last year i treated my self to new xmas tree
we have fablous xmas shop near where i live i treated my self to 6ft pink pencil tree with lights attached
i only had tree up 2 days and my.cross bred peed on tree he kept doing it i told him off ended up puttin tree on table he still kept peeing on it
then one of my house cats chewd throw lights
any ideas how to stop cross bred dog it this year.my two pointers and house cats do not bother with tree
i spent £50.00 on tree really angry.that he pees all over it
i never use to celebrat xmas as i awlays worked also my ex husband worked and use to be in mood and bad temper
so now he out my life i bout my pink tree
really hope xmas tree survise this xmas
any ideas how to stop cross bred peeing on tree??

When we brought our first 'boy' puppy  home in October this did cross my mind! So far as we have a real tree each year he has behaved and not christened the tree! It is kept in our conservatory so it we can close the door of an evening. In fact our cats as kittens brought the tree down one year! I'm hoping this year as we decorate it whilst his out being walked he will ignore it again!
Your pink tree sounds fab!

any ideas how to stop cross bred peeing on tree??

No, but merry xmas anyways
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thank you
i am very lucky my 6 house cats have not botherd
they have sat under the tree but never went up it
its one of those skinny pencil trees it does not take up the room ordnery tree would
its nice light pink it also came in differnt colours
i have done it with silver decorations and string beads instead if tinsol

Could you put a puppy play pen around the tree to keep the dog far enough away from it?

he jumps everything dagan broke lot of gates and pens

Brilliant idea

Yep I put a puppy pen around my tree (which won't go up until 23rd of Dec), use a fibre optic tree to avoid having to have lights, and decorate it with old dog show rosettes instead of ornaments LOL, then it doesn't matter if they get chewed. Love it and it works fine for me.

cats have sat under the tree

Hmm, maybe you could put a shower curtain over that area just in case.
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Move it higher out of the way - smaller tree or in my case with a puppy i won't be putting one up

old rossets are good idea.i have bin bags full of horse showing rossets
my tree 6ft when i put it on table the top is bent over
i have tried putting dagan in dog cage but he panicks and barks non stop
he has lot of issues he is knicknamed problem child and few others i can not repet on her
the other two pointers do.not bother the cats sit under and watch lights
i have told him off.thrown things at him and make noises to distraced him
mibby i should not of got tree but it was my treat to my self due to hell of 2years due to bad health and nasty divorce

If it's causing your dog that many problems I wouldn't have it up or put it in a room he can't go. As for throwing things at him, are you serious???

i lost my temper throw shoe at him i now i should not of done it as it did not help matters
dagan had 5 homes before i got him he was only 1yr when i got him.he got sever separtion anxity if i leave room.for bit or go out he pees and poos
he barks if any one passes house it does not help that neighbour across road throws bricks and eggs at window s and threatens to kill me
if were out walk if man passes me dagan goes mentle its shame as he lovely boy but lot work he has been on meditcon to try and help him
ill put tree up but if he pees ill remove tree
i have to trie my curtions up when i go out he has eaten few curtians in past when i go out

I wouldn't put the tree up if he's piddling on it!

I certainly don't think throwing things at him, shouting or putting him in a crate is the answer!

Besides....it surely won't be any good if he pee'd on it all last Christmas, it'll stink to high heaven!!

I love Christmas and all the decorations but I have had to adapt what I put up over the years to fit in with the animals I have. It's been quite fun working out what I can have and Blu-Tac is great. Haven't had a tree of any size since cats came as it just wasn't worth the hassle                                                                    

Christmas tree has been up off the floor for years along with any presents. Used to find one of our dogs going slowly round & round the tree in a hypnotic state, which someone on the forum told me is called 'trancing'.

hypnotic state, which someone on the forum told me is called 'trancing'.

Ah yes trancing, thats also known when humans hit puberty, all their xmas's come at once, so to speak

Never heard of tracing!  I make sure no chocolate decorations go on tree! The rubber duck in tree I make sure secure otherwise he would run off with it. Yes last 21 years I've had a small rubber duck nestled at towards top of tree! Long story!
The cats swing the lower branch decorations.
We buy a fresh tree every year love the smell and buy a non drop (so expensive too) variety. The small optic tree his fascinated with as it changes colour!
Do you all keep tree up til 12th night!

I think you're just going to have to resign yourself that you can't have this tree on the floor. Christmas is supposed to be a nice time of the year, it's too short to spend time worrying about the tree getting peed up!! I'd love a 6-7 ft tree, it will never happen as I have dogs who I know will cock their legs, I love them more than any old Christmas tree so again this year I'll have a beautifully decorated tree sat on my coffee table, out of harms way.

We take bets on how long the tree will last before the Sphynx cats knock it over. Never made it to 12th night, I get sick of the mess, Bah Humbug!!

i have never celebrated xmas due to.working .horses.family issues and ex husband been idiot and in moods and been lazy
so last year i bought tree and decortated my fire place and mantle piece
so funny as once its decorted the cats jump up and walk a long mantle peice doing to tape everything down .have cherobs hanging on mantle peice couple of cats love playing with them their taped and stuck on with thumb tacks
i will see how tree goes this year
i would love to set my lot lose my grans house she has her house looking like santa grotto she has beatful ornamants etc but over decorated even tdinning room table all done up my papa says its way over the top its lovely but ott the way she decortates
the xmas tree is 37yr she bout it year i was born

my late mother use to buy real tree when i was child and we had coal.fire she use to roast chestnuts on fire i miss smell of reall tree and chestnuts
mother and i had oscer the pointer and truidi standerd long hair dashound and cats they never botherd mother use to find truidi and i cuddled up together under tree together.i miss my dashound

