A puppy’s onslaught to the world, away the box he was born in, is quite simply, to eat it! This includes shoes, toys, couch cushions, and just about anything else he can put into his mouth. If the object is too big to fit, the puppy will whittle it down to size with his pin-like baby teeth and make it fit.
While this imp-like behaviour is destructive, it can also prove calamitous for the puppy. For example, one good-sized bite out of a bar of soap containing rough chemicals and the likelihood against making it to the vet in time before the pup convulses and dies are ten to one.
The fat-soaked trussing cord from a turkey has been known to get entangled in the intestines of a puppy. In most cases, the owner is not mindful that the pup has gotten to the turkey or remaining bones until it is too late. An unsupervised pup is like an unsupervised baby crawling about on the floor.
Puppies are also very attracted to decorations and ornaments, which includes magnets, pins, and needles. Splinters of wood, glass, and plastic are evenly serious – for all are dagger-like and can puncture your puppy’s pharynx or get lodged in the intestines. Some of the antique Yuletide tree ornaments were manufactured using radium to make them glow brightly in the dark. In a puppy’s stomach, this can be a deadly poison.
The soft rubber of the type found in bathroom toys is also highly dangerous for puppies. Veterinarians state that rubber is one of the most common causes of surgical operations in puppies and young dogs. Rubber tears easily and can stick to the puppy’s insides causing total stoppage of the intestinal track of your dog. Right after Christmas Day time, just about the time you feel you have everything picked up and out of harm’s way, your pup could be gnawing on a string of tree lights. A 110-volt twitch to the oral cavity can be lethal.
The secret of surviving the holidays (or any other time of festivity with decorations about the house) and all your decorations for that matter, without accidental injury coming to your pup is supervision. Keep in mind that it only takes a second for a puppy to buy the farm on a gift wrapper ribbon, or be smothered by a small orb lodged in his throat.

In one town, what started out as a happy time during one adorable Yuletide turned into a disaster when the rubber band on a paddle-ball toy broke. The pup reached the soft safety orb before the child, and inside a few seconds, the orb was steadfastly lodged in the puppy’s throat.
There’s no use in saying ”No” to a pup in a roomful of Christmastime decorations. No measure of scolding will make the puppy less curious. It may temper him for a moment, but the temptations to a young puppy will overpowered all of your “No-nos”, no matter how emphatic. A puppy’s stomach is a strong organ and can suffer a heap of unusual things, but aluminum icicles and rubber bands are not included.