hollies mistletoes wires buntings and pets just dont mingle its as simple as that however if you can exercise caution then it may not be so impossible to have a welldone home as well as a happy pooch if you have a penchant for expensive knickknacks when it comes to dressing up your home youll need to exercise caution if theres a doggy in the house these easy decorating dos and donts will help keep your dcor from posing problems for your poochput plants in their place holly mistletoe and poinsettias are all considered toxic to dogs and could cause real trouble if your pup happens to take a nibble no need to ban festive flowers and greenery altogether just hang them high and way out of reachuse cord caution make sure your extension cords arent frayed or showing any exposed wires and keep them out of your poochs sight to avoid chewing temptationaccentuate the top of your tree consider leaving the bottom part of your holiday tree bare and placing all ornaments tinsel and trimmings above your dogs snoot level swallowing any bits or pieces of such decorations can produce painful intestinal blockagesavoid foodbased decorations its a simple fact of nature dogs can smell food and when they do will usually go after it to prevent your tree from being grazed upon skip the popcornandcranberry strings and leave off any edible ornamentsenforce water restrictions make sure your pooch knows not to drink from the tree water as it sits it tends to collect bacteria and often contains traces of fertilizer