Perhaps the proper request would have been to ask how to turn the sap off.
Tieing a small loose chain aorund the base of the tree and
allow a small very busy dog to test the strength of the chain. The small
dog will get bigger and you may need to know just what size of chain to buy
as he or she gets older.

As time goes by Someone is going to think that pine tree is a fire hazard
and will beg you to cut it down.. Some neighbors may beg you or offer to do
it them selves.
Depends on your neighbors. Dont leave your dog unnattended some one may try
to rescue it for the dispicable person who would dare tie a dog to a tree.

"will" wrote in message
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I like to see happy trees, but I also agree that within reasonable
extent.

I don't see somebody bringing you to court, investigating the death of a
tree, or really making that huge of a deal about a huge tree like that
dying.

I don't know exactly what it takes to kill a tree, but they have
mentioned sal****er.

If I were you, I'd go buy plenty of salt.

Just back off of the whole tree thing with them, act like everything is
ok.

When it starts to die, they'll hire an arborist and pay tons of money to
get it removed.

Let them have it their way.

You can only try to be civil so many times.

=will=