Why does he do this?

[ShadowCat]

One of my dogs likes to go through the trash can and take out anything in it and scatter it across the room. It's very nasty and he only seems to do it when he's alone in a room (someone might be in a room near him though). Why might he do this? Is he bored or just likes trash?

 

[bubbatd]

There are good smells in there ! Don't blame him .... put the can where he can't get it. Chip never gets into the trash, but when Hunter's visiting Grammy, the can goes high !! Can't blame him though, he was a rescue .

 

[Renee750il]

They are born scavengers! It tends to get better as they get older though. Even Shiva doesn't go marauding through the garbage that often anymore. Of course, I've learned to just go ahead and let the dogs lick out any tasty containers before I put them in the trash . . .

 

[ShadowCat]

Andrew's 7 1/2 years old and he's done it for years now. He seems to love kleenexs and wipes. I guess they taste pretty good to him!

 

[misticaleclipse]

To avoid this problem I went and got garbage cans that they cannot get into (stainless steel ones you need to step down on hard enough to open up)

I would not blame the dog, after all, most dogs I know if you set down a plate of your food right infront of them and then left the room, they would eat it. I think thats what it is for them

 

[ShadowCat]

I guess I forgot to add that he goes into the bathroom trash can, not the kitchen one, so there's never any food in there.

 

[jess2416]

I guess I forgot to add that he goes into the bathroom trash can, not the kitchen one, so there's never any food in there.

Couldnt you just shut the bathroom door ?????

 

[ShadowCat]

I could shut the door, but there are four bathrooms in my house and only one of them is mine, so I don't really have control over all of them.