Our dog is neurotic. The cat is psychotic. The cat prefers to live in the garage, so no problem. The dog is afraid of plastic bags. So we hung some from the tree for a couple of days. He now stays away.
I had many cats and only one of them caused any trouble with the trees she would climb inside so I had to wire it to the wall every year and at least she stopped knocking it down but she could make it shake.
We don’t have any breakable ornaments. The lower branches get extra-durable items like bells and plastic candy canes. The middle branches have ornaments that are twist-tied in place. Neither the dogs nor the cats seem to bother the upper portion of the tree.
thomas_matkey about 5 years ago
I thought those ornaments were billiard balls at first.
john.niegowski about 5 years ago
As though cats can’t climb trees …
allen@home about 5 years ago
Yea nice try lady it’s not going to work.
mddshubby2005 about 5 years ago
“But Mittens, that’s YOUR half to decorate!”
Gent about 5 years ago
Aim higher, cat.
jpayne4040 about 5 years ago
She’s only made the cat mad now!
J Short about 5 years ago
Gonna have to be an inside job.
dlkrueger33 about 5 years ago
We used to do this when we had cats and our children were small.
The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member about 5 years ago
Everyone loves a challenge.
Andrew Sleeth about 5 years ago
Those times when I’ve had trees, I did it as much for my cats as I for myself. And interestingly, there were never any problems.
DanFlak about 5 years ago
Our dog is neurotic. The cat is psychotic. The cat prefers to live in the garage, so no problem. The dog is afraid of plastic bags. So we hung some from the tree for a couple of days. He now stays away.
J Quest about 5 years ago
O tannen-bummer!
donwalter about 5 years ago
OK…JUMP UP onto it. It’ll hit her on the wy down…
hansa15 about 5 years ago
Draw the same thing with kids. ;)
SmashedHat about 5 years ago
It’s Christmas—put a few non-fragile decoy ones down low for kitty.
AlanDF about 5 years ago
In my experience, this is a recipe for Christmas tree devastation.
Zebrastripes about 5 years ago
The reason I don’t put my tree up anymore.
John9 about 5 years ago
I had many cats and only one of them caused any trouble with the trees she would climb inside so I had to wire it to the wall every year and at least she stopped knocking it down but she could make it shake.
dsidney49 about 5 years ago
It’s either that… or the tree gets hung from the ceiling!!
Madzdad the bard about 5 years ago
Don’t laugh, I used to use fishing line to anchor the top of the tree to the ceiling.
yipp_eeee about 5 years ago
As if that would stop him!
sobrown51 about 5 years ago
It doesn’t matter. The cat will climb the tree and knock them off. Only makes it “slightly” less convenient.
zeexenon about 5 years ago
Hmm, I bet if I claimed to the top of her backrest I could jump to that pointy thingy on the top.
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member about 5 years ago
There is another solution, but I suppose she wants the cat.
MichaelMcGinnis1 about 5 years ago
My darn cats climb up inside the tree and knock the balls off
jbarnes about 5 years ago
We don’t have any breakable ornaments. The lower branches get extra-durable items like bells and plastic candy canes. The middle branches have ornaments that are twist-tied in place. Neither the dogs nor the cats seem to bother the upper portion of the tree.
tabby about 5 years ago
The glass and fragile ornaments get hung over doorways or some other place out of reach. The tree gets cat-proof ornaments.
TurbosDad about 5 years ago
Oh, like that will stop a cat. “Game on,” they think…
Altar_Ego about 5 years ago
Works for the dogs, but not the cats. We stopped doing a tree after our GSD ate an ornament
Lightpainter about 5 years ago
I’ve never had a cat that climbed the Christmas tree, and they have always ignored the Christmas ornaments. Maybe I have been lucky.