Ours have never peed up it, but we were worried about whether they would, and we have a naughty girl now who would probably chew the ornaments. So we've had a 4 foot high tree for many years now which sits up on the hall table and is out of reach. :-)

in a way i should of got small tree but fell in love with 6ft pencil pink tree

yesturday i had good day ie no pain or sever fatigue so cleaned my windows and done a bit house work i cleaned fire place its lovely cream marble i put hand made candle stick holders and small light up tree in hole where fire and back boiler use to be also put gold sparkly stags on mantle peice.was throw in kitchen this morning doing cats and dog breakfast the dogs had been out for while and brought in horrible cross bred peed all over clean fire place so angry sometimes i wonder if i should bother having nice things and trying to re do my living room.he pees non stop when am out room
am trying to do house up in my tast and new things and get any traces of my ex out house
really getting my down

Horrible cross breed? Why don't you work on his training for why he is peeing? With the comments you've made about him recently I wonder why you even have him? Doesn't sound like you think much of your dog :-(

I wish you lots of luck  doing up your house. Would your cross breed be happy in kitchen with stair gate on? May save a puddle in another room? I used to record myself reading a book and play to my youngest son when he used to wake up at odd hours and needed reassurance. Maybe a listening to your voice in kitchen as you do housework may help?

I can't believe folk are thinking about Christmas already. It'll be at least another five weeks before I give it any thought! Proper little ray of sunshine me! 

i have put so much in to his training i.also have good friend that trainer we have tried so many things if he left in onther room he eats things he distriod leather 2peice sofa
i have been advertising him for free to.go home for over year also friends have been puting him up on their fb pages i do not do fb or twitter .we have had no luck getting new home for him my two show pointers are fab i can leave them in house if i go out i came back to.find show dogs where i left them fast asleep
i leave radio on .cross bred barks non stop also tried mediction etc even my trainer ran out of ideas

Dogs are very good at picking up on their owner's moods. Do you think he is stressed because you are? I've found since realising that 'what I need' is more important than 'what I want' I'm a lot happier. Rome wasn't built in a day..

i have thought about that as things are nitemare her between nasty divorce.nighbour issues and my health not good
thinking about xmas is trying to get my mind off negitive issues happing
i can not ride anymore so do not have stables as way of escaping also my.hands so bad i can not do craft making etc i do read a lot
if cross bred hers or sees neighbour i am having issues with he barks pees he did use to go round in circles but thats stop

You sound very stressed right now.  I'm sure your dog is picking up on this and the resulting anxiety will cause his behaviour to be affected. You need to decide if you really want this dog in your life as neither of you sound very happy.

Of course it's annoying when pets have problems, my Chow has chewed all my doors and paces and whines all night, my Doberman has incontinence and floods the floors and all the dog beds. I had to stop the medication to help her as it made her smell on heat to my entire Chow and male pug so they were marking all round the house. My cat throws up on my bed and one night even peed on my head in the middle of the night.

I love all my animals unconditionally, after all there are valid reasons for their problems whether it's anxiety, old age or stress.

I'm guessing your dog is very stressed, which can cause UTI's and also inappropriate urination. I hope you have taken a sample to the vet to rule this out. If you are unable to love your dog the way he is or are unwilling to try different things to help him (DAP, belly band) and only see years of conflict ahead it would be kinder to PTS.

Not feeling well can make it harder to cope and lead to depression so please make sure you are doing everything you can to be as healthy as possible. I have health issues too and even little things like cutting out sugar can really help my energy levels.

I hope you can find a way forward through this.

thank you
yes i really want dagan am trying everything to help hin
i grow up with cats dogs horses so am use to pee poo etcc and work involed

I have a tree that hangs on the wall my liitle one was a tiny pup last year and took no notice this year shes 15 months umm might be a bit of a problem lol

Smaller tree up on a table?    As we did one year with puppies around - ex-pen open and put around the tree (not pretty, but needs must).

I won't be thinking about Xmas for a few weeks yet but I can tell you that our living room carpet bears the marks of several such events.  The Xmas tree is a tree to our boys and as such they do what comes naturally. This with boys who never territory mark/pee in the house, even when girls are in season. Last year I moved the tree into a room not often used by the family. There was no fun in that. So this year, tree will be back in living room . I'll be placing  replaceable sheets of cardboard around the tree base. Happy days !

Forgot to mention that we always have a real tree. More attractive to my boys I guess !

i would love real tree.as child we always had real tree they smell lovely and so xmasy

We always get out our artificial tree. My sons always say the smell of dusty plastic reminds them of Christmas.

its pitty my papa retired blacksmith and farrier he could of made me heavy iron gaurd to put round tree i can not do any work in smithy

house across road from me window all done up already for xmas

roasted chesnuts remind me of xmas
thinking about trying to roast chestnuts in smiddy fire.we use to.make toasted cheese in smiddy papa heated up bit of heavy iron we cleaned the anvil and placed bit of bread with cheese on top.the red hot iron melted the cheese .it best food for lunch ever

All this talk of Christmas I had to buy some shortcrust mince pies today! A panettone  too yum. Usually the 'C' word not mentioned until after bonfire night and nearer the USA thanksgiving day! This year we'll any day from 19th November our first grandchild is due.!

hope everthing goes well.and mum.and baby are happy and healthy
marks and spencer pies have been voted the best
i usley make them for my gran and papa
aldi been voted cheapest place to buy xmas dinner well acording to daily mail