trash can

[peach4]

I have an older house and the garbage can (one of those plastic ones with step lid) is in the corner. I was about to go out and buy a new stainless steel one but it just dawned on me that the new puppy we are getting this weekend may try to get in there. Can I keep a garbage can in the kitchen or will I need to put it out of reach for a while?

[Samson]

I have an older house and the garbage can (one of those plastic ones with step lid) is in the corner. I was about to go out and buy a new stainless steel one but it just dawned on me that the new puppy we are getting this weekend may try to get in there. Can I keep a garbage can in the kitchen or will I need to put it out of reach for a while?

Well you should be OK for about a month but after that is anybody's guess ! You aren't a Lab owner until you have preogressed to rust rings from the pedal bin on the worktop then as they learn to countersurf the bin goes outside or higher up !

[Tanya]

out of reach is better. Either behind cupboard doors or in another room. There may be some garbages that latch well enough so that a dog can't get in but...you never know

[Mark_J]

I never really liked the idea of a dog being allowed in the kitchen, bathrooms or laundry rooms. Those rooms are usually the ones that contain the most significant dangers for a puppy such as various household cleaners, bleach, etc. Is it possible to use a baby gate and just keep the puppy out of the kitchen altogether?

[cinderbay]

I purchased one from Bed Bath and Beyond that locks. LOVE IT!

[Baloo317]

Do both! I have an awesome stainless steel garbage can that opens when you push the lever on top, and stands waist-high, completely dog proof. And pretty!!

[Samson]

Do both! I have an awesome stainless steel garbage can that opens when you push the lever on top, and stands waist-high, completely dog proof. And pretty!!

A Lab proof bin ? I don't believe it ! My boys need some more training !!

[Baloo317]

It's a couple years old so I don't know if I could find a link. But that says it in itself - bin is a couple years old, sits in plain sight, not ONE successful garbage raid for poor Baloo, LOL!!

[Samson]

It's a couple years old so I don't know if I could find a link. But that says it in itself - bin is a couple years old, sits in plain sight, not ONE successful garbage raid for poor Baloo, LOL!!

He's obviously not starved to death like my two who open cupboards and doors never mind trash cans !

[HersheyK's Dad]

HK is very food/scent motivated. We use a step-lid trash can in the kitchen. She has never attacked it.

Of course, that may be due to the fact that we put nothing in it that has food residue. I take anything with an odor/scent directly out to the Garbage can in the garage.