Christmas tree - how do you manage it?

[Helpordont]

7 month old staff, generally well behaved. Currently being a little mischievous, but nothing really disastrous.
How is best to manage our trees?
Both in areas with her, no way of closing doors, stair gating rooms etc.
We have heirloom trees so I'd be upset if she knocked it over, started stealing ornaments.
Any tips?! Or should I skip the trees (seems extreme)

Personally I would skip the tree this year, until she’s a little older and less ‘grabby’. The ornaments could hurt her if she grabs them, never mind the damage to your tree.
It will probably be fine next year.

We are skipping the main tree this year (DPup will be seven months) and are just having a little one up on a table.

My pup was 8 months old last christmas and loved to eat trees and bushes. We put up the tree without decs for a week and she just ignored it, but we were ready to direct her away so she'd learn that the tree was boring.
It worked, nothing chewed and the tree survived

I've got a 10 month old lurcher. I haven't got an heirloom anything but I don't actually plan to offer the temptation of a Christmas tree at floor level. I'm going to be doing artyshit with branches and baubles and stuff around mantlepieces and a little tree on a higher table. I'd suggest waiting until next year before putting anything precious out. Constant worry about dogs and trees isn't an enormously enjoyable addition to Christmas.

We were able to put ours up high but he was a bit of a nightmare at a relative’s house with their tree. (Be especially carefully of electrical wires/fairy lights.)

We put ours in a big coffee table and e pup was never allowed in the room with it unsupervised.

Like you we had glass ornaments that had high emotional value plus were a big risk if chewed so we took no chances.

I would try. I look after two puppies and thought it was a bad idea. They have not touched it. I’m stunned

First year we didn't bother but he was very young and would try and chew anything.

The next year I thought I would have to put a play pen around it but he didn't go anywhere near it.

We had the puppy in a different room so wasn't an issue. But man the cats climbed the trunk and it came down twice (real 8' tree, some precious ornaments broken).

Can the puppy be kept out of the room when you'e not there? We've had young dogs of various ages at various Christmases (5 months, 8 months, 9 months) and haven't had any issues so long as they were always supervised around the tree. And the chocolate decorations were hung well out of reach and no presents under the tree contained anything edible.

We can't put it on a table, have no tables or trees suitable.
She's at home all day with DH, but he can't lock her in his office nor can he follow her every time she goes for a drink/toilet/sun-pigging.
My strategy was put tree up Friday, let her get used to it, then keep adding to it if she's comfortable.
Bad idea/good idea?!

Good idea, if you trust her. Every dog is different.

Our puppy was 7 months old last Xmas. We put the trees up as usual and had no problems at all.

Ours was 9 moths old for his first xmas with us. I was absolutely paranoid about keeping him out of the room it was in until one of the dc let him in by accident and he just had a quick sniff and ignored it from then on. He’s 4 now and has never shown any interest in the tree (unlike the bloody cats)

I won't put anything sentimental on til I feel she is ok. Typical this is the first year with 2 trees !!! Even more to police ....

We need to see a pic of said Staffy pup!!

We have a 6 year old staffie, she's a rescue and we only got her in June and aren't sure what she will think about the tree, she has a bit of a naughty streak, I'm not sentimental about the tree or decorations she would probably be doing it a favour by attacking it I have decided no edible decorations though to not tempt her near it!

We live in the tropics so no sweets/chocolates here ......

We had a rescue lurcher a couple of years old. Not very bright. My mum had the most fake tree ever, said lurcher went over inspected carefully then peed against it! Funny thing was he had never bothered with our real tree.