[NAGDU] How Do You Plan for Christmas

[Julie J.]

I've had the most problems with decorations and cats.  My answer to that is 
no more cats.

Moving right along...*smile*  My first guide ate a box of chocolates that 
were wrapped under the tree.  My parents had come for Christmas and brought 
gifts from my grandmother.  They put them under the tree.  I specifically 
asked several times if any of the gifts were food.  They answered no each 
time.  We left to go get dinner.  My parents don't want dogs in their car, 
so I don't take my guides with me when I go with them.  It's a long and 
complicated story and the short version is that this arrangement is fine 
with me.

So we get back from dinner and Tia had eaten about half a pound of candies, 
including some chocolate.  I was not a happy camper.  Much family drama 
ensued.  the take away here is that I am the only person to put gifts under 
the tree.

My first year with Belle in a new house and having been just remarried, we 
decided to put up a really pretty large tree with all the fancy decorations. 
I put the candy and breakable ornaments up high on the tree.   I was careful 
about what I put out and where.  I thought it was all dog proof and it was, 
for the most part.  We had put tinsel on the tree.  You know the strings of 
shiny stuff that is supposed to look like icicles or something.  Well that 
stuff is a static electricity nightmare.  Belle would walk close to the tree 
and the tinsel would be attracted to her electrically.  This fascinated her, 
which led to her wanting to eat the stuff, which is bad.  I pulled it all 
off the tree.  It was sticking to sweaters and getting all over the place 
and was a general misery anyway.  Take away here, avoid tinsel.  I don't 
even know if they make the stuff any more.  It's like the Christmas version 
of Easter grass...horrible stuff.

These days I'm rather turning into a Scrooge.  I'm at the place where I 
dread getting out the decorations because they are constantly in the way and 
then I just have to pack it all up in a few weeks anyway.  My parents are 
coming for Christmas this year and Mom has told me that she really thinks we 
need to put up the tree.  I told her I'll put a string of lights on my 
rubber tree plant.  It's almost the size of a real tree! LOL

Happy Holidays!
Julie
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Cindy Ray via NAGDU
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 8:40 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Cc: Cindy Ray
Subject: [NAGDU] How Do You Plan for Christmas

I have been thinking a lot about Christjmas decorations and dogs. It is a
tough time of year for the dogs. New smells, new stuff to sniff and test out
with the mouths? What do you do to keep your dogs safe from Christmas stuff.


Cindy Lou Ray

cindyray at gmail.com <mailto:cindyray at gmail.com>



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