vibrancy wrote:Blue_Aussie wrote:[Welcome to the thread! c:
My 9 month old pup doesn’t bother with our tree but was curious about the presents when we put them under a few days ago, all I had to do is tell her “leave it” (because she knows that command) but you could either train your dog with treats and such to leave the tree alone or you could spray the tree with ‘dog repellent’ type of spray, which they don’t like.
What is it that your dog does in specific?Okay so, we have a live tree, never had a fake one and probably never will. Knowing her, she'd prob leave it alone if it was fake, but I guess she must like its smell because the girl is definitely curious about it. It's not fully decorated, just a few ornaments and one strand of lights, which she doesn't seem to care about. Instead, she wants to chew the needles. I thought she'd ignore it, she does know the leave it command, so, I kept telling to leave it alone, but every time I turn my around she's back over there! It’s very frustrating, especially because I’m worried about it making her sick. I know they aren’t necessarily deadly, but obviously I don’t want it irritating her stomach or gums. Maybe I should just keep being persistent. Unfortunately, my mom doesn’t have much patience when it comes to things like this, so, yeah...., Is there a homemade one you can make? I just don’t know why she wants to eat it? We’ll see if my mom can be patient. She’s not really a dog person.
Some dogs, even more so the young ones, like the smell of live trees and the soil in the flower pot, and ornaments and such make it interesting, it is something new or something they only did see for short days/month a year and human are more nervous or strange in this season, so they want to know why....and taste it, some like to chew this trees because they like the taste...
When it is a natural tree it should not make them sick when they only eat a tiny bit^^ but you always could ask your vet.
maybe when she does not follow the command leave then add something....like when she still goes there, tell her to stop and to go back some steps, or take her at her collar and bring her calmly to her place after a firm no or leave it,or some steps ack where she can stay and watch ...but stay nice and calm (best way is when not, to go out of room and screem silently in a pillow till calm and happy again)....even when this can take 2 to 100 trys...
and when she trys to get up again tell her to go back, till you say she can walk around again. But make a invisible line around the tree...till there she can go, but one step over you or one of family brings her back to her place or behind the line without much talk.... most often you only need to do this two or four times, then you only may need to say nohhh...or back or give hand sign....and then often she will stay behind, away from tree, and just sit or lie there and watch. First time she does stop, be happy and tell her how good she is with a treat or toy.When she is fast maybe put a bell at her harness to hear her, and a thin rope/leash, so you an stop her more fast and lead her away to her place or atleast back behind the invisible line around the tree. We had the problem when our terrier where young that they did try to play with the ornament or put bone in the soil^^
Or put a blanket near the tree for her to lie on and watch the tree, you and your family, can smell it, or to go to when she is silly and trys to eat the tree.^^
She can sniff the tree when you tell her she can and you are there, but not when alone, but no jumping the tree, pawing or biting, then she is send away again and cant go near or sleep near it. Not sure if this did help or you understand what i did try to say^^
