@Roberta,
Doesn't everyone?

BBB
hingehead
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2011 01:27 am
@BumbleBeeBoogie,
Why not? The yard is full of furniture and the house is full of plants.
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hingehead
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2011 01:30 am
@bazza10,
In a dogs world barking is a sign of aggression/fear. Machines that bark and don't show any signs of the social niceties (ass sniffing, tail wagging etc) are beneath a dog's contempt and get what they deserve.

That said you can condition your dog to ignore these things with some patience and firmness.
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roger
 
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Reply Tue 18 Oct, 2011 01:37 am
@Mame,
Mame wrote:

I don't know. But why don't dogs like it when you blow in their face, but in the car, they have to have their head out the window?


Same reason they love to jump into ponds, and hate baths.
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space007
 
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Reply Fri 29 Jun, 2012 03:20 am
@bazza10,
he feels scared by the noise.
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