Any advice to keep our golden out of the kitchen trash?
Our 14 month old golden constantly wants to be exploring in the kitchen trash can. We have tried lemon juice, cayenne pepper & hot sauce. Our baby latches won’t stay on, we’ve tried swatting on the butt with a rolled up magazine, and shouting NO very sternly at him. All work VERY temporarily. As in a few seconds tops – then he’s back in the trash. We have no way to put the trash in a cupboard or under the sink. And he can get the step-on to open trash cans open. Any suggestions?
Where would I get a “tupperware” like trash can? I’ve never seen anything like that. By the way, we’ve tried traps as well; he loves aluminum cans (they might have beer in them – he loves beer), mouse traps are very interesting (even if they snap) and potatoes are very yummy. We tried this, and he pulled the sack of potatoes off, ripped it open, ate most of them (with help from our other dog), then got in the trash 
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There are dog-proof trash cans.
booby traps….
dogs hate loud noises, get a stainless steel trash can hang empty aluminum cans all around it for a few days, everytime he opens it there will be loud clanging…you should be able to remove them after a few days
mine hangs on the wall outta reach (and has a flappy dooor)
the trash is safer than the fridge contents (don’t ask!)
I feel your pain there…
I bought a trash can with a pop-up lid that has a latch on the top of the can. It’s just a basic Rubbermade trash can from Walmart. I have the can in a corner with the latch facing into the corner.
It has been a year since my Golden has gotten into the trash.
We have had the same problem with an otherwise well behaved yellow lab. We tried so many things and none of them worked until we put a bag of potatoes on top of the step on garbage can. I know it might not look to good, but try putting something heavy enough on the lid to keep it from opening. Our dog hasn’t been in the garbage since. Good luck!
Get a trash can like they have for outside that has a lid that goes on like a tupperware lid. You put the lid on and lift one handle and then push it over the edge. Once both sides are fastened it is hard to get the top off. I think you would need to knock the rubber can over and jump on the side hard to pop the lid off. Just knocking it over would not be enough.
OR get a new can and booby trap it—forget the stuff that tastes or smells bad. Set it up so if the dog gets into the trash an avalanche of empty soda cans with pennies in them falls down on the pooch. Don’t make them heavy—just enough change to make them LOUD and scary.
The idea is to teach him that this good-smelling can of trash is scary and dangerous. If you can put the can in a different spot in the room that would help.
Dogs do not generalize well. Two trash cans are different things to them—not the same. Booby trapping a can that has already yielded goodies is not the same thing as booby trapping a can that hasn’t given them goodies. They will keep going back to the can that gave them goodies and deal with the booby traps because they know there is a payoff—they haven’t gotten a payoff yet from the new can so it is easier to discourage them.
Put a yellow “sticky” on the garbage can with a stern warning.
Ie : “you get into this, and you will be in trouble!!!!”
Don’t forget to sign it.