A fake tree is less likely to get well wee-wee-ed on. This will be my first Christmas with these (second with me for one of them first with the other two) three dogs...so I'm trial running it too. I have a Christmas tree "gate" I used for when my children were little to protect the tree from toddlers-it may come out the rafters in the garage-having one on stand by may be helpful. The "gate" is a wire mess looking squares that are about 14" tall and attatch to create any shape playpen style if you can imagine-sorry I can't find pics.
Definitely don't put the dog treats in their stockings until the night before Christmas-they will rip the paper to get to them-no brainer right? I realized this the hard way last year when I found the packages of Zuke's unwrapped and two dog's just a waggin' their tails as we came in the front door...
Also we have a my six year old son's Polar Express train he loves-it has a remote that makes the train go backwards and forwards and whistle with lights etc-it was NOT Scoobers favorite and my boyfriend's dog who was previously with us "tried to kill the train" so I suggest absolute caution with decorations of this nature.
Best of luck I'll need it too-but I'm thinking of putting the tree on a large wooden based also to keep it up a few feet (our faux tree is only 5' tall) and the presents all on the fireplace bricks so they're more out of reach for my miniatures if it works we'll see. |