My best friends Springer pup chewed through my foot pedal cord. It didn't hurt the pup at all, but my sewing machine suddenly stopped. She had some electrical tape, so I taped it together and it worked fine. About 10 minutes later the pup did it again. I taped it together again and it still worked. My friend was mortified and wanted to replace my foot pedal but I wouldn't let her. Every time I sew with that machine (it's now 4 years later) I have fond memories of camping trip that we were on, and that very cute little Springer pup.