The holidays are coming
...what are your experiences with your furry kids and Xmas trees?
It's our first Xmas with the kids, so we're wondering the possible situations we might face after putting up our tree.
During the day it won't be accessible to them, since it will be in the living room and they're out in the entrance (Kuma) and the kitchen (Nyx), and in the evening we'll be home when they have access to the tree so it shouldn't be. When we go to bed, the living room is closed too, they have free run only of the bedroom, the entrance and the kitchen.
What has happened to you?
It's our first Xmas with the kids, so we're wondering the possible situations we might face after putting up our tree.
During the day it won't be accessible to them, since it will be in the living room and they're out in the entrance (Kuma) and the kitchen (Nyx), and in the evening we'll be home when they have access to the tree so it shouldn't be. When we go to bed, the living room is closed too, they have free run only of the bedroom, the entrance and the kitchen.
What has happened to you?
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*cats - the last few years we had some fosters or friends with cats come over - inevitably, one cat always ventures in and up the tree.
I've grown up always having dogs and I must have been very lucky because we never and a problem with ornament-eating, electrical cord chewing, "tree-watering", or anything else other than slight curiousity as to what exactly was now residing in our home. Let's see how we do with this dog.
then he got distracted:
The glorious dog crate tree:
Admit it, it is classy:
Tallulah in tree and "freshman-30" Jen!:
Let me see your Christmas decor!
Surprisingly, neither Lynxiene or Shoushuu have been around a christmas tree unsupervised. I took Lynx to the Christmas tree lot when she was a pup (between 9 weeks-12 weeks of age). The 2 years I lived with my dad, she wasn't allowed in the house, except for my room...but of course I gave her supervised run of it when my dad wasn't home and she's never knocked down a tree. Last year I didn't have a tree and this year it is going to be in the main house and we're (me and my animal crew) live in the back house. I'm planning on taking Shoushuu to the Christmas tree lot this year!
The Christmas tree blanket thing that goes around the base to cover the stand is another story. The dogs destroy that, so no more blanket for us. Presents have to be monitored closely. The dogs will poke at them and pull off the bows.
Jen: That is one skinny a%% tree!
Oh yeah... the only present under the tree is for my best friend - ironically it's a Channukah gift wrapped in "Merry Christmas!" paper... she'll appreciate the humor ;o)