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Old April 14th 04, 04:00 PM
Alison in OH
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Dennis Carr wrote:

Any one have any good ideas for at the very least preventing the toppling
of the trash?


The can stays under the sink.

The under-sink cabinet doors stay fastened shut with a rubberband across
the handles.

(We usually only have to resort to this if there's something
particularly smelly in there.)

-Alison in OH
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Old April 14th 04, 11:26 PM
Cheryl
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Dennis Carr dumped this in
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Any one have any good ideas for at the very least preventing the toppling
of the trash?


I have to rinse empty tuna cans in the sink before throwing them in the
trash or else I'm sure the trash would be raided. Other than that, they
aren't curious about the trash at all.

My sister used to have a cat who would raid the trash whenever she opened a
pack of cigarettes to retrieve the cellophane wrapper.

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Old April 14th 04, 11:26 PM
Cheryl
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Dennis Carr dumped this in
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Any one have any good ideas for at the very least preventing the toppling
of the trash?


I have to rinse empty tuna cans in the sink before throwing them in the
trash or else I'm sure the trash would be raided. Other than that, they
aren't curious about the trash at all.

My sister used to have a cat who would raid the trash whenever she opened a
pack of cigarettes to retrieve the cellophane wrapper.

--
Cheryl
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Old April 15th 04, 02:14 AM
MGW
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My cats don't get into the trash. However, we used to have a Labrador
Retriever who was a trash fiend and would eat herself sick on the
garbage. One evening, when I was pregnant and in the throes of
morning sickness (which wouldn't confine itself to morning!), I came
home from work to find that the dog had gotten into the trash and then
threw up. I retreated to the bedroom, where I stayed locked in until
my then-husband got home, at which point I informed him he'd better
clean up the mess his d*** dog had made. Through the closed door, I
heard him admonishing the Lab "Look what you did - now I have to yell
at you or she'll yell at me!"

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Old April 15th 04, 02:14 AM
MGW
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My cats don't get into the trash. However, we used to have a Labrador
Retriever who was a trash fiend and would eat herself sick on the
garbage. One evening, when I was pregnant and in the throes of
morning sickness (which wouldn't confine itself to morning!), I came
home from work to find that the dog had gotten into the trash and then
threw up. I retreated to the bedroom, where I stayed locked in until
my then-husband got home, at which point I informed him he'd better
clean up the mess his d*** dog had made. Through the closed door, I
heard him admonishing the Lab "Look what you did - now I have to yell
at you or she'll yell at me!"

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Old April 15th 04, 05:43 AM
Mary
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"Laura R." .

Mine don't get into the trash. Honestly. .
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Mine didn't either until last night when I saw this thread and thought
about mentioning it. Last night and tonight for the
first time Buddha went for some empty food containers while I was in
earshot. I huffed and I puffed so she'll probably do it again.


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Old April 15th 04, 05:43 AM
Mary
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"Laura R." .

Mine don't get into the trash. Honestly. .
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Mine didn't either until last night when I saw this thread and thought
about mentioning it. Last night and tonight for the
first time Buddha went for some empty food containers while I was in
earshot. I huffed and I puffed so she'll probably do it again.


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Old April 15th 04, 01:12 PM
Simon Fitzpatrick
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I don't leave anything dangerous to cats outside the enclosed rubbish bin.
If Rho wants to drink dirty water from bowls in the sink then that isn't
going to hurt him, even if it is a bit strange that he doesn't want the
clean water in the cat area...
"Dennis Carr" wrote in message
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Here's a problem I have that I'm certain is universal - cats in the
kitchen trash can.

Maybe it's the occasional empty tin of tuna I put in there, maybe it's
curiousity, but I find that my girls like to get into the trash can - or
worse, topple it. Mind you, our trash can largely contains dry materials
(the vast majority of garbage goes down the sink into the disposer, while
things that can't go down there are simply removed to the dumpsters), so
it's largely non-hazardous and not *terribly* messy - but I'd rather the
cats stay out.

Any one have any good ideas for at the very least preventing the toppling
of the trash?

--
Dennis Carr - | I may be out of my mind,
http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way.
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