Ripley is afraid of almost everything that makes noise. All he has to do is hear me open the closet door where the vacuum is and he just about breaks his neck trying to hide. He also hates when I use the blender, food disposal, get ice from the freezer and when I unload the dishwasher.

Jazz has learned the vacuum cleaner fear from Ripley but not as severely.

Scout doesn't seem fazed by anything. I just vacuumed around her today and she just watched with sleepy eyes.