When my husband & I were dating, he had a cat named Tiki. My husband & his father trained Tiki to leave the Christmas tree alone, using a water bottle. When we got married, our first apartment was far too small for any kind of tree. While we lived there, we got another cat, Rico. We finally moved to a bigger apartment, and that Christmas, set up the tree. Rico ran out of the room when we started moving things around; once things were set, he very slowly walked into the room. He saw the tree, and ever so s-l-o-w-l-y approached it (we were on the couch, water bottles at the ready). He got up to it and s-l-o-w-l-y reached a paw to touch an ornament, when…WHACK Tiki (all 25 pounds of him) flew across the room and whacked Rico upside the head, sending him rolling! Rico shook himself, once again approached the tree, and WHACK Tiki whacked him again! Rico never touched a Christmas tree again, and we didn’t have to do a thing! (Tiki DID teach Rico that he could sleep UNDER the tree.)
When my husband & I were dating, he had a cat named Tiki. My husband & his father trained Tiki to leave the Christmas tree alone, using a water bottle. When we got married, our first apartment was far too small for any kind of tree. While we lived there, we got another cat, Rico. We finally moved to a bigger apartment, and that Christmas, set up the tree. Rico ran out of the room when we started moving things around; once things were set, he very slowly walked into the room. He saw the tree, and ever so s-l-o-w-l-y approached it (we were on the couch, water bottles at the ready). He got up to it and s-l-o-w-l-y reached a paw to touch an ornament, when…WHACK Tiki (all 25 pounds of him) flew across the room and whacked Rico upside the head, sending him rolling! Rico shook himself, once again approached the tree, and WHACK Tiki whacked him again! Rico never touched a Christmas tree again, and we didn’t have to do a thing! (Tiki DID teach Rico that he could sleep UNDER the tree.)