Terry's post on giving a treat after the vacuuming was done brought to mind how I trained a dog a few decades ago. <G> We had a long haired dog who would shed everywhere. I really thought that running the brush attachment over him every so often would help control the hair redistribution. Problem was the dog was terrified of the sound. Turn the vacuum on and the dog was cowering under something at the other end of the house. I had a idea. I turned on the vaccuum, hunted the dog down in his hiding place and gave him a treat. I repeated this a couple of times a day. I never turned the cleaner on unless I had a treat ready for him. In a couple of weeks, he quit running from it. A week later he would come running toward the sound to get his treat. Then I'd run the brush over him while giving him the treat. It worked so well, that he became an absolute pest. He had associated the vacuum cleaner with the treat so thoroughly that you could NOT run the cleaner until you first brushed him, and he never demanded or looked for the treat after that. It should work with a ferret too. A little Ferretone when you turn on the vacuum. Who knows, maybe you'll be wishing that he didn't enjoy the vacuum so much. <g> Dick B. [Posted in FML issue 1708]