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Dog Training - Garbage Bin Manners Garbage bin manners are a bit of an oxymoron since you really don't want your dog in the bin in the first place. Trouble is this isn't something you can really teach your dog NOT to do. Why? For one thing they usually only get into the garbage when you aren't home, not when you are. They don't understand the rules of dog house training that state "Dogs are not allowed to raid the garbage while we are not at home!" What they understand is the garbage smells great, no one is here and WOW – chow time. So how do you do something about the dog raiding the garbage when you aren't there to correct that behavior? This is so easy you will love it. Just move the garbage can to some place where the dog can't get at it. How easy is that? If you don't like that idea, then try baby gating the door to the kitchen. Hey this beats the heck out of you yelling at your dog for eating yesterday's pasta and the six day old left over roast beef. He has no clue why you are yelling at him in any event. All he knows is you are upset, but he doesn't equate that with him being in the garbage. Really, the bottom line here is we are dealing with DOGS, not humans and sometimes the best way to solve a tricky situation is to do something obviously easy. It's plain and simple just less of a hassle. If you want to try a creative route, you could switch garbage cans to one that has a lock down top that even you have trouble getting open. Beware however that dogs can and do chew on the lids of these hard plastic bins and puncture holes in them. So if you don't want to come home and find not only garbage all over the floor, but the lid shredded into a million pieces, put your trash up where the dog can't possibly get at it. Okay you can find something online billed as animal-proof containers. But, they're going to cost you anywhere from $100-$200. Do you REALLY want to spend that much on a garbage container to keep the dog out of it when you can just move it or use dog house training? Don't want to put your trash up? Then try putting it into another room, or even in a closet as another alternative. Other methods include pouring ammonia on the trash. Ewww not so great in the house for the humans either! Or put mousetraps by the can, and wait for the dog to get his toes snapped in two. Frankly, can't you just see the dog eating the mousetrap too? Really, moving the can is way easier! |
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