rjw63 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Bah Humbug Wot he said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCLaura Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Prefer real but i'm looking after a dog this year & aparently they just piss on the real ones. Surely they would just do it on a fake on aswell? Or is it just the smell? I think the pines can be quite dangerous for a dog, certainly can get in the paws. I was always told as a child growing up that the reason we didn't have a real tree was because of the dogs anyway. What breed are you looking after? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 8, 2008 Moderator Share Posted December 8, 2008 Oh puhhhleeease. Not you btw Laura, rather the people trying to protect dogs from the dangers of pine needles. We've always had dogs and always had real trees and the dogs have never had any pine-needle injuries. World gone mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabby15 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Prefer real but i'm looking after a dog this year & aparently they just piss on the real ones. Surely they would just do it on a fake on aswell? Or is it just the smell? I think the pines can be quite dangerous for a dog, certainly can get in the paws. I was always told as a child growing up that the reason we didn't have a real tree was because of the dogs anyway. What breed are you looking after? Jack Russell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCLaura Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Oh puhhhleeease. Not you btw Laura, rather the people trying to protect dogs from the dangers of pine needles. We've always had dogs and always had real trees and the dogs have never had any pine-needle injuries. World gone mad. I guess if you hear something as a child, it sticks with you. But it certainly wasnt something I'd ever seen any proof of. Perhaps my parents, parents instilled it in them too. Perhaps it was a clever way of my parents not confessing that we couldnt afford a real tree? Or that they didn't like the smell? Blaming the dogs may well have been so we wouldn't begrudge the decision as a child. Who knows... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 If you have a dog and want a real Christmas tree, the simple (and obvious) solution is to not buy the cheapest, nastiest tree you see. My mum had a few real ones when we were kids. One would shed needles if you so much as farted near it. One was still fully green when it was taken down on the twelfth night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSufferingVilla Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 If you get a real tree you simply must put the base of it in some water, that really helps prevent the tree from shedding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villab0y Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Real. Homebase £35. Bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Real one..i even cut it down myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Real for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LT_1993 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Seems like a real pain in the arse hoovering up the pines all the time it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrogers Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Not having one this year, as we won't be here over the christmas period, we are leaving the house on the 19th and won't be back until the 12th (and the monitored alarm will be on (direct dial to the police BTW) for all you dodgy types ) so doesn't make sense, as we normally put ours up the weekend before Christmas eve. However we would have a real one, and there would be be no tinsel or any other tacky decorations, beads and tasteful baubles only, with white lights. The tree is the only decoration we have, anything that hangs on walls, ceilling, doors, windows, on your roof, or in the front garden is frankly tacky and tastless IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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