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Permalink Reply by Potus on December 22, 2011 at 8:05am

We generally avoid putting out presents until Christmas Eve, because my Mum was always paranoid that a tree with presents underneath is a magnet for thieves. And since we got Po we've added the use of our fireplace screen as a barrier so even on Christmas Eve if Po is stirred by the footsteps of Santa, or the reindeer on the roof, he can't get to any of our presents.

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Permalink Reply by Sandy Stickney on December 22, 2011 at 9:48am

Hi John! Good reminder.  Just yesterday one of our clients gave me a Christmas gift, and as she has a pembroke and knows I have cardigans, she did warn me that there may be things in the gift bag that the dogs would find "interesting."  I was grateful for the warning! 

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Permalink Reply by Sarah C. on December 22, 2011 at 12:45pm

Mine are slowly opening them whether they have food in them or not.

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Permalink Reply by Alison Prasavath on December 22, 2011 at 3:29pm

None of our presents contain food, but I have a funny present story to share. Presents have been wrapped underneath our tree for weeks now and just this past Saturday, my husband and I went shopping for Noodles presents. His food presents are not wrapped and won't be wrapped until Christmas morning, right in time for him to open them. I did wrap his new squeaky ring. Since this past Monday was my side of the family Christmas, I had to rearrange the presents under the tree. I made the mistake of showing Noodles which one was his present. He then proceeded to push it off the pile of presents with his nose and start pushing it around the floor. I told him NO and put it back under the tree. Then my parents arrived, Noodles greeted them and while we were talking, he went back to the present and pushed it off the pile again. I told my parents I had just shown him this was his present and now he keeps playing with it. Well, we watch him to see what he does and since we didn't stop him, he figured it was okay. He put his left paw on the present and started ripping off the wrapping paper. My husband was the bad guy this time around and took the present away from Noodles. It has since been retaped and is now sitting on top of the counter until Christmas morning. Noodles hasn't touched another present. Next year I know not to show Noodles which one is his present.

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Permalink Reply by steve smith on December 22, 2011 at 3:40pm

Noodles is so smart. I want to see Christmas pictures with Noodles  Please

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Permalink Reply by Priscilla, CARLY, and Frankie on December 23, 2011 at 9:27am

That is so funny!!! Smart indeed..

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Permalink Reply by John Wolff on December 27, 2011 at 12:18pm

They impress me; they know what's theirs and they respect property.  Only very rarely have they destroyed anything that wasn't theirs, and then it's usually been a sock of mine, with plausible deniability ("Ooops.  Sorry.  I thought it was one of my toys...").

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Permalink Reply by Kara with Dasiy & Scout on December 22, 2011 at 5:44pm

I was just thinking about this too.  Dasiy is sick right now with some diarrhea and vomiting but she didn't get into a present. The only thing I can think of that she has had is I caught her drinking the Christmas tree water.

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Permalink Reply by Kara with Dasiy & Scout on December 22, 2011 at 7:41pm

I read Christmas tree water is not good so maybe that was the problem. We wrapped the base of the stand with foil to keep the pets out. Dasiy seems to feel a little better.

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