Pets getting into the trash

I've written before about the downside of dog ownership, but I haven't mentioned dogs getting into bags of trash.

DIXIE, THE TRASH DOG

I can't give instances of our past dogs getting into the trash.

Dixie, our current dog, has gotten into trash often enough, and she did it again a couple of days ago. I came into the kitchen and there was trash all over the floor. A few weeks before that, I went into the office and found trash everywhere.

Dixie obviously was looking for food, and, sadly for her, there were only one or two food wrappers. Plus, I don't eat meat or dairy, so there would be none in the bag.

I just have to put trash bags high enough so that a fat, three-legged beagle can't get to them.


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