Biting Christmas lights?

[MarleysMommy]

Last year I had a problem with my little one biting Christmas lights at the bottom of the tree. I used some deterrant spray from Target, which seemed to work okay....for a few minutes. Finally, I had to resort to making a large barrier out of an old refrigerator box, so he couldn't get near the tree at all. Let's just say it wasn't the most happy of holidays.

I'm about to put this year's tree up, and I don't want to have the same problem. Does anyone have those LED lights that say they are "break resistant"? Do you think that would be a good solution for this problem? I can't think of anything else, short of not putting lights far enough down for him to reach.

Any suggestions?

[dukedogsmom]

I don't have any suggestions but if anyone else has clues, I'd like to know, too. We didn't put up a tree last year. This year, Doogie sometimes likes to chew on the cords. Wonder how he'd look with curly hair?

[Karen]

This is an easy one! Tree goes in a playpen! Then you can have lights and decorations all the way down, and presents can be tucked under, too, without anyone being able to chew them! We put a playpen around the tree when we had Gracie the Great Dane mix. She had no idea where her tail was at any given moment, so everything tail-high and below (more than half the tree) was otherwise denuded if Gracie was happy and in the living room.