Vacuum Monster

I don't like the vacuum at all! It is a VERY scary thing. The second Melanie gets it out I start to cower and whimper. But once she turns it on, I FREAK out running circles around the house barking at the top of my lungs. Melanie then scolds me and says "no barking"....but she just doesn't realize how intimidating this machine is! Sometimes when I am just passing the place where it lives, it lurches at me and I have an episode. Course Melanie never sees the vacuum start it so I'm the one that always gets in trouble!