Christmas Tree - How do I make it a 'No Pee Zone'?

[Freedom]

I've never had a problem with this, either.

Growing up, we had 3 dogs over time. We had -- and I have now in my home -- hardwood floors. So first mom put down a flat sheet, folded double. On top of that went the tree skirt. Once the tree was in the stand and the stand on th skirt, we put the water in it. Then mom covered the entire stand with tin foil; you want some sort of "lid" to reduce evaporation, so you don't have to add water as often.

If you use a preservative in the water, all the more reason to cover the stand -- you don't want the dogs lapping the water either.

On top of all THAT, Mom put a decorative piece of material.

I "inherited" the sheet, skirt, and decorative top cover, so I just used that when I had a live tree here.

As Karen mentioned, tails are an issue! We put plastic ornaments at the bottom, and the glass ones higher up. This is good for when friends arrive with small kids, too. Oh, remember, tails can catch on a strip of garland at the bottom of the tree and clear a LOT, maybe even pull the whole tree over, lol.

Hope this helps.

[ramanth]

I've had fake trees up in the past, so as far as ornaments went, we'd either put plastic ones on the bottom, or none at all (seeing as the cats liked to knock them off ).

Thanks for the tips on keeping water in the stand.

[k9krazee]

We've always had a real tree and have never had a problem with the dogs. Except for stealing candy canes

[ramanth]

We've always had a real tree and have never had a problem with the dogs. Except for stealing candy canes

LOL!!!

[Craftlady]

No trees with 6 cats and now 2 dogs in a small house.
Tree = disaster

So I put up a wreath on the wall and that's our tree

[Bonny]

I have a small fake mini tree I put up on the kitchen bar & if they can lift thier legs that high they will tip over.

[Taz_Zoee]

When my mom had her min pin she had to close off the front room from him. We put the couch and a chair along one area and a large chalk board from when we were kids across the doorway to the kitchen. He was small enough that he couldn't jump these obstacles.
We've not had a real tree with Taggart around. Although, my brother does. We shall see how that works out.
I'd say the play pen idea or closing off the room, if possible. But try it out first and see if they are even interested in using it as a potty. Of course keeping a close eye on them. LOL

[elisabeth]

We've always had a real tree and have never had a problem with the dogs. Except for stealing candy canes

That made me lol....

No peeing here (I have females, though). But Zoe (our 4 month pup) chewed off a couple of the bottom pieces of our fake tree. I didn't let her chew on them and she knows now the big green thing in the corner is not a chew toy. I did catch her giving it the eye this evening and a nice low "no no" did the trick.