any ideas to keep my pup out of the xmas tree?

Philip_G · 11-21-2004, 11:00 AM

she's like 5 months old now, but still a little crackwhore and into everything, and tall so she can reach about anything she wants, so I KNOW she's going to be all over the xmas tree this year.

I'm worried about her getting a glass ball and breaking it in her mouth, so I guess we'll only decorate from about 3' and higher, but she can still jump or wiggle something down...

I've thought about roping it off but can't figure a way to do that.
I've got some of that bitter spray but I don't think I can dust the whole tree with it...

Lat year my other dog was 8 months old but a lot more "relaxed"

Anyone want a 5 month old viszla for the holidays? :b

CaseyLS · 11-21-2004, 11:13 AM

I used to have a Viszla. I miss Hobbes :cry:

CapnSharpe · 11-21-2004, 11:15 AM

I have a friend who tied the tree to the wall or fireplace somehow (to prevent tipping) and put the tree in a corner with a child gate all around the tree. You might want to avoid tinsel too. Hope that helps.

Philip_G · 11-21-2004, 11:35 AM

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I used to have a Viszla. I miss Hobbes :cry:

was hobbes a complete pain in the ass as a pup too?
this dog is rediculous, I've never had a pup mature so slowly.

Philip_G · 11-21-2004, 11:37 AM

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I have a friend who tied the tree to the wall or fireplace somehow (to prevent tipping) and put the tree in a corner with a child gate all around the tree. You might want to avoid tinsel too. Hope that helps.

OMG tinsel? no way.

"ohh! shiny things!" *grab* *runrunrunrunrunrurnrunrunrunrun*

I have a couple child gates, but I'm afraid she can clear them with ease

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Bob Graz · 11-21-2004, 11:37 AM

If child gating the entrance to the room where the tree will be is possible, that would be a good answer. That keeps the pup out of the room entirely. Of course, the pup isn't going to like that.

Philip_G · 11-21-2004, 11:49 AM

hrm won't work I'm afraid, the only place I have room for a tree is in the dining room, centered on this railing.

http://www.whereyou.at/philip/t7.jpg

I can't block it off because there isn't really an entry way, and the GF is like 5'1 and can't get across the child gates

Maybe we'll go treeless this year.

Bob Graz · 11-21-2004, 09:21 PM

OK Philip, how about a 3 ft tree on a table in front of the railing. That would work.

Philip_G · 11-21-2004, 09:24 PM

probably, until she decides to jump up on the table.
I think the lesson I'm learning here is "if she wants it bad enough, she'll get it" no matter what I do about it.

oddly enough my grandma has done just that for YEARS, as long as I can remember.

Philip_G · 11-21-2004, 09:31 PM

here's the little hungarian destroyer BTW.