Today was another nice day of break. After two days of gray and rain, the weather today was beautiful. I took my son and his friend (who spent the night) to the Great Highway with their bikes. This time I felt great running and would have wanted to run much longer but I was having some hip pain, so it was probably best that it was a short run.
At home I got the Christmas tree up and secured. Last year our kittens were only five months old and fairly new to our family at Christmas. I was nervous about putting up the tree so I secured it to the sides of the two doorways it sits between. I left those anchors up all year so I could do the same again. The cats are bigger and heavier and no less curious. They climbed into the tree quite a bit last year but it never fell over. I hope that track record continues to stand (the not falling over part I mean).
So this is how I cat proof our Christmas tree. I zip tie it to a small table and then tie it with twine to anchors in four spots on the sides and to another spot behind on the wall.
All that keeps the tree standing. But what about the ornaments? Last year I only used the non-breakable ornaments. This year I’m going to leave the tree up for a couple days with just the lights so I can see what the cats do with it. If they aren’t in it much I might put some of my favorite photo ornaments up toward the top, where they don’t usually get to. We shall see.
How do you keep your decorations safe from four-legged friends?
Glad you were able to be out in the amazing day.
Impressed you have the tree going up already. Clever cat proofing. When my family has had cats they were never interested in climbing in the tree. Different cats different interest I can tell. Shall be interested in your cats reactions to the tree this year.
Our cat is older (12) and doesn’t even attempt to climb the tree. She just lays on the tree skirt and enjoys hiding from the dog. We trained the dog to avoid the tree and a radius around it, so she is kind of terrified of it. LOL. Dogs are so much easier than cats.
When our cat was little, though, she chewed through a cord of lights (they weren’t on, thank goodness). She has gotten a million times better as she’s gotten older.
Look at those adorable mischievous characters, who would clearly never try to damage a single branch or ornament!
I (sadly) don’t have four-legged friends, so I don’t have to secure my Christmas tree or the ornaments in any way 😉
You decide if that’s good or bad.