[NAGDU] How Do You Plan for Christmas

[Danielle Sykora]

I'm glad someone brought this up. With three dogs in the house, this
is sure to be an interesting Christmas. I'm thinking we won't put the
presents under the tree until Christmas morning or maybe the night
before. I'm hoping that putting the food related ornaments higher on
the tree is enough but... My guide is a horrible scavenger, super
sniffy and curious, and possesses an intelligence that borders on
frightening. Then there's the puppy, who has never experienced
Christmas trees, decorations, snow, or presents. We'll most likely
give all the dogs something to chew while we open presents. Last year,
Thai kept eating the wrapping paper scraps left on the floor and the
older dog sniffed out her present, discretely picked it up, walked
away, and tried to open it. Silly girl. Now to figure out how to bake
cookies without any being stolen...

Danielle, Thai, and Bonnie (GDF puppy in training)



On 12/10/15, Julie J. via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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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