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I don't know the answer, I empathize. I have a Norfolk Pine that I set up on our large coffee table for that reason! We decorate it with tiny lights and decor.
I've heard the orange thing too...I guess dogs don't like the smell of citrus, but I don't know how much that would deter a hyper puppy. If he's small still maybe he won't be able to get at it once you put presents under it. I was very surprised we didn't have this problem with our dog, he amazingly enough leaves the tree alone!
What about wormwood oil? We used to put it on our cabinets and under the counter tops to keep our dogs from jumping up on the counters. You can buy it at pet stores or natural food stores and it doesn't really smell much.
My dogs eat orange peels, sigh, so that one is a no-go for us.
We just put gifts (or boxes) in front of the tree blocking off his access to the tree.
Does the dog respond to training? A few rounds of "aht-aht" when Junior Mink was a puppy worked...and he's now four years old.
The first sound on this video is the one we use. When we use it, he turns in the opposite direction of where he was going.
@mink: She does but she is still curious and stubborn as hell. We can't keep her out of our doorless closet to save our life.
I'm curious to know how to stop my CAT from the Christams tree - he's a real butt when it comes to eating plants. Since we're renting this year, we're skipping a tree - but as of next year, we'll be getting one for sure!
Good luck with the pups.
My mom bought this octagon pen thing and put around it, it was perfect, it protected the presents and the tree. We even decorated it to make it cuter.
@jaguar: My two kitties will not leave our tree alone... They keep trying to eat it even though it's artificial. I'm thinking of trying to find a spray to put on it to hopefully deter them. At least they keep the dog from gnawing on it! They like to pounce on her from underneath of it so she steers clear.
@FloretteLiz: Glad I'm not alone. We had a tiny Christmas tree (artificial) in the UK and Oscar kept shredding it. Apparently a water mixed with lemon juice spray works, but it didn't for him! ;)
Try putting foil under the tree - dogs (well, ours at least!) hate foil & will stay away. This also works on furniture that you want to keep them off of :)
@quiche: I kind of want to put some foil on the ground just to see my little guy's reaction? He's curious, but also timid...I might have to set up the video camera.
Dogs do hate the smell of citrus. That's why my citronella no bark spray collar works so well on my dog.
Not sure if some one suggested this and you may think I am crazy... But yell at the tree with your pup present.
I am serious too. My dog kept going on our couche up stairs when we were not in the room and one day I came up stairs and I heard him jump down so I went up to the couch and yelled at it. I told it that it was a bad couch a few times. I felt totally ridiclous doing it but it worked he has never gone on the couch again. Now he sits nicely behind it to stare out the window....
It is definitely worth a try. I am going to try it out with our christmas tree and our new pup too.
EDIT: I did not think of this on my own a friend suggested it to me. Her shitzus constantly stole food off her plate if she left the room so she put the plate in the middle of the floor and yelled at it. And it fixed the problem. Make sure to be pretty mad at the time. It really helps if you "take your anger out on it" lol.
@PennyLainne: wow I've never heard of that tip but I'll definitely try it on our dog when she goes for our plates lol.
I don't know if you watch the dog whisperer but my husband and I recently started using his tricks and it's working on our crazy puppy who was driving us nuts. She was jumping on the counter and so every time she did that we would give her a "Cesar poke" lol. You give the dog a quick poke in the side and make a loud "shhhhtt" sound at the same time. If you do it often enough the dog learns that anytime they hear that sound they are doing something wrong so now we can stop her from going near the tree just by making that sound. We weren't going to put up a tree because we thought she would destroy it but using this trick has allowed the tree to stay up :)
Good luck!
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I KNOW as soon as I put my tree up my pup will be all over it. She is the most playful and mischevous thing you have ever seen. Problem is that I don't want to put a giant gate around it because #1 they are expensive and #2 I just hate how that looks. I was gonna get a Scat Mat but those things are crazy expensive and I have heard the sprays do nothing... Suggestions???