How to Train Your Dog to Stay Away from the Christmas Tree

Paws Up! Bite-sized bonus episodes offer tips, tricks, breed profiles, and approachable science. On this episode, lead trainer of Alaska Dog Works, Michele Forto discusses How to Train Your Dog to Stay Away from the Christmas Tree. Christmas is the best time of the year! Giving gifts to family and friends, cooking scrumptious family meals, and lighting the lights on a winking, twinkling Christmas tree are things many of us look forward to every year. And with so many novel sights and smells--not to mention the occasional present under the tree--the holiday season can be a lot of fun for Fido too! Many families have developed traditions that include their pet in the festivities, such having as their own stocking or festive get-up. But some parts of the holidays are best observed rather than experienced hands-on. One of these is the indoor Christmas tree.